IMac (Intel) :: White Screen With Flashing Question Mark?
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Mar 9, 2012Most of the time when I turn on the Mac I get the white screen and question mark appear. Sometimes it will turn on and work. But often the coloured spinning wheel starts up especially after trying to use iphoto it freezes and a couple of times the screen has then gone black. The computer seemed pretty warm yesterday when this happened.Â
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Jun 29, 20092.0GHz MacBook running 10.5. My friend's computer which he brought to me thinking I might be able to get it booted.
My buddy went to bed last night, running a video on his hard drive with the computer hooked up to his flat screen TV, he fell asleep while it was playing. This morning he woke up to a frozen screen. He did a manual shutdown. Upon restart he got a gray screen with nothing showing.
I have tried the original installation disk and restart while holding down "C" with no result.
I tried a copy of Tech Tools 5 in the DVD drive... with no result.
I have tried booting off of my own external firewire HD upon which I keep a bootable clone of os10.4.11... with no result.
I tried booting off that same external HD while holding down "C" and got the flashing folder with question mark.
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I know that the flashing question mark indicates there is no start up software to be found, but I have to question whether this might not be something more than a bad HD. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Below are the basic information of my laptop.
Screen Size13.3 inchesScreen Resolution1280x800Max Screen Resolution1280x800 pixelsProcessor2.5 GHz Intel Core i5RAM4 GB DDR3Hard Drive500 GB HDD 5400 rpmGraphics CoprocessorIntel HD Graphics 4000Chipset BrandIntelCard DescriptionIntel HD 4000Graphics Card Ram Size128 MBWireless Type802.11 a/b/g/nNumber of USB 2.0 Ports2Average Battery Life (in hours)8 hours  ExpandÂ
Other Technical Details Brand NameAppleSeriesMacBook ProItem model numberMD101LL/AHardware PlatformMacOperating SystemMac OS X 10.8 Mountain LionItem Weight4.5 poundsItem Dimensions L x W x H8.94 x 12.78 x 0.95 inchesColorSilverProcessor BrandIntelProcessor Count1Computer Memory TypeDDR3 SDRAMHard Drive InterfaceSerial ATAHard Drive Rotational Speed5400 RPMOptical Drive TypeDVD+R DLAudio-out Ports (#)1Power SourceDCVoltage100 voltsÂ
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Sep 8, 2008On the screen of my powerbook is a flashing question mark alternating with a face.my powerbook is unusable. In disk utility on my installation disk my hard drive does not appear in the window there and the repair disk tab is dimmed.
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Mar 29, 2012My computer started getting really slow all of the time and then it froze with the spinning rainbow. Normally if I simply press and hold the power button to restart it, the computer is fine. This time when I turned t back of I got a grey screen with the flashing question mark.
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Jun 17, 2014My computer froze on me and the rainbow cursor appeared. I forced my Macbook Pro to shut down and when I restarted it, a grey screen appeared with a flashing folder that has a question mark inside. Â
I tried the following:
1) restarting it holding down the "shift" button and nothing changed
2) restarting while holding down opting+command+p+r until I hear it ding 3-6 times - nothing changedÂ
AND what causes this? This is not the first time I have heard of a Macbook Pro doing this...Â
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