On Jul 30, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Matthew LoRe wrote:
> Hi, > Firstly let me say hello to everyone. I am newly posting to the > list. I signed up a few weeks ago. > I have a 1Ghz eMac that almost never boots up the first time. I had an iBook G4 that did this sometimes. Turned out to be a failed hard drive, but that might not be the case for you (hopefully). Try doing the basic troubleshooting steps, like resetting the PRAM (Hold CMD + OPT + P + R) through 4 chimes, repairing permissions through Disk Utility or OnyX, resetting Open Firmware (Hold CMD + OPT + O + F at boot, then type 'reset-nvram' [press return] 'reset-all' [press return]). Another thing that just occurred to me, try changing your startup disk to your hard drive. There may be no real startup disk, so the computer has to take a while to find the one to boot from. You can also try booting through Verbose mode (Hold CMD + V at boot) and tell us if you see any strange messages. Sorry if this is too unorganized lol! If you need more help, fell free to ask :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
