The mouse button on startup did open the cd tray. I put in the Apple diagnostic disk which came with it and tried starting up from it holding down the c key. The cd did spin up and an icon appeared of a tiny computer saying loading. Stayed that way for about 10 minutes. I lost patience and shut it off again. Now it won't open the cd door using the mouse button. I still get the wierd arrows with the option key on startup but not when holding down the c key. Now when I try to startup from the cd--since I can't get it out--nothing at all happens after the bong and the blue screen---except the ticking which I guess is the hard drive trying to startup. Any ideas? We may have had a power surge although the surge protector it is plugged into is fine. The phone line isn't plugged through a surge protector though on that computer... If I could get the repair disk out, I would like to see if it would boot from the OS 9 disk. Any other way besides the mouse button? (which still moves the cursor around the screen OK when the option key startup produces the two arrows.)
Thanks, Ann Brian wrote: > It sounds by your description to be a bad hard drive. Press and hold > down the mouse button and turn it on and the drawer should pop out for > you. Start up and try running the disk utility and see if it will > recognize the hard drive. > > Brian O'Neal > > > > > > > > On Jun 23, 2004, at 1:48 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: > >> Hi, >> I would appreciate once again any help from your pool of experienced >> and gracious Mac persons. >> My daughter's iMac (flat panel, white, new last August, can't find >> anything which tells me more useful info about it) won't start up. >> She is gone for a couple of weeks. I went into her room and found it >> on and making an odd clicking sound like an old wind up clock ticking >> (remember those? gone the way of dial phones and roll up car >> windows). I turned it off with the button on the back as nothing else >> responded. >> When I push the on button on the back I get the startup bong, then a >> blue screen and a square small box with a question mark flashing >> which alternates with a face in profile. The manual referred to the >> option key which when pressed produces a blue screen with two boxes >> in it one with a right arrow, the other with a circle arrow. When the >> circle arrow is selected with the mouse (which works) the clicking >> noise stops. When the right arrow is selected with the mouse, the >> clicking does not stop and there is no change. >> I was going to try to start up from a cd, but I can't get the cd >> drawer to open. She is not using the original keyboard since she >> trashed it a while back in an incident with a Sprite. I miss the >> paperclip hole the previous Macs had. Is there a secret weapon to get >> the thing open or should I try something else? >> >> As always, thanks in advance for any suggestions. >> >> Ann Richmond, generally just a Central Ky lurker >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
