Hard disk turns on but nothing else
Hello, I'm a teacher running a lab full iMacs and I have one giving me problems. When I press the power button I can here the hard disk (or something inside) start running but nothing else happens; no start up tone, no display, nothing. So far I have tried putting the install disk in and holding "C" but this gave me zero response and now the disk won't eject. I have, if I am remembering the terms correct, tried reseting the the SMU and SMC and still got nowhere. Any help someone can give me would be greatly appreciated!
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Try starting up in single-user mode and then running fsck:
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
Carolyn
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