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Q: eMac screen gray, no activity, Icon only

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iPad 2, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 18, 2014 10:29 AM

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Q: eMac screen gray, no activity, Icon only

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Apr 18, 2014 10:47 AM in response to prispit
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    Apr 18, 2014 10:47 AM in response to prispit

    What icon is it showing? A flashing question mark?

     

    Hold alt key or option key at power up, what shows as boot choices?

  • by prispit,

    prispit prispit Apr 18, 2014 12:18 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Apr 18, 2014 12:18 PM in response to BDAqua

    When I hold the option key at power up I see a image of the Mac harddrive with an X on it and then two arrows, one curved or circling, the other to the right. There was a little watch, when it was done the curser appeared and I clicked on the arrow to the right, then got the gray screen again with the mac apple...

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    BDAqua BDAqua Apr 18, 2014 1:48 PM in response to prispit
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    Apr 18, 2014 1:48 PM in response to prispit

    Click on the hard drive to highlight it, then the right arrow or enter.

     

    If it still does it...

     

    "Try Disk Utility

     

    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

    *Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*

    3. Click the First Aid tab.

    4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

    5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."

     

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

     

    Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

     

    (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive & clear caches.)

     

    If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.