Cannot startup iMac 20 10.6.3 -all I get is a flashing question mark folder. Tried doing all the safe boots, switching the ram, starting from disc... Nothing seems to work.
And cannot reinstall operating system; all discs cannot be be seen.
Also cannot reset the ram... No chimes, either.
F@&k!!!
This is also a replacement mac and I'm on my 5th freeking iPhone, I've been a mac user my whole life... yes I grew up with the apple(still works). Now it seems these apples are rotten...seriously getting pisssed off!!!!!!
And cannot reinstall operating system; all discs cannot be be seen.
Also cannot reset the ram... No chimes, either.
F@&k!!!
This is also a replacement mac and I'm on my 5th freeking iPhone, I've been a mac user my whole life... yes I grew up with the apple(still works). Now it seems these apples are rotten...seriously getting pisssed off!!!!!!
imac 2.4ghz 4gb ram, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
Level 1 (0 points)flashing ? usually means a HDD problem of some kind
A good HDD with NO OS will do this so will a bad HDD.
If your ODD also does not work then you probably have a hardware issue. PSU failed??iMac Intel 8.1 and 4.1, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 1TB WD drive- Like (0)
- Level 1 (0 points)Optical Disk Drive - DVD/CD drive
PSU - Power SupplyiMac Intel 8.1 and 4.1, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 1TB WD drive- Like (0)
Level 1 (0 points)gotcha...
switched the ram and it booted up fine...went to the windows partition everything seems fine, then restarted...boom, same problem, flashing "?" tried switching the ram again, still nothing...
then i let it sit for a few hours, popped the install disc, still couldn't see any startup discs...
tried it again, magic! the start up discs were all there. did a full disc check, and no problems...
then went to restart. booted up fine, but once in os x, all programs were unresponsive, went to restart and boom...same f@%king flashing "?"
any ideas?imac 2.4ghz 4gb ram, Mac OS X (10.5.4)- Like (0)
- Level 1 (0 points)OK it seems your system is unstable... it may be faulty RAM.
I suggest you pull all RAM and then install 1 module only into a slot and test/boot and run at least a short while. Then do this for all modules into the SAME slot. If none boot, then try same procedure in next slot and so on till you have tested all modules in each slot.
You may want to mark the modules with a sharpie or similar to avoid confusion.
Make a list of what modules work in which slots. This will help determine if there is a faulty module (common fail across slots) or a faulty slot (common slot across modules).
Alternately, you can try booting the AHT (insert DVD reboot and hold "D" till icon appears) on one of your original DVD's and run the memory test there but it cannot distinguish between bad slot and bad module so you'd still need to swap and repeat to know.iMac Intel 8.1 and 4.1, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 1TB WD drive- Like (0)
- Level 1 (0 points)After 12 times of trying to get the machine to read the disc to do a hardware check, it finally worked. No errors found, then enabled looping, found error on HD. This was the same problem 8 months ago(when i had warranty), but no apple service center could find the problem, and now that my warranty is out, apple basically told me "sorry" nothing we can do. awesome how i went through two imacs in less than two years!!!! way to go apple, your quality is no1!!!imac 2.4ghz 4gb ram, Mac OS X (10.5.4)
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- Level 1 (0 points)seems odd that a HDD problem prevents boot from the DVD??
What is the error you get?iMac Intel 8.1 and 4.1, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 1TB WD drive- Like (0)
- Level 1 (0 points)4HDD/11/40000000:sata(0,0)
it took the hardware test all day to find the error, and I had to enable looping; didn't find any errors the first two runsimac 2.4ghz 4gb ram, Mac OS X (10.5.4)- Like (0)
- Level 1 (0 points)HDD, SATA cable, logic board are the likely causes it seemsiMac Intel 8.1 and 4.1, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 1TB WD drive
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- Level 1 (0 points)that's f@%king awesome...imacs that can't even last a year = =
i'm really wondering why i keep supporting this fruity brand...they should change their name to "lemon"
F@^K!!imac 2.4ghz 4gb ram, Mac OS X (10.5.4)- Like (0)
- Level 1 (0 points)If it is less than a year old then get Apple to fix it, easy!
Other option is to try to get a successful boot on the DVD and run disk util and check the HDD is SMART verified. Try repairing the disk too via utilities.
BTW - don't exclude RAM. I had a similar issue where I could not boot from the HDD and it crashes when booting from DVD to try a disk repair. It turned out to be a dud RAM module.iMac Intel 8.1 and 4.1, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 1TB WD drive- Like (0)
- Level 1 (0 points)it's 15 months old and it is already a replacement machine...tried repairing via utilities, says there is no problem.imac 2.4ghz 4gb ram, Mac OS X (10.5.4)
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- Level 1 (0 points)I would boot the AHT and run the extended memory test just to exclude RAM, then assuming no errors, you have to eliminate the HDD and cable as possible cause. IMO the cable is unlikely to be the cause but I never say never!
If you are comfortable with pulling your system apart then a new HDD is a quick and easy fix and places like iFixit.com have great guides available online for free.iMac Intel 8.1 and 4.1, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 1TB WD drive- Like (0)
- Level 1 (0 points)it's the motherboard and HD...
15 month old imac that didn't quite last...oh wait, that's 2 imac in less than 2 years that didn't last... and not to mention i'm on my 5th replacement phone...
anyways, F@&k apple and mr jobs...to all those thinking about buying a mac, DON"T!!!!!!!!! SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! BUY SOMETHING CHEAPER AND SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST LONGER!!!!
MACS DO CRASH, AND THEY DO HAVE VIRUSES!! AND THEIR QUALITY IS ****!!!!
think of this...
bill gates trying to save the planet, steve jobs kicking in doors...who do you really want to support?
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