Hello! I've tried everything here, but when I turn my Mac Mini on it still goes to the gray screen with a loading wheel, then after 1-2 minutes it shuts its self off. Its running OS X 10.5.8. Anybody have any ideas about what I can do?
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Hi Sam, sounds like serious Hard Drive problems.
Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...
/sbin/fsck -fy
Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.
(Space between fsck AND -fy important).
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...
Still have the same gray screen then shutting off issue. It never boots into the Single User Mode while holding down the Command and S keys. Does it matter if I hold the keys down before I hit the power button? or Hit the power button the hit the keys?
Should be OK to hild those keys right after hitting the power button... is this a USB KB hopefully?
Yes its a wired keyboard, but it still didnt work. Do you have anymore ideas as to what I can do?
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)...
Sorry it took so long to reply. That didnt work either. Do you have anymore ideas? Or do I need to replace the hard drive?
It sure sounds like a hardwar problem, Hard Drive is my first guess.
I've tried everything here...
