[nikonf4] Re: Mac Trouble
- From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:55:00 -0800
Really…your MB thought there was no HD? How did they start your MB
then? You said network option wasn't available either.
Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
2010 / 11 / 20 23:55 PST
On Nov 20, 2010, at 1931 , Dave wrote:
> No, but they did at the Apple Store. It didn't work. Neither did holding the
> N key to boot from their network.
>
> From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
> To: Nikon F4 <nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sat, November 20, 2010 9:50:43 PM
> Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Mac Trouble
>
> Well I see your problem is solved now which is good to know.
>
> But, did you hold <option> during FW boot? That will show you the choice
> of drive you want to boot. Corrupt boot sector of internal drive shouldn't
> deactivate this capability.
>
> On Nov 20, 2010, at 0517 , Dave wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Koichi. I did the updates too and it worked fine afterwards. I
> > can't boot, so I can't get to any of those remedies. I can't restore
> > either, because it won't boot to the system disk either.
> >
> > From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
> > To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sat, November 20, 2010 6:28:42 AM
> > Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Mac Trouble
> >
> > I did the Mac OS, Safari and iTunes updates early this week. The Mac OS
> > update was pretty big one, something like 678 MB. It took a few minutes
> > even for my MacPro to reboot after the update, but I haven't had any
> > problem.
> >
> > Is your FW HD backup the clone of your internal drive? Assuming it is
> > so, and if it doesn't boot up from that either, maybe you have either
> > problem with your logic board or memory, or however remote, a corrupt
> > updated files on your HD. If you don't hear HD clicking repeatedly, your
> > HD is probably OK. And if you can manage to boot up, <About This Mac>
> > <More Info> <Hardware> <Diagnostics> will show the state at the time of
> > boot up.
> >
> > On Nov 19, 2010, at 2059 , Dave wrote:
> >
> > > I made an appointment for 3PM tomorrow; there was nothing open for
> > > morning.
> > > Minor progress: I got the system disk to eject.I have my original HD that
> > > I could install, but somehow it doesn't seem like a HD crash. God, this
> > > PC is slow and fidgety.
> > >
> > > From: Jay Paxton <JayPax@xxxxxxxx>
> > > To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Fri, November 19, 2010 11:39:20 PM
> > > Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Mac Trouble
> > >
> > > I know the last thing you want to go is go to the Apple Store and fight a
> > > crowd of teeny-boppers to the Genius Bar, but that is your best bet to
> > > getting it fixed quickly. Go online and make the appointment at the
> > > Genius Bar tonight and it won't be so bad.
> > >
> > > From: Dave
> > > Sent: Fri 11/19/2010 10:25 PM
> > > To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [nikonf4] Mac Trouble
> > >
> > > I was using my Macbook 13" laptop tonight when suddenly it froze in
> > > Safari and the Force Quit didn't work. Neither did anything else. I held
> > > the power button down, and it shut off.
> > >
> > > Now when I try to turn it on, it starts to boot, chimes, and the little
> > > thermometer comes up. It's the one that shows when you have a long
> > > startup sequence to go through. Then the whole thing powers off instead
> > > of booting. If I hold down the power button until the long tone sounds,
> > > the same thing happens. I inserted my OS disk hoping to do a restore, and
> > > it just ate that; it won't eject no matter what, and there's no paper
> > > clip hole.
> > >
> > > Power on, progress thermometer moves to about 5% then restarts a couple
> > > of times, then it powers off. I powered up and connected my firewire
> > > backup HD but it's no help.
> > >
> > > This Macbook has been flawless since 12/06, and I just installed the
> > > latest big OS and Safari updates last night. It worked perfectly all day,
> > > however.
> > >
> > > Any ideas, gang?
> > >
> > > Don't make me go to the Apple Store on Saturday!
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