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Dec 30, 2012 7:11 PM in response to Mak128by BDAqua,HI, do you mean you held all four keys down, with CMD & Option first?
Is it a USB KB?
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Dec 30, 2012 7:59 PM in response to Mak128by japamac,I have tried 3 different Keyboards but no avail.
Apple keyboards?
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Dec 31, 2012 11:09 AM in response to Mak128by BDAqua,★HelpfulHmmm, does it boot in either of these modes?
Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode...
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Dec 31, 2012 7:09 PM in response to BDAquaby Mak128,Nope, not working still!!! It goes straight to Apple. My firmware is the latest.....
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Dec 31, 2012 7:21 PM in response to Mak128by BDAqua,★HelpfulHmmm,
Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...
/sbin/fsck -fy
Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.
(Space between fsck AND -fy important).
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Does it boot from your Install Disc, or show boot choices when holding alt at bootup?
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Dec 31, 2012 7:23 PM in response to BDAquaby Mak128,Nope! Not at all. Sounds like I have Firmware Password-itis though. No the alt key doesnt work and the only way to boot it from something else is by using the Startup Disk Pref Pane
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Dec 31, 2012 7:39 PM in response to Mak128by BDAqua,Firmware password protection in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352
It would block usage of all the startup keys, like C, N, T, D, CMD+s, CMD+Option+p+r, CMD +v, Option, and Shift, as well as booting from anything but the Hard Drive.
Force Removing Password Protection
1) Add or remove DIMMs to change the total amount of RAM in the computer.
2) Then, the PRAM must be reset 3 times. (Command + Option + P + R).
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Dec 31, 2012 7:42 PM in response to BDAquaby Mak128,Okay, I am not hearing the startup tone for the second time!
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Dec 31, 2012 7:43 PM in response to Mak128by Mak128,I have the fleeting feeling that something is really wrong.
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Dec 31, 2012 8:10 PM in response to Mak128by BDAqua,Does sound like it, but how long did you hold the keys down?