startup

Hi all, I've cracked the screen on my MacBook Pro i7 with touchbar. I was using it with USB-C to HDMI adapter to external monitor no problem. I left it for an hour and I couldn't get back into it. The only thing that seems to work is to press the power (fingerprint) button until I see the...

I originally posted this in tha Apple forum but noone had a successful suggestion. The computer used to work fine. Now the bootup process shows the apple and the status bar about half full. This takes minutes. The computer stalls there. Eventually it gives me a full white screen for a while then...

Hi, Newb here with my first post. I have a 2009 mac pro 2-quad 2.66 8 core nalahem. I put an ssd drive in and installed lion 10.7.3 via the option key and dvd, worked fine. My pro tools version is not compatible with lion and i don't have 700$ lying around, so i decided to wipe the ssd and...

I have a G4MDD that has start up issues. When I push the start up button, nothing happens. If I pull the power plug then reconnect it, the computer will start using the start up button on the front, but I noticed the start up chime is different (like older G4's) and the big fan doesn't...

Well my iMAC G5 (1.6ghz,Gen1) was shutting down intermediately so I opened it up and removed the power supply and found many leaking capacitors. All were replaced. The capacitors on the logic board look fine with none leaking nor bulging ( I will take a picture.). Once I plugged in the newly...

I have G5 2004 that won't startup. I have heard conflicting reports about the G5 being able to startup with only one processor in the upper socket.. to test which processor went bad. Some say yes, some say not all can startup with only one processor seated. Mine won't. As soon as I put the...

Hello, After an electrical storm, even though I had my Mac G4 (733) unplugged, it would not startup. I read around on various forums and installed a new battery as well as reset the PMU. It started right up but only that once. I had to push the PMU button every time before it would startup. I...

Hello folks. I have a 400 mhz Titanium powerbook I'm trying to resurrect for my teen daughter. Just replaced the internal pram battery, the external regular battery, and the a/c cord, all with brand new parts. The book was dead, and now I have power but not much more. When pressing the...

Hi, My GF has a MacBook dualcore 2.0, 1.16 Gig Ram, 100 Gig HD, OS X 10.4.11. & a 15 gig Windows XP partition. Today upon startup, it hanged on the Apple logo and spinning wheel for over 5 minutes. I did the following: 1) Hard reboot: Still hangs 2) Reset PRAM-NVRAM: Still hangs...

I have a white 12" iBook 700 MHZ running OS 10.3 that startups very erratically. Oftentimes for a week or so it will startup just fine. Then it will not boot up at all with just battery power, the adapter or both. This problem started a few months ago. I've tried using a different battery and...

Hi, The windows bootcamp partition doesnt appear in the startup disk. I can still boot from holding ALT at startup can anyone help me???? Many thanks in advance.

Every few times i start up my macbook the isight green light comes on immediately and my isight programs such as photobooth and quicktime movie recorder fail to work. Restarting the macbook does not fix the problem, i have to shut it down and then restart. This gets frustrating and seem there...

I have a Mirror Drive G4 Dual 867, 1 Gig of RAM, running the most up to date version of 10.3.9. Ever since I moved back in January, when I start up my computer sometimes it fails to start up at all (no video signal is sent to the monitors) and the power light blinks red 4 times in 2 seconds...

I have a Macbook 1.8Mhz, inter core duo 2, 13", 80Gb HD and the problem that i have is that at startup there is a question mark folder (i know it means that the system folder of my HD could not be found), i alredy tried everythng from resteting the RAM parameters passing by the secure mode, user...

As stated on subject, the fan in my PBG4 runs at max speed from the laptop starts. I have tried to reset NVRAM, PRAM, PMU, but no luck. The laptop is not hot at all. Is there any idea about this case? Thank you.

Hey folks, Last night I was running Onyx to perform some maintenance, and the program recognized a problem and told me the startup disk needs repair. I booted up from my OSX install disk, repaired the volume, everything was fine and dandy. Then I booted up from my startup disk and my macbook...

I have 2 internal Serial-ATA disks: Both were checked (with Disk Utility and DiskWarrior) and are OK. But only one of the two disks shows in the Startup Disk list in System Preferences->Startup Disk. Please I need assistance. Sincerely, Sally PowerMac G5 / OS X (V.10.4.11) 3GB memory

I have an old LCII that has not been used for several years. It was OK before it was stored away. Now I want to use it again I get no chime but a tone sequence and a blank display at switch on. I've replaced (substituted) the PRAM back-up battery but it makes no difference. Where can I get...

Hello folks, it's rather early her --to me at least ;-) Hoping you guys are having a kicking time too... Today, five minutes ago, when I started up this beast (PowerMac G4 17" http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/17-167.html )... an noted a strange thing. The Apple logo, usually in the center of...

I have a USB Jumpdrive, i plug it in, and it mounts fine, if i restart the Mac OS, however, it is not mounted on startup, I am used to how windows would mount it without having to disconnect and reconnect the key. how do i have it mounted if its plugged in at boot?