[Noisebridge-discuss] I don't know Macs and this one needs help!

[Mark Cohen]

If it is running OSX, you can boot with the cmd-s for single user mode  
and see where it's failing to boot. Also, sometimes you need to "reset  
the pram" which likely still exists on the 3-4 year old machine.

Also, you might be able to share an osx hard drive on a laptop over  
firewire and boot off off it, then have the tools necessary to test  
the Imac's hardware.

Just some thoughts....

Mark


On Apr 21, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Marnia Johnston wrote:

> The non-profit I work for is having Mac problems. Their iMac is 3-4  
> years old and it wont boot up past the white screen/grey apple  
> phase. I wanted to re-install the OS, figuring that that would solve  
> the problem. Unfortunatly they've lost the orignial disks and  
> everybody elses copy of OS X wont work. I called Mac for copies of  
> the original disks that came with the computer but it will take 4-6  
> weeks (not waiting for that!). Anyway, anybody got the name of a  
> good Mac repair place? Or should I just take it to a Mac store?
> Thanks!
> Marnia
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