Imac wants to start, but wont

I posted this problem before at this link,
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As in the previous post, my computer would turn on, then after the welcome tone, it would shut off. Disconnecting the HD and then starting the computer screen, then plugging in the HD seemed to work and got my IMac up and running again.
Yesterday, I couldn't get my Imac to start up even after disconnecting the HD. It seems like there isn't enough power to even start up the screen anymore?
Is it time for a new mac?
Can the HD be taken out of the Imac and plugged in to a G4 Tower?
Imac G3 Mac OS 9.2.x

I'd recommend a Firewire one like this but if it's only for one shot usage then a cheap USB one from ebay would do.
The main advantages of Firewire is speed (i.e. sustained data rate) and ability to boot a Mac.
mrtotes

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Imac Wants to Start but Won't

I have a
iMac DV+
(Summer 2000)
Mac OS 9.0.4 v2
Indigo
450 MHz
Slot loading DVD-ROM
20 GB hard drive
When I push the start button on the front of the computer, I get the welcome tone and it sounds like the hard drive is starting up, like when you start a car with a bad battery or starter, it kind of revs, and revs, and the HD starts spinning a little faster then the computer shuts off. In order to start it again, I have to unplug the computer, wait 1 minute, plug it back in and hit the button.
This has happened a few times after the computer has been turned off after being left on for long periods of time. In earlier cases, I just had to unplug and replug a few times and it would start. This time however, it doesn't want to get going.
What's the problem?

I think it worked from the CD because it uses less power than the hard drive. Normally, everything should work of course, but if the power supply is going bad, there may be less power available, and some internal "switch" gets triggered to prevent overloading. I think you may have bypassed this triggering because a computer uses more power when it initially turns on and then power requirements go down a lot once it's up and running. You had the hard drive disconnected when it initially starts, then plugged it in later.
If the problems recurs when you boot from a cold start, you can't take it apart each time to disconnect the hard drive and reconnect. I can think of a way to power the hard drive independently, but if the power supply is failing, eventually it will fail completely.
Here's another thought... Is the iMac connected to the wall outlet through a "power strip" or some type of surge suppressor or UPS device? If so, have you tried to connect it (by itself) to a wall outlet directly. I'm thinking maybe the "device" between the iMac and its power source is faulty and not providing a full connection. Or, if you have many devices connected to the power strip (printer, scanner, external drives, speakers, etc), there may not be enough "juice" to go around from that one wall outlet connection.
Someone I help with Mac issues had this problem, not with the Mac but with his external hard drive. It kept having minor to severe disk directory issues; I had to run Disk Warrior on it on several occassions. I thought it was a bad drive. Then I notice the "octopus" of power connectors under the desk. I split the power connections with the iMac and external drives on a separate wall outlet, and there have been no problems since then. Thought I'd mention that, because your problem seems to be related to powering the iMac. Maybe the power supply is OK, but the iMac is not drawing enough power.

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When press and hold or keep on pressing the power button then i hear the fans are working and i get a continuous beep( but low freqency tone).
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Thanks for the question. From the information you provided, it sounds like the iMac is successfully turning on, however video is not displayed. These symptoms can usually be isolated further by the troubleshooting steps in this article:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573
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let me preface this by saying that Ive searched for answers to this specific problem for days without any luck. I have a late 2009 iMac 27" i7, a few days ago, when I was out, and it was presumably asleep, it stopped working. When I returned, I tried to wake it but it wouldnt wake up, I noticed that the back of the machine was very hot, so I restarted it. It would chime, but the screen would remain black. I tried different ways of restarting, different screen, installer thumbdrive, target mode, safe mode, etc. Everytime, I would hear the chime, I can feel one of the drives spinning, but nothing. Unfortunately, I had only set this system up about 4 weeks ago, and had forgotten to turn my file sharing on, so I can use Screen Sharing to try to control it. Though I dont think its actually on because I dont see the machine listed in my wireless network anymore. so I guess it really doesnt matter. Another thing that it doesnt let me do is zap the PRAM. I’ll hold the keys down before the chime, and again nothing.
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Have you tried holding down the power button until the computer shutdown, holding it until boot up chime. Possiblly something wrong with the display? My family has the same computer and there have been boot-up issues too, so maybe a recurring problem? between tries, give it a few minutes and unplug, otherwise take it in. Also try to vacuum the dust out of the slot vent in the back or clean out the computer. If you can't get it to work and do not want to take it in, use target mode and connect another computer via usb to retrieve important files. Good Luck!

IBook wants to start, but fails

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I can't start my iBookG4 this morning and have never had this happen before. I turn it on, it makes the chime, the screen illuminates, the apple logo appears, then the time clock spins around. Everything looks normal, but then it just shuts off after about one minute.
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I am new to java. I want to ask you where I write the java code?? I want to work in J2SE platform, what are the s/w that I should download to allow me write and compile a code "the complete name of the softwar and the link if it is available on the web plzzz".
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For the tools/software you can go to
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I have a macbook 2008 that shows the apple logo and the spinning circle when trying to start but wont go beyond

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If safe boot can't solve the problem here are some additional links that may be of use.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1365
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
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I want to start my Time Machine. I bought a Goflex Home which says it is compatible with my iMac but it refuses to download an update of the software. This means the Time Machine will not operate. What is the problem?

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If you want to use Time Machine the Seagate software is unnecessary. The drive is probably ntfs format which is not for the Mac.
Manually preparing a new disk for Time Machine
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Open Disk Utility (located in the Utilities folder).
Connect the disk if it isn't already attached.
In the left side of the Disk Utility window, select the disk you want to use with Time Machine.
Optional: If you want to partition the disk, click the Partition tab and select a layout. Make sure "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" is selected in the Format menu for the partition that will be used for backups. Click Apply.
Click the Erase tab.
Optional: If you want to securely erase the disk, click Security Options to configure, then click OK.
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After Effects just bounces in the dock but wont start

Hi all,
Just installed CS4 production studio under Snow Leopard. All works well and updated using the Adobe Updater. All apps are fine except AE which just bounces in the dock a few times and then stops. I read that this could be because Rosetta was not installed. I installed Rosetta from the Snow Leopard DVD and still nothing. Have restarted 3 times just in case (I also read that several restarts may be required to get it to work), but still nothing.
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OK... Now I feel like Scott of the Antartic writing in his journal before the inevitable... I am writing this purely to help anyone else with the same issue to resolve it without the pain that I am still experiencing. Hopefully the last entry will read "all solved" and not "I am about to pop outside... I may be some time..."
After using CS2 for the bulk of my work I thought I'd try and get this solved once and for all, especially as we have a DVCPROHD project coming up and need CS4 to do it.
OK... The so now I have the suite running, except Premiere is running under at trial without the presets and the updates fail when installing. Contacted support this week, they wont re-open the original case because it has been over a month. Fair enough, new case.
The adobe guy takes control of my machine, deactivates it, then from Finder deletes lots of folders. He then asks me to re-install the products. I do this (2 hours later) and run Premiere and it appears to work with presets. I look a bit closer and notice that under the help menu of Premiere Register, Deactivate and Updates are all greyed out. This is not the case in the other products of the suite. OK, so not a major deal but does imply something is not installed right. I run the Adobe Updater, Premiere updates, but AE, PS and several updates fail.
Call back to support. This time the Adobe guy takes control of my machine suggests I deactivate the suite, run the un-install and then download and run the CS3 Clean script and re-install. I do all this. Another 2 hours later feeding discs into the machine... and... Premiere looks fine, presets all there... but wait for it... AFTER EFFECTS JUST BOUNCES IN THE DOCK BUT WONT START.
3rd call back to support and ask for the issue to be escalated. This is difficult and I have to cause a fuss to realise that this problem is the same one that has been hanging around for months and that I am not prepared to spend more hours removing every trace of Adobe from my machine and re-installing - this doesn't work. The support technician asks me to delete a hidden folder that has all the Adobe patches in it, manually download the AE 9.0.2 update and install it. It installs but AE wont start. I explain that I've had enough and want the problem escalated.
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I have also since realised since leaving this call with the technician, that:
1) This is a brand new iMac and the Adobe Suite was the 1st piece of 3rd party software installed on it.
2) The iMac is for video editing and nothing else.
3) This was working without presets before the Adobe guys deleted all these files and asked me to re-install. It is more likely that they have deleted something they should not have rather than the a bug in the OS. A bug in the OS is still possible but I suspect the problem is with a rogue bit of installation code from Adobe.
Finally incase anyone from Adobe is reading this:
I have paid thousands of pounds for this software.
I have been unable to use it for months.
A problem like this should be gold dust for you. Here is the chance to get to the bottom of an issue that several people are having, understand the mechanics of what is going wrong. Write a KB article as well as a patch and this would save the time/money and effort of an awful lot of people (including your own).
As a short thought experiment I would like everyone at Adobe to image the following:
You pay £1,000 of your own money for a tool to do your work on the promise that you can make this money back in productivity gains, new business, etc.
The tool you use every day to make a living won't work. For the benefit of the experiment, imagine this is your email client, web browser or case management tool.
You have no IT group to replace your machine or to come and solve it.
You can't tell your customers that your software is down and you have to keep doing your job.
You have to spend an additional 3 days in your own time, working late or weekends to try and fix the software yourself.
You to keep downloading a Gigabyte of data 3 or four times and you have to pay for downloads. Currently you are running up a bill of over £100 in downloads and phone calls.
You don't get paid the overtime and your customers start complaining you are late with your work.
You lose customers... you eventually get fired because you have lost too many of them.
...This is what it feels like for a small creative business to not be able to install the software they bought.

HT1750 New batteries in pad and keyboard but wont connecton start up - help please.....

Can someone help me, I have an imac and it suddenly wont recognise the wireless keyboard and tracker pad. Have just replaced batteries and hard resarted the mac but wont work. I have tried another wireless mouse which works but dont have another keyboard. It is password protected so cant get in to do urgent work. Help please.

Hello,
You could try booting from the install disk #1 (holding down the "C" key while starting up with the disk in) that came with it and then running disk utility to repair the disk. Then restart.
Booting into safe mode (holding the shift key right after the startup tone) and then after it comes up in safe mode, restarting can also help this issue.
Booting into single user mode and running fsck may also help..
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Hopefully it is just a simple error on your HD that is causing this problem.
(if you have already done all this before posting, i apologize for suggesting the obvious first... im new to this board and just trying to help!)
Hopefully this helps!
-J
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fixing my tarabull spelling.

I got gray screen on my imac and doesn't want to start up

I got gray screen on my imac and peep sound and doesn't want to start up what should I do?
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I tired to hold CMD+S or V when it starts up but doesn't help !!!

zaza2009 wrote:
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