Apple I-mac 2007 turning on with a grey screen and then turns blank after 2-3 secs

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Apple I-mac 2007 turning on with a grey screen and then turns blank after 2-3 secs

This morning when I tried to turn on my Imac 2007, it turns on with a grey screen and then after a second or 2, it just turns black. Nothing works. Even restarted several times but to no avail. I can hear error noises when I press a key on keyboard, but the screen doesn't show up. So, I guess it might be a screen problem? Do I have to replace the whole screen, or is there a fix without having to replace the screen?

Kindly help me out, I have lots of important data inside it and I don't wanna lose it.

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iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Apr 29, 2022 12:32 AM

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Ingo2711

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Apr 29, 2022 5:59 AM in response to virtualn08

I'm afraid, the next step would be to visit an Authorised Apple Service Provider and let them diagnose the iMac.

Use this link to find one next to your place:

Apple - Find Locations

Any chance you could connect a second monitor to your iMac, to see if it is "just" the display?

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Apr 29, 2022 6:06 AM in response to virtualn08

A 15-year-old iMac could have any number of failures, and because it is long past Apple's vintage hardware aging, I very much doubt that any Apple Store or Apple-authorized service provider will look at it as they can't get parts to fix it anyway.

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Ingo2711

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Apr 29, 2022 2:43 AM in response to virtualn08

Did you already try the troubleshooting mentioned in this article?

If your Mac starts up to a blank screen - Apple Support

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virtualn08 Author

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Apr 29, 2022 5:41 AM in response to Ingo2711

Hey, thanks for the reply.

I have tried that but to no avail. Any alternate solutions, perhaps?

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Ingo2711

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Apr 29, 2022 6:15 AM in response to VikingOSX

At least they could try to take out the HD, trying to safe the data.

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virtualn08 Author

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Apr 29, 2022 7:04 AM in response to Ingo2711

I don't have a monitor, but a windows laptop. Would that help? If yes, please link me to any tutorial that could help me. If not, then guess I have no other options.

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