IMac :: (2008) Not Booting - No Startup Tone
Jun 22, 2010When the on button is pressed The fans start, but the screen doesn't even turn on. The Optical Drive still takes in Disks.
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IMac :: Turning Off Startup Tone?
Jan 4, 2011I feel a bit silly, but I've not been able to turn off the tone that happens after I turn on my iMac.
I've got the volume turned all the way down at the speaker icon, top right of screen
IMac :: 2008 Model Not Booting Properly
Jan 26, 2009First, I have a mid-2008 Aluminum iMac, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 Ghz, 2GB Ram, running OS X 10.5.6. So two days ago, it started hanging on me. Prior to this I have never had any problems with it. I had mail open, a browser window and a chat window. Started getting the spinning beach ball of death. It finally totally locked up on me and I have to force it to shut down.
However, upon reboot, it would not get past the white screen with the apple logo and the spinning gray gear icon. I'm talking like 10-15 minutes. I forced it to shut down (probably not a good idea) and this time on reboot I got the folder icon with the question mark as if firmware could not locate the booter file. I loaded the install DVD that came with the mac and ran Disk Utilities.................
MacBook :: Change Tone At Startup?
Dec 12, 2010Ever since i did the Macbook EFI Firmware Update 2.0 and Xcode Update 3.2.5 i get a tone at startup. Also, everytime i run software update it tells me that i havent installed the firmware update yet,. I have already tried to update it but it always fails during installation.
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Jun 26, 2012I lost the startup tone a couple days ago. I repaired permissions, did an SMC and PRAM reset and it makes the tone while doing the PRAM reset but the next time you turn it on it doesn't make a sound.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 3.2 GB Dual Core
Software :: Macbook Pro (2008) Not Booting At All?
Apr 16, 2010I have a Macbook Pro from around 2007/2008 that is running Tiger 10.4.11. I haven't had too many issues, one harddrive change and one reinstall, but nothing severe.
But right now, my laptop will not boot up at all. It has been running a bit sluggishly, I admit, but not enough to have caused alarm. Then just yesterday and this morning it was running at a snail's pace and I couldn't do anything without it freezing or running slowly. I turned it off, left it and when I came back, it would not boot. All I get is the grey screen with the Apple logo and the spinning wheel. I left it for an hour, hoping it was just running sluggishly, but it never booted up.
I tried booting in safemode, verbose mode and single-user mode. All of them failed. In fact, when I try to boot in safe mode by holding down the shift key, my computer just shuts off after about a minute of grey screen/logo.
I keep hearing people say I should run the DiskUtility from the install disk, but if I can't boot up I can't put in the disk to actually repair it. Is this a harddrive or RAM issue? I haven't upgraded the RAM since I got the laptop, maybe it needs to be changed out?
I'm sorry, I don't know a lot about the inner-workings of computers
Mac Pro :: Drives Eject On Startup When Booting Into OS X
Apr 19, 2009My first gen Mac Pro has a seemingly strange issue, whereby when the Mac Pro starts up and begins booting into OSX (Just as the Apple logo appears) Both dvd drives eject. To resolve this I have checked the jumpers on the back of the drives and have tried:
-Both on Cable Select
-Top drive on Master and then bottom drive on Slave.
It happens every time the mac starts up. My computer stats should be below.
Mac Pro 2x2.6ghz Dual core intel.
3Gb Ram
1Tb Hard drive
8800GTS Graphics
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OS X :: MacBook Pro Not Booting - Startup Sound Is Looping?
Jan 10, 2010I am having an odd pproblem with a MacBook Pro. When I boot, 95% of the time, the Apple sound will loop continuously and the Notebook will not boot. In every 10 tries, I will have a chance to get the machine to boot up into the OS, and after a little while the Display will start to flash randomly and the machine will freeze. only a force shutdown seems to bring you out the freeze, but then you can't always get back into the OS because of the looping Apple Startup sound.It gets stuck at the exact same moment, right after the apple sound is finished, but loops.. So What I'm trying to say is that it doesn't get stuck at random moments, only just as the apple sound is finished playing, then it plays over, and over and over
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Nov 20, 2010I'm getting a kernel panic at start up and my mac wont boot up. I don't think its the RAM because the LED's are not red on the risers. When I start up holding "option" and select to boot up from the DVD it goes to the apple logo and on to the kernel panic. When I start up windows via bootcamp everything works fine. I've fsck. resetting PRAM, NVRam, nothing seems to work.
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Sep 8, 2007I'm relatively new to Macs and I wanted to try a clean install (or erase and install) on my ibook. I recently purchased a MBP and since Leopard is on the horizon, I wanted to do a "trial run" of installing an updated operating system. I know that you can just hit update instead of doing a clean install, but I've been reading that things run better when you do a fresh install. My old ibook still has Panther on it and I figured I could try to install Tiger on it from my MBP disks.
I know that this represents a violation of the license, but I thought it would be worth it to ensure that I don't make any major mistakes when I'm doing the same procedure with my brand new MBP when Leopard gets released. When I tried booting from the disk from my ibook I got a kernel panic which I interpreted as a sign that it was not a good idea so I abandoned the project. Now every time I try to start my ibook I get another kernel panic and I'm afraid I just broke my old computer.
Mac Pro :: Early 2008 Chime Repeating At Startup?
Feb 11, 2012recently i just got a used mac pro (early 2008), it was working great for 2 days, but then as yesterday, when power it on, it will chime, get the grey screen, but then the chime will repeat multiple times. (it does this sometimes) idk what the problem is, i have tested the hardware everything passed, tried resetting PRAM, didnt help. so idk if its hardware related or software related. its running 10.6.8.
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Jun 25, 2012A few months back, my old reliable MacBook Pro (early 2008) started behaving oddly. Have no idea why, but went to start it up one day, and it took forever to start up and get me to the login screen. Been like that ever since. Occassionally, when I finally get to the login screen, the keyboard will not function. After a few minutes though, it always works. This only happens about 5% of the time. Once I log in, everything about the computer from a performance perspective seems to be pretty normal In addition to the slow start up, however, system gets extremely hot at the top of the keyboard, near the monitor. Fans run fast almost all the time when the system is powered on, and often when it is 'asleep'. CPU Temp goes to about 170, and the fans are always between 2400 and 3500.
I took it to Apple a while back, and based on the incredibly slow start up time they believed it was a disk issue. I went ahead and purchased a 500GB internal drive and this past weekend used SuperDuper to copy the original boot disk. All went well and I now have a new internal disk. At the same time, I upgrade the RAM from 2GB to 4GB.
After all that, the system is still very slow at startup and runs as hot as it did before. I will say, it does seem to be slightly faster on the startup, but not what I had become accustomed to for the first 4 years of use. I looked at the activity monitor and don't see any processes hogging resources. No anti-virus software running.Currently running Mac OSX 10.6.8 My battery is pretty muc shot, but I never really use the system unplugged.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Upgraded disk and memory
MacBook Pro :: No Startup Chime On Late 2008/OS Sound Is Working Fine?
Jul 3, 2009Here's a bit of a strange one, noticed over the last couple of days that the start up chime was getting quieter, then today no sound what so ever when turning it on.
Now from my understanding of it, the chime is a bit like a POST beep on a PC? Hear it once and every thing's fine? Otherwise the MBP is booting up fine, dual booting it and have sound in OS X and Win 7?!
Suspect I may have a HDD issue, as had to run chkdsk /f /r the other day and had to stop it after 12 hours as it was still on stage 4 of 5 @ 18%, and it seems to be running slower, also the HDD is becoming more vocal.
I'm going to run a full AHT on the unit, was just wondering if anyone else has come across something like this before?
IMac :: Imac 27" Brief Mechanical Ejection Sound From Dvd Drive When Booting Up
Dec 2, 2009Had a quick question. I'm on my third 27" stock 3.06Ghz imac that was replaced yesterday. The good news is that so far it doesn't seem to have any of the problems of my previous two 27" imac's. There is one thing though. A couple of seconds after pressing the power button to bootup there is a brief mechanical sound from the dvd drive like a quick ejecting sound even though there is no cd in the drive. My first 27" imac dvd drive made the sound but the second imac 27" Imac I had didn't. Is this sound normal? Would be curious to know why two out of the three 27" Imac's I had make that noise.
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Jul 5, 2012I have a MAC PRO 3,1 Quad-Core Intel Xeon, OS X6.8. Lately my startup tone has been soft and then non existent. I zap the PRAM and then reboot to a soft tone. Somewhat reassured that I have the tone. Why is the tone diminishing to non at all. I have not changed my volume settings. Is this a problem? Or am I just paranoid after 4 years of reliability?
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Mac Pro early 2008, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
IMac PPC :: OS Is Not Booting On G5?
Apr 23, 2012I have a IMAC g5 PPC based machine.It was working fine before several days.Leopard 10.5.8 is intalled on it.Currently i am not able to boot OS.Whenever I power on the machine is stops at brown screen(with apple logo). I have tried to start in safe mode as well as single user mode. I am able to start it in single user mode but after 1-2 mins automattically it shows an error like this. "ioatacontroller device blocking bus" And after that system got stuck. I dont have any OS bootable disk. From where can I download the source of OS which I can install on IMAC g5 PPC based machine.
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MAC os X, Mac OSX (10.5.7)
OS X :: Random Two-Tone Beep At Start Up?
Dec 3, 2008My Macbook is awesome, absolutely no complaints except for this loud "Ding-dong" noise that comes at really random times. It's sort of fuzzy, like a recording on a cell phone (which I'm sure it's not), and it's just a higher pitched beep then a slightly lower pitched beep.
I've searched everywhere and I haven't found any posts or anything at all like this. I can have no applications open, other than background processes (I'll list those below) and it'll make the noise. So I sort of assume it's either some ridiculous Leopard malfunction or that it's one of the Preference Panes I have installed. If anyone has this same problem let me know, I'm going to start recording exactly what's open whenever it makes the noise and try to find something in common between them.
OS X :: G4 Modem Not Recognizing Dial Tone?
Aug 20, 2009PB G4 12" OSX 10.4.11 - modem does not recognize dial tone. Connections OK.. Recently, the modem recongized dial tone and connected to internet, but, no sound of the dialing. Last time used modem, connected via DSL to internet OK, and AirPort OK..Today, internal Modem does not recognize 'dial up' dial tone, error message: check connections. Is it possible for the DLS connection to corrupt the dial up process?.. also, the SuperDrive has not worked in a month (cd will not go in).
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
ITunes :: Importing A Ring Tone?
May 24, 2012I have a ring tone that is a .aac file which I believe is a Real Player file.
How can I import that .aac file to iTunes so I can get the ring tone on the iPhone?
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Logic Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Motu Ultralite mk3 (not Hybrid)
MacBook Pro :: What Does Three-tone Error Message Mean
Jul 1, 2012Trying to re-install Snow Leopard on a 17-inch MacBook Pro (early 2010).I have erased the HD and cannot boot from the Snow Leopard install DVD.I start and hold down the C key...does not get past the gray apple logo and THREE TONES sound...no further bootup.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
OS X :: G5 IMac Not Booting At All Running 10.4.11
Dec 24, 2009Have a G5 iMac (non Intel) that was running OS 10.4.11 that now won't boot. I get the chime and the Apple then blue screen where it hangs. It won't even boot from an install CD/DVD (same routine) to blue screen. I had wanted to do an archive and reinstall but couldn't get the disk to boot. I have been able to Safe Boot and view files. In Safe Boot, I've verified the hard drive (no problems detected) and Repaired Privileges, but still won't boot (blue Screen). I've tried an install disk with same result (no boot and blue screen).
I've hooked the G5 to another G5 iMac, booted the bad G5 in Target Mode. The hard drive appears on the second G5s desktop. Using CCC have cloned the hard drive to an external hard drive (now have a backup of I don't know what. During the cloning, Norton AntiVirus detected and Quarantined a virus. I've run DiskUtility from the second iMac and again found no problems with the hard drive or permissions. Should I erase the bad hard drive, reinstall system software (using an interim user). The try to migrate all the old applications and files from the clone? If not what should I do next?
IMac :: Noise When Booting Up?
Mar 14, 2009I just bought a new iMac (2.93) today and every time I turn it on it makes a weird zzzZZ noise. Same thing happens when I wake the computer up from sleep mode. It sounds like its coming from the disc drive area. IDK if this is normal or what to do to fix it
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Searching the web, I found this might be an imac G3 with cd tray loading. When powered on, a folder with a question mark shows off.. I read that this might indicate a disk failure.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
