Imac c2d 2006 wont start up!
Hey everyone
i went to turn on my iMac today and nothing happens, i disconnected everthing and the same thing, nothing,
Although the only sign of anything was when i pushed the pwoer button on the portable USB hard drive light blinks, but nothing else takes place.
We had a power failure over night in the building so its possible this effected it, can anyone verify or advise anything on this, thanks
BTW i tried resseting the SMU and removed DIMS so far to see if its that, still no go
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