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Hello, all. I have been an avid mac user for 20+ years and have never had a problem that I couldn't figure out a fix or a workaround for. This recent problem for my wife's 2006 iMac has got me stumped.
The computer was working fine yesterday in the morning but when I went to go wake it up from sleep the screen came up but the mouse and keyboard were frozen. I had to do a hard shutdown (power key) to turn it off. When I restarted it, it just hangs (for an hour or so) at the Apple logo screen with the spinning wheel. I did a hard shutdown again to try some booting options. SU mode, Verbose mode, resetting the PRAM, safe mode, booting from CD (cd drive is a hit or miss) don't work. When I say they don't work I mean the computer ignores my key presses and starts to the Apple logo screen. I never see the command line or any text. I have unplugged all devices, removed 3rd party RAM and done all that I can think of but nothing has worked.
Does anyone have ideas or suggestions that I can try? I'm running 10.6.8 with 2gb RAM (1gb 3rd party). Thanks
The computer was working fine yesterday in the morning but when I went to go wake it up from sleep the screen came up but the mouse and keyboard were frozen. I had to do a hard shutdown (power key) to turn it off. When I restarted it, it just hangs (for an hour or so) at the Apple logo screen with the spinning wheel. I did a hard shutdown again to try some booting options. SU mode, Verbose mode, resetting the PRAM, safe mode, booting from CD (cd drive is a hit or miss) don't work. When I say they don't work I mean the computer ignores my key presses and starts to the Apple logo screen. I never see the command line or any text. I have unplugged all devices, removed 3rd party RAM and done all that I can think of but nothing has worked.
Does anyone have ideas or suggestions that I can try? I'm running 10.6.8 with 2gb RAM (1gb 3rd party). Thanks