ROM, Chip, and OS screen at boot

Startled this AM when I pushed the power button to see read only memory, chip, bios, and OS data on a screen instead of the normal start up sequence. Instructions on the screen said use the volume level switch to move between commands. Options included reboot, fastboot, and power down.
I chose the power down option which turned off the phone briefly and then it turned itself on again this time normally,. The phone is making calls, getting email, etc. s appears to be working ok.
Is this a "feature" of an overnight update or anything I should care about?

You're OK Somehow your volume down buttom must have been depressed when you pressed the power button. That brings you to that screen, Highlighting "reboot" (by using the volume button(s) to move up or down) then depress the power botton to execute.

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I am getting frequent lock-ups and blue screens during boot up. The lock ups occur during normal use and I cannot click anything or force quit. The cursor shows something is loading, but never stops. I have to use power button. Ideas?

I am getting frequent lock-ups and blue screens during boot up on my Mac Pro. The lock- ups occur sometimes during normal use and I cannot click anything or force quit. The cursor shows something is loading, but never stops. I have to use power button.
I had the Mac Defender malware and I have used apple jack but still having issues.

I am getting frequent lock-ups and blue screens during boot up on my Mac Pro. The lock- ups occur sometimes during normal use and I cannot click anything or force quit. The cursor shows something is loading, but never stops. I have to use power button.
I had the Mac Defender malware and I have used apple jack but still having issues.

Debug codes and black screen on boot

I restarted my computer and the debug code on the motherboard says "99"
I also get a black screen on boot up and it does not advance. In the bottom right of the screen is the same "99"
What is the problem. Thanks in advance.
I have the MSi Military Class II 990FXA-GD80

Quote from: badboy2k on 21-August-12, 11:35:53
ok so from that id suspect mainly that your Graphics card may be the cause! what graphics card/s are you using?
I am using the ASUS HD 6670

Start-up and blue screen after boot

Hello members
Would someone of you be able to help me with the above problem.
I have copied/pasted from the console some of the potential problems with the start-up below.
The desktop seems to take quite long to load with a couple of changes in the blue screen colour first befor the desktop is loaded and my second screen takes longer then it used to.
Thanks
22/11/08 8:04:47 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[59] NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls. 22/11/08 9:00:48 AM Terminal[159] .sdef error: Operation could not be completed. (NSXMLParserErrorDomain error 1549.)
22/11/08 8:55:27 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[62] NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
22/11/08 11:39:50 AM com.apple.FolderActions.enabled[115] launchctl: Error unloading: com.apple.FolderActions.folders
22/11/08 11:39:51 AM com.apple.coreservicesd[65]
NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
null

Hi CPfreak
thanks for your reply!
Here the result.
IPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleICH8AHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlo ckStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
AppleUSBMultitouchDriver: starting
Jettisoning kernel linker.
Resetting IOCatalogue.
GFX0: family specific matching fails
Matching service count = 1
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 2
Previous Shutdown Cause: 5
E:[AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController][StartInterruptPipeRead] there is alredy a pending read, skipping.
BTCOEXIST on
wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
4.170.46.9NVDANV50HAL loaded and registered.
GFX0: family specific matching fails
GFX0: family specific matching fails
GFX0: family specific matching fails
vmmon: Loaded @ 0x68a4f152: Info 0x68a5dda0 Name com.vmware.kext.vmx86 Version 2.0.0 build-116369 at Sep 10 2008 18:47:35
vmmon: Service start
vmmon: Instrumenting bug 151304 without page information...
vmmon: Initial HV check: anyNotCapable=0 anyUnlocked=0 anyEnabled=1 anyDisabled=0
vmmon: HV check: anyNotCapable=0 anyUnlocked=0 anyEnabled=1 anyDisabled=0
vmmon: Cycles 0x00000000000000C8
vmmon: Fast clock thread started.
vmmon: Module initialized.
vmmon: Registering for power state changes
yukon: Ethernet address 00:1f:f3:5a:e4:39
AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1f:5b:c6:88:bb
vmci: Loaded @ 0x54ce3152: Info 0x54cec1e0 Name com.vmware.kext.vmci Version 2.0.0 build-116369 at Sep 10 2008 18:47:35
vmci: Initializing module.
vmci: VMCI: Driver initialized.
vmci: Module initialized.
vmioplug: Loaded @ 0x54cf2152: Info 0x54cf5d60 Name com.vmware.kext.vmioplug Version 2.0.0 build-116369 at Sep 10 2008 18:47:37
vmnet: Loaded @ 0x5b762152: Info 0x5b769020 Name com.vmware.kext.vmnet Version 2.0.0 build-116369 at Sep 10 2008 18:47:37
vmnet: Initializing module.
vmnet: VMNet_Start allocated gOSMallocTag
vmnet: Module initialized.
vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0x74c2300.
vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0x74c2300
vmnet: Hub 8 does not exist, allocating memory.
vmnet: Allocated hub 0x743a000 for hubNum 8.
vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:f3:6f:0a
vmnet: Hub 8
vmnet: Port 0
vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0x74c2000.
vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0x74c2000
vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:f3:92:ff
vmnet: Hub 8
vmnet: Port 0
vmnet: Port 1
vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0x758fe00.
vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0x758fe00
vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:fb:e3:99
vmnet: Hub 8
vmnet: Port 0
vmnet: Port 1
vmnet: Port 2
vmnet: VNetUserIfFree: freeing userIf at 0x758fe00.
vmnet: netif-vmnet8: Adding protocol 2.
vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0x758fc00.
vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0x758fc00
vmnet: Hub 1 does not exist, allocating memory.
vmnet: Allocated hub 0x74a4800 for hubNum 1.
vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:f2:21:7b
vmnet: Hub 1
vmnet: Port 0
vmnet: VNetUserIfFree: freeing userIf at 0x758fc00.
vmnet: netif-vmnet1: Adding protocol 2.
vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0x758f800.
vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0x758f800
vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:fb:e8:2f
vmnet: Hub 1
vmnet: Port 0
vmnet: Port 1
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
MAC AUTH succeeded
AirPort: Link Up on en1
vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0x75ff300.
vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0x75ff300
vmnet: Hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
vmnet: Allocated hub 0x760c800 for hubNum 0.
vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:fc:45:70
vmnet: Hub 0
vmnet: Port 0
vmnet: bridge-en1: got dev 0x749be04
vmnet: bridge-en1: wireless interface detected.
vmnet: bridge-en1: up
vmnet: bridge-en1: attached
vmnet: VNetUserIfFree: freeing userIf at 0x75ff300.
AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt

Repeatedly getting stuck on spinning wheel and grey screen, even after multiple re-installs of the OS

Ok, so running Lion on a MacBook, (2010 i think) and the OS got corrupted(stuck on spinning wheel and grey screen on boot)
Tried to repair the disk via disk utility using an install CD, no go, couldn't repair, so, did a clean install.
New install went fine, computer worked for about 3 days and then stuck on the spinning wheel again.
suspecting physical damage to the harddrive, I installed the OS to an external, and booted from there. Worked for a couple days and then stuck on the spinning wheel.
I have repeated the process 5 times now, each time it works for a little and then craps out again.
What's going on?
as a note, when I say it gets stuck on the spinning wheel, I have left it for 12 hours trying to boot to no avail.

The Apple Hardware Test doesn't always detect all errors.
Next time you get the gray screen/spinning wheel, try booting into the Safe Mode to see if it will boot.
Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
Safe Mode
Safe Mode - About
Startup Gray Screen
Startup Issues - Resolve
Startup Issues - Resolve (2)
Startup Issues - Resolve (3)

Ive had my macbook pro for a week now and when i cleaned the screen 4 days ago i found a little chip in the screen so the computer was definitely chipped at the manufacture or at the store but again its almost microscopic

To whom It May Concern,i have my macbook pro its a week old and after maybe 2-3 days cleaned it and noticed a little chip in the screen when the light flashed on the computer. Also my charger sometimes just dose not work ill plug it in at a different outlet then it will work its very frustrating to have this many issues i would like to see if i could get a new charger that actually works and a macbook without a tiny chip in it
Please let me know what you guys can do about it.
Thank You,
<Edited by Host>

You are not addressing Apple, we are Apple users, like you.
Take it to an Apple Store as soon as you can, you can return it within 14 days of purchase.

Lenovo G560 - Issue with won't boot and black screen after HDD upgrade

Lenovo G560 - Issue with won't boot and black screen after HDD upgrade.
What happen: My laptop was working fine, no blue screen issue, no funny business at all. I bought a new SSD Intel 120 GB and thought it would be a good idea to replace the HDD. I shutdown and disconnected the power adapter, waited a couple of minutes and removed the battery. I opened up the back case and replaced the HDD. And put all the screws back and put the battery back in.
Problem: The very first time I turned the power on, nothing happens besides a black screen. I pressed the dvd drive it works and opens up and closes. I waited for about 30 mins and still has blac screen. When I mean black screen, no bios menu, no logo, just a black screen with the fan sound on.
I have tried these:
1. Unplugged everything - battery, adapter, and pressed the power on button for about 60 seconds, nothing, the laptop turns on with the LED display on for both on and battery LED's. But nothing but black screen, no sound of windows loading just the fan and black screen.
2. I tried putting back my old 2.5" and nothing but black screen.
Thoughts and suggestions?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi Autoexit173,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query we understood that you are facing issue with system not booting in your Lenovo G560 laptop.
As you have mentioned that the system not booting, please try to remove the RAM and turn on the system and check if you can hear any beep sound. Also try to clean the RAM slots and check for the issue.
Click here for the steps to remove the RAM and refer page number 40.
Hope this helps. Do post back if issue persists!
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My old mac powerbook g4 wont boot up, it wont show apple logo and spinner aswell just stuck on grey screen while booting please help me

i have a old powerbook g4 which i usally use to store some photos and to listen music. the battery of my powerbook is completly dead so i used to use my powerbook using charger adapter so whenever my power cuts down my laptop will be shutdown.
one day i had just bootedup my powerbook and some date notificateion poped up so i press enter and suddenly my power went off and laptop shuted down. and next time when i tried to boot its stuck at grey screen , i even cant reach the apple logo and spinner. please helppp me :!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Resetting PRAM and NVRAM is not working
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Windows Vista and Windows 7 Only Boots to a black screen with a mouse cursor

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Only Boots to a black screen with a mouse cursor after I installed Mcafee Internet Security.
Hi I installed 1of 3 McAfee Internet Security protections on my HP laptop a few weeks ago with no issues. I Have a Dell XPS 420 desk top with Windows Vista operating
system, it’s never had any issues, until 2 nights ago I installed McAfee Internet Security (detected incompatible files and will remove) pc now only boots up to a black screen with a mouse cursor, it will show the windows logo and a hash symbol floating around
the screen. Now 2 weeks ago I installed the same program on my Dell all in one desk top with Windows 7, the same issue happen but that pc has no screen activity, I tried a back to factory reboot on this one, still black screen.

Hi,
Please install the compatible version of McAfee Internet Security:
http://home.mcafee.com/store/internet-security
if you have startup issue, you can boot into Safe Mode to uninstall the problematic software to go back into Windows.
Alex Zhao
TechNet Community Support

My MacBookPro (mid 2012) will not complete the boot process. Yosemite's progress widget gets about 1/3 to 1/2 way across when the logo disappears and the screen goes all white for 10-15 secs or so, then the machine shuts down and restarts.

My MacBookPro (mid 2012) will not complete the boot process. Yosemite's progress widget gets about 1/3 to 1/2 way across when the logo disappears and the screen goes all white for 10-15 secs, then the machine shuts down and restarts. This sequence will repeat seemingly forever unless I shut it down manually.
I upgraded to Yosemite from Mountain Lion a couple months ago, skipping Maverick completely, and I've done any associated updates that Apple told me about. I don't recall which version of Yosemite I have, but I'm sure it is the "latest and greatest".
I've tried re-starting in Safe Mode / Safe Boot and that does the same thing as described above except without the endless restarts. Instead of restarting at some point, SafeBoot proceeds to the white screen and then it hangs until I restart it manually. (I've waited as long os 20-30 minutes with no response).
When I tried the option-command-p-r key combo I never get any chimes or other noises besides the original 1 time boot sound that you would expect to get when starting up a macbook pro.
I was using the mac quite normally (meaning I was doing work I normally do on it and there was no indication of anything wrong) immediately prior to this happening.
The machine is BootCamp(ed) with Windows 8.1 which I use from a VMWare virtual machine instead of natively so that I can have both OSes running at the same time. I also think this is unrelated to my problem. I have been using this setup for more than 2 years.
My upgrade to Yosemite was uneventful and I thought it went well and was very smooth. I don't want to lead attention away from Yosemite, but at this point my problem does not seem related to the upgrade.
Any help is appreciated.

Install or Reinstall OS X from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
      left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
      the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass. Click on
      the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
           because it is three times faster than wireless.

IMac mid 2007, 2.4 Ghz, 800 MHz... Grey screen only, running OS 10.5.8. Tried reinstalling, restoring, and resetting but to no avail. Possible to install OS 10.6 and get it to boot?

Try to boot and only getGrey screen, sometimes with the globe f
Asking, sometimes not.
I am running OS 10.5.8. Tried reinstalling, restoring, and resetting both with installation disc and without, but to no avail.
I recently upgraded from 1GB memory to 4 GB. It ran great for a couple of weeks, when I eventually powered it off, it would not come back. With installation disc, I did get to the utilities and tried repair and even reinstall original OS (several updates down from 10.5.8). At one point, I was able to restore a previous session, but it only lasted for about 3 days until I powered it off again, then back to square 1. I have verified the Macintosh HD disc and repaired it, I have reset everything I can find that might need resetting... Still nothing.
SO, is it toast, or is it possible to install OS 10.6 and get it to boot?

Erase the drive then install OS X:
Drive Partition and Format
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
If this doesn't work then the drive is probably bad or some of the new RAM you installed is marginally defective.

TS1365 My Macbook Pro 17" 2.44ghz all of a sudden one day decided to not boot up. When the power button is pressed the sleep light in the front on the latch release turns on and there is a small running sound but it never boots up and the screen never lig

My Macbook Pro 17" 2.44ghz all of a sudden one day decided to not boot up. When the power button is pressed the sleep light in the front on the latch release turns on and there is a small running sound but it never boots up and the screen never lights up. Anyone else have this problem? Any ideas?
I'd love to repair it but not if it'll cost 500 bucks or more to replace the logicboard.
I appreciate any help
Michael

Lao Bo,
yes, you can locate and copy a file from your HD to a USB key using UNIX commands. If you know the exact name of the file which you’re trying to locate, try this:
find / -iname filename -print
This command will search your entire internal disk for the particular filename. If you know that it’s within a particular user account, then you can save search time with this variation:
find /Users/username -iname filename -print
Either variation of this command will print all files found which have the given filename. Presuming that you’re able to identify the correct file, you can copy it to a USB key using the command
cp -p filename_returned_by_find /Volumes/USB_volume
If you’re not sure which volume name your USB key has, this command will show you what the possibilities are:
ls /Volumes
Please let me know if you have any trouble with these commands.

R9 280x TF GAMING: Sporadic black screen on boot and system resume

Link to my full system specs
ASRock Z97M OC Formula (running latest BIOS version)
Acer B296CL Monitor over DisplayPort
MSI R9 280x 3GB TF GAMING, vBIOS 015.042.000.000.003435, S/N 602-V277-250B1406048461
AMD Catalyst Omega Driver: 14.501.1003.0 WHQL (latest non-beta driver)
When booting my computer in UEFI mode, occasionally, my monitor does not wake from sleep and the screen remains black until Windows takes over and the login screen displays. This seems to usually occur after the computer has been powered off for more than 10 minutes. Sometimes this never happens, the screen remains black the whole time, and I need to hard reset. Sometimes it boots fine.
This black screen / no signal issue also occurs far more frequently when attempting to resume from sleep. I strike a key on the keyboard or hit the power button while the computer is in sleep mode, the computer wakes up, but the monitor never turns on. This forces me to either hard shutdown or reset in order to restore graphics.
In addition, I have a Razer keyboard that shuts off its backlight when the display is turned off, and it remains off when this problem occurs. This likely means that there is a problem with the card, drivers, or something else, rather than cabling. I might just RMA if we don't get anywhere here.
Perhaps a good first step would be ensuring that my card is flashed with the latest vBIOS. Can you send a link to that?
I'm also wondering if ULPS might be interfering, even though I am not in a CrossFireX setup.
Other than this MAJOR issue, the card works fine when playing 3D games. Though, I had major issues with video artifacts when playing 2D games or doing anything else simple (web browsing, moving windows) because of the absolutely terrible decision to underclock the past couple generations of AMD cards so much that the GPU can't function. I solved this by modifying an OverDrive profile to raise the idle clock to 850 MHz, but not overclocking at all.
Thank you.
Meta discussion for the mods (feel free to PM me if you would like to discuss this further, in order to keep the discussion here on topic): sorry for not immediately opening up another forum topic when commenting on this issue. Every single other community that I've been a part of prefers to keep users with the same problem on the same thread. In my experience, mods yell at people for opening up duplicate bug reports and duplicate issues far more than they ask people to fragment information across multiple threads, therefore making it difficult to consolidate information.

It could be a mobo issue, but all of the quirks seem to point to the card.
I do not recall if I tested the card in another PC, but I no longer have a second desktop to test with.
I do think I tested an NVIDIA card on a separate Windows install with this build though. No issues there if my memory serves correctly. I've been troubleshooting this issue for months, and I'm becoming tired of this stubborn problem, so the attempts at problem-solving are becoming blurred.
vBIOS is attached.

Gray screen after boot and blue screen with stripes

Hi, I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2011 with Mavericks (came with Snow Leopard).
History:
One day i was working and things were too slow. I tried to restart but it was taking too long to close all the programs. So I forced shut down by holding the power button. When I turned it on again, my problems begin.
Problem:
The Apple logo and the spinning wheel appear. After a while, both disappear and it freezes at gray screen. Some solutions I tried make the screen goes blue with black vertical stripes. In both cases, I have to force shut down.
Solutions I tried:
- Reset NVRAM
     It does reset, but nothing change
- Log in my Windows partition. I can't log
- Hold option key and choose recovery. Blue screen
- Recovery system by restart and press Command-R. Blue Screen.
- Safe boot by pressing Shift. Blue Screen
- Verbose by pressing Command-V. Restart and gray screen again.
- Single-user mode by pressing Command-S
     Tried to reapair hard drive:
          /sbin/fsck –fy
     Returns the message "** The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.". I restart and nothing change.
     Tried to change startup permissions:
          mount -uw /
          chown root /
          chmod 1775 /
          exit
     Restart and nothing change.
- Boot from a bootable USB flash drive
     Holding option key, I choose my flash drive with Ubuntu installed. It gives me 3 options: Use Ubuntu without installing, Install Ubuntu, Repair Disk      Errors (something like that). The 3 options go to the blue screen
     Flash drive with Mavericks. Blue screen.
-Boot from my Snow Leopard CD. Gray screen, restarting, gray screen.
I don't what else I can do. Is it a hardware problem? At first I thought it was some corrupted file. But is it a GPU or logic board problem? What else can I try?

I found this to work at least to get in and backup some files. It is VERY important to put these commands in EXACTLY as seen here, including spaces.
Boot into Single-User mode (Command-S while booting up)
Execute the following commands:
/sbin/fsck -fy /
/sbin/mount -uw /
mkdir /Disabled_System_Library_Extensions
cd /Disabled_System_Library_Extensions
mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* .
mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMD* .
touch /System/Library/Extensions
exit
I guess these two graphics extensions go bad quite often on Macbook Pro 15-inch. They are part of the logic board. The only problem I had was I still couldn't get into my computer any other way, and the graphics for Safari were messed up. Firefox was okay. Good Luck!
Here's the original thread:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/120507/boot-hangs-on-grey-screen-even-w hen-booting-from-usb-drive-with-fresh-os-x-inst

Grey screen at boot up and then hang up

I've tried to use my 2008 iMac running MAC OS 10.7.5 this morning and it won't boot. I get to the grey screen where it would normally display the apple logo and then the login prompt, but hangs up before that point.
I've sucessfully booted it into safe mode and all the hardware checks I've performed suggest that everything is ok.
Via safe mode I've found the following boot information - located in the "/var/log/system.log" file...
Feb 25 10:08:28 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1361786908 0
Feb 25 10:08:30 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Feb 25 10:08:39 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd): Unknown value for key POSIXSpawnType: Interactive
Feb 25 10:08:39 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.sandboxd): Unknown value for key POSIXSpawnType: Interactive
Feb 25 10:08:51 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: starting CaptiveNetworkSupport as SystemEventAgent built Jun 13 2011 17:29:21
Feb 25 10:08:51 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CreateInterfaceWatchList:2788 WiFi Devices Found.
Feb 25 10:08:51 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Feb 25 10:08:51 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
Feb 25 10:08:52: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Feb 25 10:08:51 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Feb 25 10:08:51 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
Feb 25 10:08:52: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Feb 25 10:08:52 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CertsKeychainMonitor: configuring
Feb 25 10:08:53 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
Feb 25 10:08:53: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Feb 25 10:08:53 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Feb 25 10:08:53 localhost airportd[28]: _processDLILEvent: en1 attached (down)
Feb 25 10:08:53 localhost mDNSResponder[12]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-320.16 (Jul 19 2012 21:07:07) starting OSXVers 11
Feb 25 10:08:54 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: setting hostname to "ze_monkey-imac.local"
Feb 25 10:08:54 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Feb 25 10:08:55 ze_monkey-imac systemkeychain[40]: done file: /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.done
Feb 25 10:08:55 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Feb 25 10:08:55: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Feb 25 10:08:55 ze_monkey-imac mDNSResponder[12]: D2D_IPC: Loaded
Feb 25 10:08:55 ze_monkey-imac mDNSResponder[12]: D2DInitialize succeeded
Feb 25 10:08:57 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: ServermgrdRegistration cannot load config data
Feb 25 10:08:58 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Feb 25 10:08:58 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Probe
Feb 25 10:08:58 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CNSPreferences:60 Creating new preferences
Feb 25 10:08:58 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveStartDetect:2343 Bypassing probe on ze_monkey-wireless because it is protected and not on the exception list
Feb 25 10:08:58 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Unknown
Feb 25 10:08:58 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Feb 25 10:09:01 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.pfctl[66]: No ALTQ support in kernel
Feb 25 10:09:01 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.pfctl[66]: ALTQ related functions disabled
Feb 25 10:09:02 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.ucupdate.plist[59]: ucupdate: Checked 1 update, no match found.
Feb 25 10:09:03 ze_monkey-imac VMware Fusion 683826[90]: Starting VMware Fusion:
Feb 25 10:09:03 ze_monkey-imac com.vmware.launchd.vmware[87]: Feb 25 10:09:03 ze_monkey-imac.local VMware Fusion 683826[90] <Notice>: Starting VMware Fusion:
Feb 25 10:08:56 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.usbmuxd[58]: usbmuxd-296.3 on Jul 25 2012 at 00:28:37, running 64 bit
Feb 25 10:08:57 ze_monkey-imac ntpd[54]: proto: precision = 1.000 usec
Feb 25 10:08:58 ze_monkey-imac loginwindow[72]: Login Window Application Started
Feb 25 10:08:58 ze_monkey-imac mds[70]: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0
Feb 25 10:09:02 ze_monkey-imac XProtectUpdater[56]: Ignoring new signature plist: Not an increase in version
Feb 25 10:09:02 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.xprotectupdater[56]): Exited with code: 252
Feb 25 10:09:12 ze_monkey-imac loginwindow[72]: **DMPROXY** Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
Feb 25 10:09:14 ze_monkey-imac airportd[28]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “ze_monkey-wireless”. Bailing on auto-join.
Feb 25 10:09:16 ze_monkey-imac loginwindow[72]:
        O3REQUIRE FAILED: ret == 0
           - file: /SourceCache/BezelServices/BezelServices-232.3/Utilities/Utilities.c
           - line: 91
Feb 25 10:09:16 ze_monkey-imac loginwindow[72]: Failed to lookup Bezel UI Server port: Bootstrap Unknown Service.
Feb 25 10:09:16 ze_monkey-imac loginwindow[72]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Feb 25 10:09:16 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.launchctl.LoginWindow[110]: com.apple.findmymacmessenger: Already loaded
Feb 25 10:09:17 ze_monkey-imac SecurityAgent[115]: Echo enabled
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I'm not sure what the "O3REQUIRE FAILED" relates to and also the control characters at the end!?! Does anyone know?
Also does anyone know how to fix this?
Any help you can provide would be useful.
Thanks

Ok, I've uninstalled both VMware and MacFUSE using the documented procedures taken from official websites.
I've rebooted and I still have the same problem... hangs before the login screen appears. I can still login via safe mode however.
Do you want me to post the output from the three steps again?
F.Y.I. Latest contents of "/var/log/System.log" from hang up ->
Mar 1 11:06:23 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1362135983 0
Mar 1 11:06:25 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Mar 1 11:06:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd): Unknown value for key POSIXSpawnType: Interactive
Mar 1 11:06:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.sandboxd): Unknown value for key POSIXSpawnType: Interactive
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: starting CaptiveNetworkSupport as SystemEventAgent built Jun 13 2011 17:29:21
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CreateInterfaceWatchList:2788 WiFi Devices Found.
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
Mar 1 11:06:44: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
Mar 1 11:06:45: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 1 11:06:45 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CertsKeychainMonitor: configuring
Mar 1 11:06:47 localhost airportd[28]: _processDLILEvent: en1 attached (down)
Mar 1 11:06:47 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Mar 1 11:06:47 localhost mDNSResponder[12]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-320.16 (Jul 19 2012 21:07:07) starting OSXVers 11
Mar 1 11:06:48 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: setting hostname to "ze_monkey-imac.local"
Mar 1 11:06:48 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Mar 1 11:06:48 ze_monkey-imac systemkeychain[40]: done file: /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.done
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Mar 1 11:06:49: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac mDNSResponder[12]: D2D_IPC: Loaded
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac mDNSResponder[12]: D2DInitialize succeeded
Mar 1 11:06:50 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: ServermgrdRegistration cannot load config data
Mar 1 11:06:51 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Mar 1 11:06:51 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Probe
Mar 1 11:06:51 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CNSPreferences:60 Creating new preferences
Mar 1 11:06:51 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveStartDetect:2343 Bypassing probe on ze_monkey-wireless because it is protected and not on the exception list
Mar 1 11:06:51 ze_monkey-imac UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Unknown
Mar 1 11:06:51 ze_monkey-imac configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Mar 1 11:06:54 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.ucupdate.plist[59]: ucupdate: Checked 1 update, no match found.
Mar 1 11:06:54 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.pfctl[66]: No ALTQ support in kernel
Mar 1 11:06:54 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.pfctl[66]: ALTQ related functions disabled
Mar 1 11:06:55 ze_monkey-imac launchdadd[21]: FAILURE: Could not send MIG reply: 0x10000003
Mar 1 11:06:56 ze_monkey-imac com.apple.usbmuxd[58]: usbmuxd-296.4 on Dec 21 2012 at 16:11:14, running 64 bit
Please also find attached the contects of the "/var/log/kernel.log" file in parallel. Not sure whether this is helpful?
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:25:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 1007088 free pages and 33296 wired pages
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: kext submap [0xffffff7f80736000 - 0xffffff8000000000], kernel text [0xffffff8000200000 - 0xffffff8000736000]
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: zone leak detection enabled
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 73
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for Sandbox
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt sandbox policy (Sandbox)
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for Quarantine
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Quarantine policy (Quarantine)
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: MAC Framework successfully initialized
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: using 16384 buffer headers and 10240 cluster IO buffer headers
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x11 Vectors 64:87
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5]
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: PFM64 (36 cpu) 0xf10000000, 0xf0000000
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration begin ]
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: console relocated to 0xf10030000
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: PCI configuration changed (bridge=2 device=2 cardbus=0)
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 5 devices 18 ]
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: (built 16:32:09 Aug 23 2012) initialization complete
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 00254bfffea158e2; max speed s800.
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 575845393038544E34363432 0x1058 0x704 0x105
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done [64 MB total pool size, (42/21) split]
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Pthread support ABORTS when sync kernel primitives misused
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib kmod start
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless kmod start
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib load succeeded
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless load succeeded
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient: ready
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: BTCOEXIST off
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM432b 802.11 Wireless Controller
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: 5.106.198.19
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController::setConfigState] calling registerService
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 2EEFC1E1-687B-3DE5-A5B3-5C489A13EB53
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@B/AppleMCP79AHCI/PR T0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageD river/Hitachi HDT721064SLA360 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Mar 1 11:06:41 localhost kernel[0]: Kernel is LP64
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost kernel[0]: NVEthernet: Ethernet address 00:25:4b:a1:58:e2
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4331: Ethernet address 00:25:4b:8c:0a:c3
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost kernel[0]: IO80211Controller::dataLinkLayerAttachComplete(): adding AppleEFINVRAM notification
Mar 1 11:06:44 localhost kernel[0]: IO80211Interface::efiNVRAMPublished():
Mar 1 11:06:47 localhost kernel[0]: in func createVirtualInterface ifRole = 1
Mar 1 11:06:47 localhost kernel[0]: Created virtif 0xffffff800c2aa600 p2p0
Mar 1 11:06:48 localhost kernel[0]: NVDANV50HAL loaded and registered.
Mar 1 11:06:48 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: -128
Mar 1 11:06:48 localhost kernel[0]: SMC::smcInitHelper ERROR: MMIO regMap == NULL - fall back to old SMC mode
Mar 1 11:06:48 localhost kernel[0]: DSMOS has arrived
Mar 1 11:06:48 localhost kernel[0]: 00000000 00000020 NVEthernet::setLinkStatus - not Active
Mar 1 11:06:48 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: [AGPM Controller] build GPUDict by Vendor10deDevice0655
Mar 1 11:06:48 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key BEMB (kSMCKeyNotFound)
Mar 1 11:06:48 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 1 (Unspecified).
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 153 157 161 165
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: [ffffff800c29ec00][BNBTrackpadDevice::init][70.12] init is complete
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: [ffffff800c29ec00][BNBTrackpadDevice::handleStart][70.12] returning 1
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: [ffffff800c277600][AppleMultitouchHIDEventDriver::start] entered
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: 00:e1:25:87:de:37 MAC AUTH succeeded
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Mar 1 11:06:49 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 00:e1:25:87:de:37
Mar 1 11:06:50 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
Mar 1 11:06:50 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: [ffffff800c1e1c00][AppleMultitouchDevice::start] entered
Mar 1 11:06:57 ze_monkey-imac kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
Do you know anywhere else I can look for errors to help understand the problem further?
Any suggestions on what to do next?

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