eMac trouble
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. If I pull the plug and then try again it starts the second time. Is there a better/safer way to reset an eMac? Has anyone had an experience like this? If it's a software issue I sure don't know what it is, I upgraded to 10.4 a few weeks back and initially it stopped having this problem but now it is doing it again. Any expertise would be appreciated. Sincerely, Matt --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: eMac trouble
Matthew What exactly is the problem? When you say it doesn't boot does it just stop or does it display a message? Simon On 31 Jul 2009, at 03:26, 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. If I pull the plug and then try again it starts the second time. Is there a better/safer way to reset an eMac? Has anyone had an experience like this? If it's a software issue I sure don't know what it is, I upgraded to 10.4 a few weeks back and initially it stopped having this problem but now it is doing it again. Any expertise would be appreciated. Sincerely, Matt Simon Royal --- Visit my Mac site at http://www.simonroyal.co.uk. Or Skype me on 'Simon-Royal'. (Apple PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, SuperDrive. Mac OSX 10.5, 10.4 9.2.2...) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: eMac trouble
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
