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Feb 29, 2012 2:21 AM in response to jpapinby Gabriel@tokyo,I am also having a similar problem. Can you hear the chime when you first turn it on? If you can, then try to reset the PRAM, by holding down the Option, Command, P and R keys at the same time right after the chimes. This is how I sometimes can get mine started. I have an iMac ALS 20 inch 2.0GHz. It helps if you put this type of information in your posts.
Good Luck
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Feb 29, 2012 11:04 AM in response to Gabriel@tokyoby jpapin,My computer is (I believe) a iMac 5,1; Intel Core 2 Duo; 2 Ghz.
There is no chime. I tried the suggestion of holding down the keys at startup, but no luck. I can hear it making some noises like starting up. Light on right side just stays on and screen remains black. Any other helps. I don't want to take the back off if I don't have to.
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Feb 29, 2012 12:58 PM in response to jpapinby Roger1337,Hi,
I got a new iMac 21.5" i5 and mine would not start up. As it was under warranty I took it to local apple store. They said the graphics card was not communicating, so replaced the card, no computer still did not work, so they replaced the main board. It was up working. When I went to go in and collect it, and the hard drive failed, so that too needed replacing. After a few days seem to be working fine, then turned machine off and guess what would not boot up, but this time I had the chime, but a constant circle under the apple going round and round. Called apple, we could not unmount or erase the hard drive, so they advised me to take machine back for replacement. Done that last Tuesday and all seems to be working fine.
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Feb 29, 2012 8:17 PM in response to jpapinby Gabriel@tokyo,If resetting the PRAM didn't help, try here...
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
Your best bet might be to take it to an Apple store / reseller, Klaus 1 thought that you had an iMac g5 (PPC 2005) like I did, that why he mentioned tajking off the back which is easy for that model but not for yours.
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Mar 1, 2012 3:01 PM in response to Gabriel@tokyoby jpapin,Thanks for the help. None of it is working. It won't start up and I have astuck CD in the drive. No chime, just the constant white light on the right bottom of the front (not the screen) part, the case part.