I hope I have the right forum...in actuality I do not know if it is a hardware problem or a software issue...
All I know is I have a major problem and I am very frightened it is bad. I installed a PCI USB 2.0 card (Iogear), booted the computer (no problem), then installed the software for my OS as instructed.
After installation, I was prompted to restart, I clicked RESTART, however, the computer did not boot, I got the Apple strartup tone, when the white page with the grey Apple logo came up instead of getting the spinning gear progress wheel and then OS progress bar, I got a black bar on the stem of the Apple logo with what is possibly very, very tiny blue text. I have tried to reboot and reboot, but nothing, it is no good...same result.
I am also unable to start in Safe Mode.
It does seem to run through all the hardware diagnostics (I can see my optical mouse light up, it fires the optical scanner, and all), but I still get that black bar and then it just stops...I am so scared right now...
I removed the PCI card just in case, but it did no good. Does anyone know what it could be?
Please tell me it is not fatal............................................
All I know is I have a major problem and I am very frightened it is bad. I installed a PCI USB 2.0 card (Iogear), booted the computer (no problem), then installed the software for my OS as instructed.
After installation, I was prompted to restart, I clicked RESTART, however, the computer did not boot, I got the Apple strartup tone, when the white page with the grey Apple logo came up instead of getting the spinning gear progress wheel and then OS progress bar, I got a black bar on the stem of the Apple logo with what is possibly very, very tiny blue text. I have tried to reboot and reboot, but nothing, it is no good...same result.
I am also unable to start in Safe Mode.
It does seem to run through all the hardware diagnostics (I can see my optical mouse light up, it fires the optical scanner, and all), but I still get that black bar and then it just stops...I am so scared right now...
I removed the PCI card just in case, but it did no good. Does anyone know what it could be?
Please tell me it is not fatal............................................