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<blockquote data-quote="SYSTEM9" data-source="post: 42298">We have a blue (dark blue) graphite iMAC at work. Its been sitting around for awhile, so me and an employee hooked it up and it was running good. My boss happened to be walking through the office just as it went dead. She said she heard it make a noise...then the screen just went black. Noone was using it...it was just sitting there running with the desktop screen. It was on for about 30 minutes before it died. Now when you try to turn it on, all you get is the green lit power button and a black screen. Reset buttons do nothing. Neither does pushing or holding the power button. It just stays lit green. Upon closer inspection I noticed these details...the green light appeared to be flickering faintly...and as I got closer I could hear some kind of clicking coming from indide, it coincided with the flickering of the power button. The clicking is random, sometimes faster than others. Aslo, with a cd in the slot, it will just barely move as you press the power button to turn it on, almost as if its only getting a tiny surge of power...and then nothing. Aslo I've changed the battery, but nothing. also swapped ram with known good ram. but no change.I saw someone post a similar problem in another forum....but had no replies. Anyone have any Ideas?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SYSTEM9, post: 42298"] We have a blue (dark blue) graphite iMAC at work. Its been sitting around for awhile, so me and an employee hooked it up and it was running good. My boss happened to be walking through the office just as it went dead. She said she heard it make a noise...then the screen just went black. Noone was using it...it was just sitting there running with the desktop screen. It was on for about 30 minutes before it died. Now when you try to turn it on, all you get is the green lit power button and a black screen. Reset buttons do nothing. Neither does pushing or holding the power button. It just stays lit green. Upon closer inspection I noticed these details...the green light appeared to be flickering faintly...and as I got closer I could hear some kind of clicking coming from indide, it coincided with the flickering of the power button. The clicking is random, sometimes faster than others. Aslo, with a cd in the slot, it will just barely move as you press the power button to turn it on, almost as if its only getting a tiny surge of power...and then nothing. Aslo I've changed the battery, but nothing. also swapped ram with known good ram. but no change. I saw someone post a similar problem in another forum....but had no replies. Anyone have any Ideas? [/QUOTE]

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