My iMac all of a sudden started to scroll down gray and then said I needed to restart. When I push the power button the screen lights up but the iMac just beeps. How do I start up?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)
We have a Intel MAC
Dual Quad 2.8 ghz
with 16 GB RAM
running OSX.6
When you push the power button it lights up for a second and immediately shuts off. I am thinking a power supply issue
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Mac Pro
I just installed 2 4 gb of ram in my unibody mac book pro 13"
I now get a error saying to push and hold the power button and then restart. The message keeps coming back up every time any thoughts ?
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Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Info:MacBook Air (11-inch Late 2010)
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 7.1.1
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macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5), Partition hard drive
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I Mac desktop
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Info:OS Lion, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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iMac
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.0.x)
As the title states, I can no longer put my computer to sleep using the power button. I have to put it to sleep using the mouse. I miss the convenience of the power button. The window for energy saver is not like the display in support, it is missing the "Allow the power button to put the computer to sleep" option. Very strange. I am running an older desktop (2009) with Mavericks, fully updated. 10.9.4
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
My iMac turns on but just beeps three times stops beeps more times and won't start up
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iMac
My old PPC G5 has the front LED (white) flahing three times - I've looked at the various notes about the poddibility of this being a RAM issue, I've checked out the slots, cleaned them and the RAM sticks too, all to no effect. After being switched on for a while, the fans come on and I have a Hovercraft under my desk!
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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), To be supplied
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powermac G5, Mac OS X (10.5.8), G5 back from death
Power MAC G5.
Press power, lights up, fans BEGIN to spin then shuts down. Within 1 second.
Tried:
New RAM, new set of Processors, Video, Hard Drive.
Motherboard or Power Supply?
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What does this orange light mean?
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I replaced the HD with I believe a Seagate hybrid drive with a small solid state segment. This whole time the computer is still freezing and now since I have a hybrid drive the Apple store can't support because it's not factory specs and MacMall here in Santa Monica can't find anything wrong with the hardware or software after running all of their tests.Â
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