BIG_S3XY
Level 1
(8 points)
Q: No matter what imac always freezes upon startup
I just recived an OBS iMac (20-inch Early 2008). It has never been connected to the internet, so it has never been updated. The hard drive was nearly full, and it was constantly freezing up. After the previous owner purchased a new computer they donated the old one to me. I was planning on factory reseting it, but when I push the power button it seems to instantly freeze after hearing the chimes. Occasionaly it will display the folder with a question mark or apple, but freezes shortly after. I have tried holding "shift" on startup, as well as ("command"+"R") and "option", but it just freezes on a white screen.
I was wondering if there was anything else I could try to reset it. If not, I was planning on attempting to boot using an external hard drive and then reseting the internal hard drive. This is the first mac I have owned, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.2)
Carolyn Samit
Level 10
(120,143 points)
Hi,
Command + R (Internet Recovery) won't work on a Mac running v10.5.2.
The problems go beyond freezes at startup considering this is a used Mac > Changing ownership of a used Mac | Communities
The question mark folder on startup means the Mac cannot locate a system folder to boot from and it very likely the drive has failed on an early 2008 Mac.
