One other piece of info--
I can get a startup chime when I use two 1GB RAM cards. The screen will
stay black, but I can connect through Teamviewer.
This is the same when I use either (but not both) of my 2GB RAM cards (so I
assume that both of them are good) . Using both of the 2GB RAM cards, I d
Update: 3/30/18:
First, thanks so much to everyone who has given me suggestions to try. I
really appreciate all of you taking the time to offer your thoughts.
I opened the iMac up and vacuumed out all of the dust (there was a lot).
It still would not start up when I had both RAM cards in (even i
Hi John,
This sounds intriguing--and like you say, what do I have to lose.
Although I have worked with Macs for many years, I do not have much
experience inside one.
Are there photos or videos for the process you describe? I am not even sure
what you mean when you say "Take the card off of the h
Thanks for the idea. However, this one (a 24" also) will not boot into Safe
mode.
In fact, I cannot get even a startup chime unless I pull one of the RAM
cards out. It doesn't matter whether the left one is in or the right one is
in, if I only have one RAM card in, it will produce the startup ch
Hi all,
My mom's 2008 iMac with Yosemite and 4 GB RAM will no longer start. (Sorry
that I don't more specs, but it won't start)
When I push the power button, all I hear is a clicking sound near the
optical drive. No startup chime.
What I have tried:
If I unplug the machine, and remove the two 2G
Hi,
After reading your response, I went back to look for some of the solutions.
Here is one posting that I found"
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/fixing-brightness-with-custom-edid.219413/
However, after rereading it, it appears that this is for laptops, and not
the iMac 91. Sorry for not read
Hi,
After your response, I went back and tried to find the information I
mentioned.
Here is a link to some of it:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/fixing-brightness-with-custom-edid.219413/
However, after rereading it, it looks like this if for a laptop, so perhaps
there is no solution to this
iMac 9,1 w/Sierra-brightness not working
Hi all,
I have an Early 2009 iMac that was running El Capitan. I used the Sierra
Patcher to install Sierra (10.12.5) on this machine (not supported by
Apple).
The install seems to be working fine with one exception--I no longer have
control of the Bri
