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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
white screen on startup. 24" imac
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<blockquote data-quote="macgig" data-source="post: 708381" data-attributes="member: 16298"><p>no one has the white screen on bootup yet? thats a good thing I guess. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I got to my friends imac this afternoon.... could not boot from internal HD, dvd, safe mode... could not boot period. Was stuck on the white screen... </p><p></p><p>Until I unplugged the external western digital 500 GB My book home edition drive... then the mac booted fine from the internal HD.</p><p></p><p>could THIS external drive be the problem? It's connected via firewire.... all worked fine when we unplugged this.</p><p></p><p>the lady at the apple store said to unplug this when starting up.... the mac could be thinking it's a bootable drive and when it cant boot it, everything freezes on white screen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macgig, post: 708381, member: 16298"] no one has the white screen on bootup yet? thats a good thing I guess. :) I got to my friends imac this afternoon.... could not boot from internal HD, dvd, safe mode... could not boot period. Was stuck on the white screen... Until I unplugged the external western digital 500 GB My book home edition drive... then the mac booted fine from the internal HD. could THIS external drive be the problem? It's connected via firewire.... all worked fine when we unplugged this. the lady at the apple store said to unplug this when starting up.... the mac could be thinking it's a bootable drive and when it cant boot it, everything freezes on white screen. [/QUOTE]
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