IMac 27' (year 2010 - Snow Leopard) won't boot - white screen only

Hi,
my 2010 iMac 27in running Snow Leopard won't start - when I switch it on, I can hear the chime, the screen goes white and gets stuck at this (no Apple logo, no question mark, no mouse pointer). I have waited for minutes but it's definitely stuck.
When there is a DVD in (tried both OSX Instal and Apps Instal), I can hear the drive reading for a few seconds, then it goes silent.
I have found a few similar topics in this and other forums - the issue was solved or helped by entering one of the special boot modes via keyboard shortcuts upon startup. In my case though, none of these shortcuts work - with the sole exception of Cmd+Alt+P+R to reset the NVRAM. What I tried was: C, D, Alt, Eject, N, T, Shift, Cmd-V, Cmd-S ...none of them has any effect.
I learned there are some issues with a wireless keyboard when using these shortcuts, so I got a USB one to rule that out - but it didn't help.
In the beginning, I heard "clicking" noise I am not used to hearing - so I suspect a HDD failure but it would surprise me the machine would not indicate that in some better way than a blank white screen. The clicking then went away - could be after I did the NVRAM reset - not sure.
I also performed an SMC reset by unplugging the power cord for a while - no effect.
As per one recommendation, I tried NVRAM reset a few times in a row. Didn't help but, interestingly, I found that after 3 such resets, holding D will eject the DVD (without the 3 resets, "D" won't do it). Prior to that I had no way of getting the DVD out.
The computer was running fine before I switched it off for the night on the previous day. There was no system update, no change I am aware of.
The only thing beyond default is extra RAM but that has been there for months now without problems (and just to be super sure, I removed the modules but no effect).
At this point I have run out of ideas - any suggestions are very welcome.

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Hi, a bit of back ground knowledge bout the situation first, I was visiting home to see my family for two weeks in the UK, as i am currently on an internship in Dubai.
A few days ago (one day before i flew back to Dubai from the UK - Thursday 10/07/2014) I noticed out of the blue that my Mac book Pro (i believe early/mid 2010 model) suddenly started running extremely slow. (prior to this I had be using it fine, using an array of programs like Safari & Photoshop that i know usually slows down the Mac, but unlike what I would usually experience, this was pretty much a complete freeze for 5 minutes at a time every time i tried moving my mouse/closing a program or even clicking on something. I decided I would close everything and give the computer a rest. This took a long long time, I had to force quit many of the programs open, then once going to the drop down menu to shut down the laptop it wouldn't shut down. So after a long time of waiting to shut down I decided to force it to shut down by holding down the power button.
I left it for the evening, and then decided to turn on the laptop so it was 'on and working' for my flight back to Dubai as there had been 'stricter airport measures introduced in the UK for flights abroad' and there was a rumor that you had to prove that all electrical devices can be turned on when and if asked by airport security. after a long time it finally turned on and loaded the home screen, it had a long period on the grey apple screen with the turning gear. However still when turned on the problem of being extremely slow - freezing for 5 minutes every time i would click a program or something on the mac, like the drop down menu with the shut down option for example - still persisted. As I had to fly home the next morning (Friday 11/07/2014) I just closed the laptop lid like i had down thousands of times before over the past 3-4 years, packed it in my hand luggage and and went to bed. I flew back to Dubai.
Over the next few days (Saturday 11/07/2014 - Monday 14/07/2014) I used the laptop sparingly a it was super slow, but i did manage to watch the second half of the world cup runners up match between Holland & Brasil. I then went on to attempt to use the safari the on the Monday night, but it was too slow to really do anything, e.g. i couldn't even really look at the BBC website as it was too painfully slow!
This is when I decided to look up why it may be working so slow via my iphone.
So I shut it down,
I looked on forums and support ages and first thing they recommended was a 'safe mode boot up', so I decided to boot up in safe mode. This is where the problem seems to worsen. The Mac book pro would turn on to the grey apple screen and the progress bar appears, it begins to fill up but then reaches perhaps 20-30% then suddenly the laptops fan seems to go into over drive, making lots of noise when before this moment as it tried to boot up it was silent, then it just turns off.
I decided to retry booting up without holding down shift (safe boot mode), but it returns to the grey apple screen with the progress bar again, as if it was in safe mode even though I had held down shift. The same problem happens, its silent as the bar fills until abut 20-30% then it seems to 'overheat' and then turn off again.
I tried to boot it up again and again, both 'normally' without holding down shift, and 'safe mode', but the same issue arises.
So i turned to the forums and help pages again, and there was a mention of a PRAM reset. So i tried booting it up this time but holding down 'CMD + ALT + P + R' on the moment of the first chime, then as normal with a PRAM reset it chimed twice more before I let go of the keyboard. The progress bar again appeared on the grey start up apple page, and this time reached roughly the same 20-30% mark, but without overheating or making a fan noise, it then seemed to restart the progress bar a second time. This time as it reached the 20-30% it would again over heat and then instantly turn off.
I then decided to do a Hardware test. So i turned on the power and held down 'D', this successfully brought up the Hardware testing window, I did a regular test and within a few minutes it said there was no hard ware issue. Not convinced i decided to do an detailed/advanced hardware test which took alot longer. This time after a few minutes it started to make fan noises and 'overheating noises' however completed the hardware test and again said there was no hardware problems. I opted for the 'shut down' option on the screen instead of 'restart'.
I then decided to try and boot it up normally again, and the progress bar appears on the grey apple start up screen, it again reaches 20-30% then turns off.
I've exhausted my knowledge of what to do, and all the forums seem not to give the answer i'm looking for. It sees like no one has had the EXACT same problem i'm experiencing. Also being in Dubai for a further 7 weeks, I can't take the Mac book pro to an apple store, and I do not have any of the install DVD discs ect with me to try booting from DVD disc install.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me on what I could try next? I'd be hugely grateful! Please reply below or email me.

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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I have been using a Mac Mini with Snow Leopard to run my adobe suite programs. It worked fine. A few months ago the hard drive failed on the Mac Mini and I purchased a new Mac Mini running Lion. I'm having problem with my adobe suite running these programs with Lion.
The solution I came up with was to partition an external hard drive and install Snow Leopard as a startup disk. I used an iMac to do this and Snow Leopard runs fine on my partitioned disk with the iMac that is running Snow Leopard. When I try to run Snow Leopard as a startup disk on my new Mac Mini with Lion, it will not start up and run. I've visited a number of forums online on the subject and spend time with apple tech support. So far no one has come up with a solution. When I try to run it on my new Mac Mini with Lion, it will proceed through the start screen past the apple icon until it reaches the main program screen, then it stops and no applications appear.
I'm wondering if you have any ideas I could try? It would be nice if the adobe products run well on Lion but I'm finding that's not the case.

rkaufmann87 wrote:
Yes you are right Snow Leopard will not run on a Mac that was built after Lion came out. Apple has seen to that with some type of hardware or firmware block.
No that isn't it at all! When OS X is installed on a Mac the version of OS X is formulated for the hardware of that Mac. Attempting to run earlier versions of OS X than what the machine initially shipped with will be missing drivers and not run. Some hacks have been done to force earlier versions to run however they usually don't run well because they don't have the correct drivers and never will. BTW this has always been the case with OS X and is NOT specific to Lion.
Well if you look at the early 2011 MBPs they came with Snow Leopard and the hardware is just about the same as late 2011 MBPs and you can't even try to install SL on the late models. It won't let you as I have tried. All the computer does is Beep Beep Beep
Why is that? Becasue Apple has lock out the hardware or in firmware, EFI, code to not allow it.
Formulate this.
I have a brand new Dell E6420 notebook that came with Winidows 7. If I wanted to I could install Windows XP or Vista on it. Would I need SOME drivers after the install? Yes I would. Would the system run without those drivers being installe? Yes it would. But it would still install and run.
Oh and by the way PCs and Mac use the exact same hardware.
So why can't you install a version of SL that originally came on a early 2011 model MBP on a late 2011 model MBP.

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I have a MacBook I purchased about a month ago and it's not working with my Samsung SyncMaster 940 BW. I am using Mini DisplayPort out with a Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adaptor which goes into my SyncMaster Monitor. I have tried rebooting, and also playing around with my laptop resolution, but otherwise I have no idea what to do about this.
I've read on the discussions that this is a known Snow-Leopard issue but I thought I might post to see if this has been resolved. I run all the updates but the monitor still isn't working?

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Last night before I shut it down, I repaired the disk permissions with the disk utility, it is maintenance that I have done regularly since Apple released OS X. I saw some error about FontInfo but unfortunately I did not pay much attention to it.
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The general approach at this time is to ask if you've checked for any problematic fonts (all languages) with Apple's Font Book (look in the Applications folder). Find and remove all duplicates also.
Start there to be sure all fonts that are in play come out with a clean bill of health.
Don't hesisate to perform wholesale deletion of old and/or little used fonts - be skeptical of anything that has come from Office 2008, including those related to an Equation Editor installation.
By all means be sure any 3rd party apps AND plug-ins are Snow Leopard compatible.
An additional measure is to clear the existing font caches:
http://www.macworld.com/article/139383/2009/03/fontcacheclear.html
That said, 10.6.2 release notes have this to say about fonts:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3874
Fonts fixes provided for:
• an issue with font spacing
• an issue in which some Fonts are missing
• font duplication issues
• an issue with some PostScript Type 1 fonts not working properly
Good luck in any case.
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Mac pro OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard won't boot after software up-date

I am new to Apple/Mac products. I recently bought an iPad and liked it so much mt epiphany was that this must be why Mac users are so loyal to Apple products. So I bought a used Mac Pro on EBAY, received the unit in good condition, set it up and booted. after I got it online I discovered it was due for a software update. No problem. I followed the software update icon, downloaded 4 updates and began the 2 hour download. When the download completed I clicked to install and left the room. when I returned the screen was blank. I grabbed the mouse in an attempt to "wake it up". The fans kicked on and it sounded like a jet taking off bot the screen remained blank. It has not booted since. Any ideas on how to recover?

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Upper right corner "About this Mac..." More.... takes you to System Profiler.
Top lines of what model etc. do not include serial number but you might want to call and / or check that too and order replacement DVDs if it didn't have those.
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Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/updates/ccc-3.5.htmlOS X Lion Install to Different DriveHow to create an OS X Lion installation disc MacFixItMigration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/ Create an OS X Lion Install dischttp://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20080989-263/how-to-create-an-os-x-lion-ins tallation-disc
How to clone your system:http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.htmlhttp://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.htmlhttp://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-clonerhttp://www.macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120711_2-MacPro-internal-clone-ba ckup.html
Mac OS X Help
Isolating Issues in Mac OShttp://support.apple.com/kb/TS1388
https://www.apple.com/support/osx/https://www.apple.com/support/quickassist/http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/tour/
Get Help with your Product
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304725
TimeMachine 101 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
Mac OS X & Mountain Lion Communityhttps://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_oshttps://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/os_x_mountain_lion?view=discussio ns
Recovery Modehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
reset SMC For "Mac wont' turn on or boot" and relatedhttps://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
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Reading
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214Using Disk Utility in Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions 10.0-10.6 - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751"Try Disk Utility" (modified from http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417)
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer (Edit: Do not use this disc if it is not the same general version as what you have currently on your computer, e.g. use a Tiger disc for a Tiger drive, not a Panther disc), then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
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5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."

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I get to the grey screen with the twirling icon, but it gets no further.
I have BootCamp installed and can run up Windows XP.
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My 2010 iMac will not boot in Snow Leopard, only Windows. Have tried reinstalling Snow leopard a few times and works only for a couple of minutes before freezing and doesnt reboot. Windows works perfect. Snow leopard just doesnt want to boot up past the Apple Logo. It was working fine one day and the next day it froze up and was able to reboot back into Snow Leopard but kept freezing. Now it doesnt load at all into Mac OS.
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Possible scenarios:
1: The 10.6.3 SL retail disk is bad, it happens.
2: Your not using the 10.6.3 SL retail disk but one from another machine which doesn't have the drivers for that machine.
3: Your optical drive is funky or some other hardware issues.
4: Your trying to install 10.6 onto a PowerPC based Mac, no can do.
5: Your not using a wired keyboard for boot key commands, have some other hardware conflicts.
Possible solutions.
1: Copy the SL 10.6.3 disk using Disk Utility to another DVD, the error checking may resolve the original disk's issue.
http://www.brokenhomeboy.co.uk/pierow/blog/2011/10/make-a-bootable-backup-snow-l eopard-install-disc/
2: Make a SL bootable USB
http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
3: Call Apple for a new 10.6.3 disk (and make copies for backup before Apple discontinues selling it)
If your upgrading to 10.6 to get to 10.6.8 to upgrade to 10.7, be warned of this:
1: Your 10.5 software will not work in 10.7, no more Rosetta or PPC based code.
2: Your hardware will not qualify if it's a 32 bit Intel Core Duo, also you may experience slowdowns in performance over 10.6 (10.6 is the fastest OS X version for Intel Macs) in older Intel hardware (I suggest Early 2011 Mac's and later only for Lion)
3: Mountain Lion 10.8 is reportingly coming out this summer and will not run on a lot of older Intel based Mac's because of heftier graphics requirements.
4: 10.6 has the widest range of current avaialble software and drivers for third party hardware.
My advice, stick with 10.6.8 and stay there, buy a new Mountain Lion machine after this summer. Skip Lion completely.

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I recently took my Late 2009 21.5-inch iMac (1TB HD) to the Apple Store to get it fixed due to a hard drive crash. I got the hard drive replaced and I thought everything was back to normal. Today, I saw Apple had released a beta for FaceTime on the Mac. I downloaded this, started to install it, and it told me I was missing a critical security patch (2010-005). I ran software update, and it said all my software was up to date, so I went to apple.com and downloaded it directly. It started to install and when I got to the hard disk destination, it told me that my hard drive (Macintosh HD) doesn't meet the system requirements. Well, I looked up the requirements, and the only requirement was Snow Leopard 10.6.4. I went into about my mac from the Apple menu and saw that I was running 10.6.3. This confused me further because I had run software update, and I suspected software update would catch an OS update. Anyway, I went to apple.com to download Snow Leopard 10.6.4 directly since software update didn't catch it. I choose the combo pack first, and I didn't have any luck installing it. It did the exact same thing the security update did. I got to the hard disk destination, and it told me the volume didn't meet the requirements. I then tried the regular update and got the same results. Starting to get confused, I checked what the requirements were for Snow Leopard 10.6.4. The only requirement was to have Snow Leopard 10.6.3. This is where I don't understand what's happening. I am already running 10.6.3. Since that was the only requirement, shouldn't I be able to install it? Please help me out. I'm SUPER confused. Oh and sorry if I'm rambling a little. I'm trying to be as descriptive as possible to get this fixed. Thanks in advance.

Alright. I finally got 10.6.4 installed. I ended up reinstalling Snow Leopard from the install disk like originally planned. The problem was that when Apple replaced my hard drive, they preinstalled a Mac Mini version of Snow Leopard on to it which was up to date for that piece of hardware and is why software update didn't catch the update. However, since I have an iMac, it got confused because it was running a Mac Mini version of OS X, thus not letting me install 10.6.4. After I wiped the drive and installed from the disk, I ran software update, and, sure enough, the 10.6.4 update was there. I thought I would just share my findings for everyone out there with the same problem. And thank you baltwo for all of your help. I appreciate it.

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Please see the System Requirements for the AirPort Extreme:
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http://www.apple.com/airport-extreme/specs/
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