OK, the hardware test finally found an error and stopped (at 1 hour, 32 minutes). The error message is:
4HDD/11/40000000: SATA(0,0) I guess that must be the hard drive. If that's the only error reported, can I feel pretty sure that the hard drive is the only bad component? Thanks everyone for your help. I really appreciate it! Gregg P.S. And I got the DVD out by holding down the mouse key while rebooting. Thanks. On Oct 30, 2011, at 7:29 PM, Macs R We wrote: > On Oct 30, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Gregg Dinse wrote: > >> Does anyone out there know the proper command for running the Apple hardware >> diagnostic DVD program from single user mode? I googled, but could not find >> anything. Thanks, > > You don't run it from single user mode. You run it from the DVD, either by > holding down D at boot, or holding down option and choosing the hardware > test. (You said iMac, so I know it's not an optical-less machine.) > > Unless you have had physical ejection problems with your optical drive > before, don't worry about getting discs stuck in it. Hold down the mouse key > or trackpad key directly after you hear the boot chime. This will eject the > disc. This is a firmware "reflex" and does not require a working OS. > > If you want to get rid of the "memory" of having a firmware update ready to > load (though I'm not sure there really is such a thing), just zap the PRAM. > > My analysis would be that your drive is roached, and things being written to > it aren't writing properly. I suspect a simple drive replacement will cure > all your problems. Hope you are well backed up. > > -- > Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support > in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. > http://macsrwe.com _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
