On 18 Apr 2011, at 09:36, william wrote: My core duo imac which was having problems with video artifacts and shutdowns has presented a new problem. Now i am unable to boot up. It goes to the screen with the Apple logo then the wheel just spins over and over. I am able to boot up on my Snow Leopard cd, from which i have repaired disk and repaired permissions. It says both are ok, but i still cannot boot past the Apple logo window. Is this the end, or are there more things i can do to try to extend its life for a few months till i can get another intel imac? For now i am back on my G4 imac running Tiger. Feeling alot less powerful, but much more secure.
Thanks for any suggestions. -william William My suggestion would be buy an external firewire hard drive, install Snow Leopard and use this as startup disc. It won't be money wasted as you can continue to use it when you get your new Mac. Question. When you boot from CD (DVD) does the internal drive show up and can you access the files on it? Good Luck John -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
