Hi Vince, Thanks for writing. I tried holding down the "D" key while booting, but it had no effect, so I guess my system does not have the hardware test built-in (or it is too messed up to get to it).
Gregg On Oct 30, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Vince LaMonica wrote: > On Oct 30, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Gregg Dinse wrote: > >> I did not try booting from the install DVD, or in single user mode, or >> firewire target mode. I could try those now, though I'm not sure what to do >> from single user mode or firewire target mode. Before the hang, I ran disk >> utility and got errors that could not be fixed (by disk utility at least). >> Is there some other software that might fix them? > > I believe that a firmware upgrade puts the system into a mode where it will > only boot up into that firmware upgrade "disk". I would check the search > engines to see if, when booting into single user mode, there is a way for you > to disable that, so that the normal boot options when holding the Option key > down, you can pick the hardware diag DVD. You might also try holding "D" down > at boot to start up the hardware test if the system has one built in. More > info: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1533 > > But my first suspicion is that the firmware upgrade 'mode' of the computer is > overriding the usual startup keys one should be able to use. If there's a way > around the firmware upgrading via a command in single user mode, that would > my personal choice as to the next step. > > /vjl/_______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
