Have you tried booting up holding 'alt' down or from a back up drive? there is also booting up in Target disc mode if you can connect two machines. tom Samson On 15/10/2011, at 8:20 AM, David Nicholas wrote:
> I need some help to get my machine working again. > > I have a 27" iMac with Snow Leopard up to date. > > This morning I had a screen problem after selecting an image from a > Facebook entry. The cursor showed a hand and would move over the > screen but wouldn't select anything. Eventually in desperation I > turned the machine off at the back. After lunch I opened the box of > my new EyeTV Diversity. Forgetting the machine was off I put the Eye > TV disk into the slot and then turned the iMac on. > > When it starts to boot I get the Chime, the CD starts to whirr then it > gives up after about 20 seconds and I am left with a white screen. > > The iMac is now dead and I can't eject the CD. > > I tried booting with various keys held down like Option then the Shift > key. The keyboard eject key had no effect. > > I would like to get the CD out of course and then try booting again. > > This message is coming from my wife's 24"iMac. > > David Nicholas > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
