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27" iMac won't boot past white screen.

I haven't had any issues with my iMac. It's a late 2010 27" model. I was in bootcamp last night and turned it off like normal to go to sleep. When I woke up this morning to turn it on, It boots, you hear the sound, but it just stays on the white screen. I've tried booting into the install disc, safe mode and holding down option to get the boot menu. It doesn't do anything past the white screen.


Any ideas? Should I just take it in?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jan 29, 2012 2:20 PM

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Nov 8, 2015 4:06 PM in response to Hayashi49

This just happened to me today. I had no other devices plugged in so I just pressed the power button off and unplugged it for a minute then plugged it back in and it worked. Just a few moments of sheer panic when I thought I had lost all my stuff! If you ever watch the "I.T. CROWD" their advice is always my go to...."turn it on and turn it off again." Works more than it should but I'm so glad that it does!

Nov 21, 2015 4:05 PM in response to convertme

I have tried every single method since the very first post.
None of them worked for me so far.
My 24´ iMac does not pass through that evil white screen! I have made it through to the disk utility once, done the repair and the report came out ok, but after a reboot, the problem was still there.

Is this a disk malfunction or a graphic card problem?

One of the times the system reached the desktop image and I has able to see the folders and files on the desktop, but after a minute or so, it freezed completely.


Not a good day, today...

27" iMac won't boot past white screen.

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