Hey,
My brother just got a new LCD iMac (800 MHz, SuperDrive), and it won't turn on, at all! It was working before, but it was doing some very strange things in OS X. We were installing 10.1.3 (Software Update), and my brother was basically trying to test the absolute limits of his computer by multitasking (with very processor-intensive tasks), until it crashed (yes, CRASHED, as in, had to force restart). So, we force restarted, but the 10.1.3 update had never finished. When it came up, there was no desktop picture at all. It was a blue background, but the finder was loaded. Most of the system prefs didn't work, and when we tried to run Software Update again it said there was an error.
Well, we were going to reinitialize and partition the drive anyway, and all his stuff was on his external drive, so we did that, reinstalled 9 and X, then tried to reinstall the 10.1.3 update. Then things got REALLY screwed up. For example, when we opened a menu and then closed it, it left nothing in it's place (when we closed it). Also, apps that we launched tried to open for a few seconds, and then just gave up, stopped launching. Then the Finder started to relaunch automatically, but it just kept bouncing, and never came up. We tried to Log Out, but nothing happened. So, we force-shut down (by holding in power button for several seconds), and try to turn again. Nothing happens at all!! We checked out all the connections, and it does not work!
We are going to call Apple tomorrow (too late now), but does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.
Adam
My brother just got a new LCD iMac (800 MHz, SuperDrive), and it won't turn on, at all! It was working before, but it was doing some very strange things in OS X. We were installing 10.1.3 (Software Update), and my brother was basically trying to test the absolute limits of his computer by multitasking (with very processor-intensive tasks), until it crashed (yes, CRASHED, as in, had to force restart). So, we force restarted, but the 10.1.3 update had never finished. When it came up, there was no desktop picture at all. It was a blue background, but the finder was loaded. Most of the system prefs didn't work, and when we tried to run Software Update again it said there was an error.
Well, we were going to reinitialize and partition the drive anyway, and all his stuff was on his external drive, so we did that, reinstalled 9 and X, then tried to reinstall the 10.1.3 update. Then things got REALLY screwed up. For example, when we opened a menu and then closed it, it left nothing in it's place (when we closed it). Also, apps that we launched tried to open for a few seconds, and then just gave up, stopped launching. Then the Finder started to relaunch automatically, but it just kept bouncing, and never came up. We tried to Log Out, but nothing happened. So, we force-shut down (by holding in power button for several seconds), and try to turn again. Nothing happens at all!! We checked out all the connections, and it does not work!
We are going to call Apple tomorrow (too late now), but does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.
Adam