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Stuck on the "gray" screen...NOTHING has worked =*(
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<blockquote data-quote="RoobsMcGoobs" data-source="post: 995627" data-attributes="member: 143237"><p>I do not consider myself computer saavy, so pls excuse my poor technical language...</p><p></p><p>I have a 2-yr old iMac desktop with the Mac OS X operating system. About 2 weeks ago, it suddenly was running very (VERY) slowly. After researching this problem online, I tried doing the whole disk repair thingie or whatever it's called, and afterwards, it was completely fine again, until a few hours later, it was even slower and then it would freeze. I tried unplugging all the hardware cords etc and rebooting, but it would take a really long time to boot up, and then it would freeze again shortly after that. THEN, I tried re-installing the Mac OS X CD, and that seemed to do the trick...for about a day...and everything started slowing and then freezing again. </p><p></p><p>NOW, when I turn it on it only gets to the gray screen with the apple on it, and just spins that gray circle for hours and will not go to the login screen.</p><p>Here's what I have attempted thus far:</p><p>1) Have reset the PRAM and NVRAM (or whatever the **** that one is called)....no change, still just gray screen with spinning circle...</p><p>2) Have tried restarting in "safe mode"...no change, still just gray screen with spinning circle...</p><p>3) Have tried restarting with the Option C combo with the Mac OS X installation disc in...no change, still just gray screen with spinning circle...BUT I can hear the disc start to spin and then it stops. It does that over and over...Oh, and I can't get the disc to eject now.</p><p>4) Have tried booting in single-user mode..did the /sbin/fsck -fy and it found some "catalog errors," so I repeated the /sbin/fsck -fy and it said "....Macintosh HD appears to be OK." So I typed reboot and it began to boot up and then, as usual, it stayed at the gray screen with the spinning circle...</p><p></p><p>I'm at my wit's end. The reason we purchased the $1200 fancy Mac is because the salesguy had us believing that this machine would run perfectly for the next 400 years...or at least longer than your average PC. We have our important files backed up on a ZIP so I could care less about wiping the entire machine clean and reinstalling from scratch...but the only way I've found to do that requires the computer to be booted up! </p><p></p><p>Pls help =(</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoobsMcGoobs, post: 995627, member: 143237"] I do not consider myself computer saavy, so pls excuse my poor technical language... I have a 2-yr old iMac desktop with the Mac OS X operating system. About 2 weeks ago, it suddenly was running very (VERY) slowly. After researching this problem online, I tried doing the whole disk repair thingie or whatever it's called, and afterwards, it was completely fine again, until a few hours later, it was even slower and then it would freeze. I tried unplugging all the hardware cords etc and rebooting, but it would take a really long time to boot up, and then it would freeze again shortly after that. THEN, I tried re-installing the Mac OS X CD, and that seemed to do the trick...for about a day...and everything started slowing and then freezing again. NOW, when I turn it on it only gets to the gray screen with the apple on it, and just spins that gray circle for hours and will not go to the login screen. Here's what I have attempted thus far: 1) Have reset the PRAM and NVRAM (or whatever the **** that one is called)....no change, still just gray screen with spinning circle... 2) Have tried restarting in "safe mode"...no change, still just gray screen with spinning circle... 3) Have tried restarting with the Option C combo with the Mac OS X installation disc in...no change, still just gray screen with spinning circle...BUT I can hear the disc start to spin and then it stops. It does that over and over...Oh, and I can't get the disc to eject now. 4) Have tried booting in single-user mode..did the /sbin/fsck -fy and it found some "catalog errors," so I repeated the /sbin/fsck -fy and it said "....Macintosh HD appears to be OK." So I typed reboot and it began to boot up and then, as usual, it stayed at the gray screen with the spinning circle... I'm at my wit's end. The reason we purchased the $1200 fancy Mac is because the salesguy had us believing that this machine would run perfectly for the next 400 years...or at least longer than your average PC. We have our important files backed up on a ZIP so I could care less about wiping the entire machine clean and reinstalling from scratch...but the only way I've found to do that requires the computer to be booted up! Pls help =( [/QUOTE]
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