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<blockquote data-quote="msaz87" data-source="post: 1015193" data-attributes="member: 147023"><p>Hey all,</p><p></p><p>I have a 4-year-old mac mini that has recently begun having some issues. It froze up on me a few days ago to the point I wasn't able to access the finder and had to shut it down manually. </p><p></p><p>When I restarted it, it got to the boot screen with the apple and indicator, but just sat there for an hour. I let it sit for a day or so and when I tried again, it would start to boot again, but turn itself off after about 30 seconds.</p><p></p><p>I opened it up, cleaned out the dust and replaced the HD and now it will boot and show the folder with a question mark -- but no longer shuts itself down after so long. The new issue is that even with the original install disc in the drive, I can't get it to access it -- I've tried holding down C, X and shift (individually) during boot.</p><p></p><p>The one boot command that has worked was holding down command+option+c+r to zap the PRAM -- but nothing else.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas?</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msaz87, post: 1015193, member: 147023"] Hey all, I have a 4-year-old mac mini that has recently begun having some issues. It froze up on me a few days ago to the point I wasn't able to access the finder and had to shut it down manually. When I restarted it, it got to the boot screen with the apple and indicator, but just sat there for an hour. I let it sit for a day or so and when I tried again, it would start to boot again, but turn itself off after about 30 seconds. I opened it up, cleaned out the dust and replaced the HD and now it will boot and show the folder with a question mark -- but no longer shuts itself down after so long. The new issue is that even with the original install disc in the drive, I can't get it to access it -- I've tried holding down C, X and shift (individually) during boot. The one boot command that has worked was holding down command+option+c+r to zap the PRAM -- but nothing else. Any ideas? Thanks so much! [/QUOTE]
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