[muglo] Re: Mac Startup
- From: Greg Mrowiec <mgm@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:14:46 -0400
Hi Paul
Who did the check?
Greg
On 2010-04-27, at 2:03 PM, Paul Thomas wrote:
> My recently acquired second hand computer, a 20" iMac running under
> OSX 10.4.11, has just developed, after a few months, an annoying
> startup problem:
>
> When I start up the computer, it starts black as normal, then goes
> blue and then the Apple symbol appears followed by the usual small
> whirling bars; this lasts for a short time and then it shuts down
> with a short clicking sound... If I then start up again, usually all
> goes well and the startup completes it's cycle... though occasionally
> the first startup repeats and the third attempt works normally...
>
> There has always been a peculiar volume problem from the start in
> which the volume dropped to zero at about the half way point... I had
> this checked under the 30-day warranty and was told that it was ok
> which struck me as odd but I could live with it... but wonder now if
> there is any connection?
>
> Could this be a hardware or software problem?
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated...
>
> Paul
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