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Late 2009 iMac will only boot into safe mode
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<blockquote data-quote="s74cker" data-source="post: 1638741" data-attributes="member: 343041"><p>My iMac is unable to boot into "Normal" mode</p><p></p><p>I have done the SMC, PRAM, </p><p>Apple Hardware Test</p><p>Reset NVRAM</p><p>Recovery Mode</p><p>Verbose Mode (repair)</p><p></p><p>For some time, I was able to use the iMac in safe mode (albeit limited hardware)</p><p>Until recently Google Chrome began displaying what appears to be a refresh issue</p><p></p><p>Video of the screen with Google Chrome while in safe mode:</p><p><a href="http://youtu.be/EMRBvVyUSsU" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/EMRBvVyUSsU</a></p><p></p><p>iMac specs:</p><p>The iMac "Core i5" 2.66 27-Inch Aluminum (Late 2009) is powered by a 2.66 GHz Quad Core Intel "Core i5" I5-750 (Lynnfield/Nehalem) processor with a dedicated 256k level 2 cache for each core and an 8 MB shared level 3 cache.</p><p></p><p>By default, it is configured with 4 GB of RAM (1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM), a 1 TB (7200 RPM) hard drive, a vertically-mounted slot-loading DVD±R DL "SuperDrive", and ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="s74cker, post: 1638741, member: 343041"] My iMac is unable to boot into "Normal" mode I have done the SMC, PRAM, Apple Hardware Test Reset NVRAM Recovery Mode Verbose Mode (repair) For some time, I was able to use the iMac in safe mode (albeit limited hardware) Until recently Google Chrome began displaying what appears to be a refresh issue Video of the screen with Google Chrome while in safe mode: [url]http://youtu.be/EMRBvVyUSsU[/url] iMac specs: The iMac "Core i5" 2.66 27-Inch Aluminum (Late 2009) is powered by a 2.66 GHz Quad Core Intel "Core i5" I5-750 (Lynnfield/Nehalem) processor with a dedicated 256k level 2 cache for each core and an 8 MB shared level 3 cache. By default, it is configured with 4 GB of RAM (1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM), a 1 TB (7200 RPM) hard drive, a vertically-mounted slot-loading DVD±R DL "SuperDrive", and ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory. [/QUOTE]
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