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<blockquote data-quote="barryc" data-source="post: 1325150" data-attributes="member: 223025">pram resetDavePeHave you tried resetting pram on a restart?&nbsp; Sometimes that might help.&nbsp; <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379" target="_blank">Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM</a>Shut down the computer.Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.Turn on the computer.Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.Release the keys.someone said the hold the key down for four startup chimes.Some other threads mentioned using compressed air to help clean the drive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barryc, post: 1325150, member: 223025"] [b]pram reset[/b] DavePe Have you tried resetting pram on a restart? Sometimes that might help. [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379]Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM[/url] [I]Shut down the computer. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4. Turn on the computer. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time. Release the keys.[/I] someone said the hold the key down for four startup chimes. Some other threads mentioned using compressed air to help clean the drive. [/QUOTE]

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