computer won't start. tried unplugging and holding in start button. After about a half hour and unplugging a few times, finally got it going. Imac G5
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iMac, MacOS X (10.5)
I am new to Mac, I always had PC's, but yesterday a friend gave me a 20th anniversary Mac, he said it's old and haven't been used for ages. Well, I pulled it out of the box and thought this is a Cool Piece of Computer, plugged it in, but couldn't find the" On button". I did some research on the net and watched a couple of Video's on YouTube, first I was very surprised that this is some kind of fancy Mac, certainly looks good, keeping in mind the age, this was for sure way ahead of his time.
Long story short, the "Start button" on the right side top corner of the keyboard does not start the computer, to start it, I have to unplug the keyboard and reconnect it. After this is done, it appears to me that the thing is running fine, sound, video, tv, radio, touchpad, all the keys from the keyboard, everything works great besides starting the machine. One more thing, the Bios battery is bad, I had no change yet of getting a new one, could this be the reason?
This morning when the power button is pushed, nothing happens at all. The button does not light up. The computer does not start.I checked the power cable. I took it out of the computer and put it back in. (I did note that the plug looks a bit darkened but it does not smell burnt.) I tried it in a different outlet. Same thing. It won't turn on.I can't recall if this iMac is a G3 or G4 and I can't find my documentation to let you know. But I don't know that it matters which G it is. It is the old special edition grey iMac and has been working for us for many years.Is this the end for this iMac? Could it be something that is simple to fix?Â
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iMac, Mac OS
X (10.2.x)
My computer has a kernel panic problem. And I'd like to fix it by booting as safe boot. I hold the shift key after the tone, and release it when the apple and loading gear appear. But, the bar that indicates that safe mode is loading never appears. It'll just boot on regular boot.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
I just went to start up my MacBook Pro with the power button but nothing happens.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
Ever since I installed Snow Leopard, once start-up is complete, I am not able to use the keyboard or track pad button for about 3-4 minutes. They are frozen - the cursor/arrow move according to trackpad/mouse movements, but anything kind of button/key input is not registered.
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MacBook Pro
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
My macbook takes ages to start not sure why
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
MAC PRO 2.8 quad-core Intel
4 x 1GB
2 X 500GB 7200 ATA
ATI RAEDON HD 2600 XT 256MB dual link DVI
16X superdrive
Computer froze today, it was running fine this morning. I went to restart it and now it won't restart. No history of this happening before. It will shut down if I force it, but it will not boot up. After I turn it on, it starts up as normal with a chime and goes to the grey screen with the Apple Logo and spinning wheel. But then the Apple Logo becomes a Circle with a Slash through (international "no" symbol), the spinning wheel remains spinning. And then it just stays like that wheel spinning and "no" symbol. I've tried starting it holding down "shift", holding "option-command-p-r", holding "d", holding "c", and holding "option"... with the same results each time. I ran Disk Warrior on all the disks and tried staring up with no external drives and I've cleaned it thoroughly of dust.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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that is the version its on (Taken two days ago, and sent to a buddy for other reasons completely)
I am new to MAC and in this forum.Lately I've had problems with my Mac Book Pro (15 "OSX 10.7.3) especially now that I made the OSX update. Is inhibited if the computer is idle and we must force it off, holding down the power button.Â
When the computer is restarted, usually three things happens:
1) The computer boots normally
2) Shown instead of the apple icon, an icon with a "-" and never starts, or
3) It shows a progress bar process that takes a long time in advance and then boots normally.I need to know how to do a clean install and reinstall the programs useful, considering that I have no Lion operating system on a DVD, as this was bought from Apple online store.
I just got my computer after the apple store put a new display card in. I have to start the computer two times before the pictures shows up.
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I then took out the 60GB drive and replaced it with the 160 GB drive jumpered as cable select and now the computer won't start up (flashing question mark).Â
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G4 MDD 867, Mac OS X (10.4.9)
So I unplugged my Mac Book Pro, left town for a month, it started for a bit, then screen went blue. I shut it down, and now it will not restart it makes a beep sound I've never heard!Â
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1.1
I can't seem to start my computer because it freezes
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
