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Hi,
I am a new member of this forum and I joined purely to see if I can find a solution to my startup problem. I first tried searching the net to see if I could find anyone having experienced anything simlar, but without being succesful.
My mac is an iMac flatpanel 17", 1.25Ghz, 512Mb SDRAM, 80Gb Hd. I also have an external LaCie 120Gb firewire drive and a Hp psc All-in-one USB printer. I purchased this computer for my wife's birthday 1.5 year ago and it worked like a charm the first 10 months. Over the summer, when we were on holidays, I shut the computer down and unplugged it from the wall. 3 weeks later when trying to boot the computer, it refused to start. No lights came on, no sound from the computer what so ever. After checking cables and unplugging all perpherials without any change, I assumed the internal power pack to be fried and I engaged the warranty and sent it to Apple for fixing. They changed the power pack and everything seemed to be working normally again. I had bad feelings about this though so I decided to purchase the extended Apple Care plan (another 2 years of warranty). 3 months later I had the same problem and the computer was sent to Apple again but the computer decided to start just fine as soon as it arrived at Apple. They kept it for a week trying to repeat the problem but in the end the computer was just sent back without any changes. Another 3 months passed and then I was facing the same problem again. The computer was stone dead and nothing was working. I unplugged everything and just let it rest for a few days... then it started again without problems. The problem occurs only when it has been shut down completely and only sometimes. Restarting (selecting 'restart' from the menu instead of 'shut down') isn't a problem and when it is working everything seem to run fine. Sometimes I have to wait 1 day before it boots up, other times it takes 3-4 days. If the power cord is connected to the computer it seems as if the computer won't start at all (I am not completely sure about this though) regardless of how long I let it rest.
Please, has anyone of you any ideas?
I am a new member of this forum and I joined purely to see if I can find a solution to my startup problem. I first tried searching the net to see if I could find anyone having experienced anything simlar, but without being succesful.
My mac is an iMac flatpanel 17", 1.25Ghz, 512Mb SDRAM, 80Gb Hd. I also have an external LaCie 120Gb firewire drive and a Hp psc All-in-one USB printer. I purchased this computer for my wife's birthday 1.5 year ago and it worked like a charm the first 10 months. Over the summer, when we were on holidays, I shut the computer down and unplugged it from the wall. 3 weeks later when trying to boot the computer, it refused to start. No lights came on, no sound from the computer what so ever. After checking cables and unplugging all perpherials without any change, I assumed the internal power pack to be fried and I engaged the warranty and sent it to Apple for fixing. They changed the power pack and everything seemed to be working normally again. I had bad feelings about this though so I decided to purchase the extended Apple Care plan (another 2 years of warranty). 3 months later I had the same problem and the computer was sent to Apple again but the computer decided to start just fine as soon as it arrived at Apple. They kept it for a week trying to repeat the problem but in the end the computer was just sent back without any changes. Another 3 months passed and then I was facing the same problem again. The computer was stone dead and nothing was working. I unplugged everything and just let it rest for a few days... then it started again without problems. The problem occurs only when it has been shut down completely and only sometimes. Restarting (selecting 'restart' from the menu instead of 'shut down') isn't a problem and when it is working everything seem to run fine. Sometimes I have to wait 1 day before it boots up, other times it takes 3-4 days. If the power cord is connected to the computer it seems as if the computer won't start at all (I am not completely sure about this though) regardless of how long I let it rest.
Please, has anyone of you any ideas?