Re: Intel iMac Startup Freeze
I want to back up but my drive is too small; I have a 500GB G-Tech drive on order but it won't arrive much before mid March, from Amazon. I can drag a few music and photo files over in the meantime. We always buy AppleCare but this iMac didn't have it and Apple wouldn't let me add it. Regards Susan On Feb 27, 1:14 am, Robert MacLeay rmacl...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 26, 6:38 am, Purler susan.plat...@zen.co.uk wrote: Well there I was, thinking the problem had gone away, when I got another freeze this morning, then again this afternoon I STRONGLY urge you to back up everything now, as in my experience this is only going to get worse, until your Mac won't boot at all. I have just gone through this with my late-2006 iMac, which is under AppleCare. After three unsuccessful attempts to repair my iMac over the last four weeks (attempts that included a new optical drive, a new video card, and a new motherboard), Apple is throwing in the towel and sending me a replacement. FYI, one thing I have learned (besides the value of AppleCare) is that inability of your machine to boot does not necessarily mean that you have no access to the hard disk. Mine will no longer start up off the internal HD, an external cloned HD, or the install DVD, but it will start up in FireWire Target Mode, and I was able to copy all my files off before handing it over to FedEx. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Intel iMac Startup Freeze
Well there I was, thinking the problem had gone away, when I got another freeze this morning, then again this afternoon (first time this has happened) while I was looking at some photos in an email. Total freeze, so that I had to restart with the On button again. /sigh Regards Susan On Feb 23, 12:32 pm, Simon Royal m...@simonroyal.co.uk wrote: Susan Hope that sorts it. Disk Utility is usually the first port of call with Macs. If not let me know and I'll get my thinking cap on. Simon ---http://www.simonroyal.co.uk- Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, hacks and more... -http://www.nmug.org.uk- webmaster for Norwich Mac User Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple Mac. On Feb 23 2009, Purler wrote: All I had tried previously was resetting the PRAM but this morning I did as you suggested with the Disk Utility. It repaired permissions and indicated that the disk needed repairing, which I subsequently did. Cross fingers now! Regards Susan On Feb 21, 11:21 am, Simon Royal m...@simonroyal.co.uk wrote: Hi I have an InteliMac(2006 model) and it started doing the same thing. Then it started slowing down, hanging and panicking. Then the internal hard drive stopped being recognised. Then it gave up the ghost permanently. The DC board burnt out - taking the hard drive and logic board with it. It may not be the case for you. Have you tried checking the disc in disk utility? repair permissions and verify disc. Also check the RAM is seated properly. Simon --- I haven't noticed any other oddities with this machine: no panics or slow running. It is a 20-incher from mid 2007 and has had a 300GB disk fitted by the previous owner. It is running 10.5.6 and has 3GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. It started up perfectly this morning but yesterday I had to use the off button to do a restart. It began doing this roughly two months ago. Regards Susan On Feb 20, 10:17 pm, Simon Royal m...@simonroyal.co.uk wrote: Susan What versioniMacis it and what version of OSX are you running? Have you noticed any other oddities with the machine, like panics or slow running in general? Simon --- My second hand InteliMac(no AppleCare) occasionally freezes during startup, at any stage from the pale blue screen right up to immediately after the login screen. Is this a symptom of a disk problem? Regards Susan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Intel iMac Startup Freeze
All I had tried previously was resetting the PRAM but this morning I did as you suggested with the Disk Utility. It repaired permissions and indicated that the disk needed repairing, which I subsequently did. Cross fingers now! Regards Susan On Feb 21, 11:21 am, Simon Royal m...@simonroyal.co.uk wrote: Hi I have an Intel iMac (2006 model) and it started doing the same thing. Then it started slowing down, hanging and panicking. Then the internal hard drive stopped being recognised. Then it gave up the ghost permanently. The DC board burnt out - taking the hard drive and logic board with it. It may not be the case for you. Have you tried checking the disc in disk utility? repair permissions and verify disc. Also check the RAM is seated properly. Simon --- I haven't noticed any other oddities with this machine: no panics or slow running. It is a 20-incher from mid 2007 and has had a 300GB disk fitted by the previous owner. It is running 10.5.6 and has 3GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. It started up perfectly this morning but yesterday I had to use the off button to do a restart. It began doing this roughly two months ago. Regards Susan On Feb 20, 10:17 pm, Simon Royal m...@simonroyal.co.uk wrote: Susan What version iMac is it and what version of OSX are you running? Have you noticed any other oddities with the machine, like panics or slow running in general? Simon --- My second hand Intel iMac (no AppleCare) occasionally freezes during startup, at any stage from the pale blue screen right up to immediately after the login screen. Is this a symptom of a disk problem? Regards Susan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Intel iMac Startup Freeze
Hi I have an Intel iMac (2006 model) and it started doing the same thing. Then it started slowing down, hanging and panicking. Then the internal hard drive stopped being recognised. Then it gave up the ghost permanently. The DC board burnt out - taking the hard drive and logic board with it. It may not be the case for you. Have you tried checking the disc in disk utility? repair permissions and verify disc. Also check the RAM is seated properly. Simon --- I haven't noticed any other oddities with this machine: no panics or slow running. It is a 20-incher from mid 2007 and has had a 300GB disk fitted by the previous owner. It is running 10.5.6 and has 3GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. It started up perfectly this morning but yesterday I had to use the off button to do a restart. It began doing this roughly two months ago. Regards Susan On Feb 20, 10:17 pm, Simon Royal m...@simonroyal.co.uk wrote: Susan What version iMac is it and what version of OSX are you running? Have you noticed any other oddities with the machine, like panics or slow running in general? Simon --- My second hand Intel iMac (no AppleCare) occasionally freezes during startup, at any stage from the pale blue screen right up to immediately after the login screen. Is this a symptom of a disk problem? Regards Susan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
