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Mar 16, 2015 5:09 PM in response to lllaassby sobeadit,ok it says boot ROM mm41.0042.b03
SMC is 1.54f2
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Mar 17, 2015 2:41 AM in response to sobeaditby lllaass,That indicates that yo have Internet Recovery.
I would try booting to Recovery with another wired KB.
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Mar 17, 2015 7:56 AM in response to lllaassby sobeadit,Ok I'm not versed in these things please explain the steps to do that? I don't know what a wired KB is.
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Mar 17, 2015 10:17 AM in response to sobeaditby lllaass,KB is keyboard
Wired is USB keyboard as opposed to a wifi or bluetooth KB
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Mar 17, 2015 10:21 AM in response to lllaassby sobeadit,oh! LOL oh my gosh i don't think i have a wired keyboard! Why would that make a diff in be not being able to boot to the 10.6 disk?
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Mar 17, 2015 10:33 AM in response to sobeaditby lllaass,Other users have reported problems booting a 2010 Mav Mini from an 10.6 install disk if the EFI had been updated.
Since yo have Internet Recovery yo should be able to boot to internet recovery and then erase the HD,
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Mar 17, 2015 10:42 AM in response to lllaassby sobeadit,ok i can look up how to boot to internet recovery via google. but why do i need a wired kb?
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Mar 17, 2015 10:48 AM in response to sobeaditby lllaass,to force your Mac to boot into Internet Recovery by holding down Command+Option+R at startup
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Mar 17, 2015 10:49 AM in response to sobeaditby sobeadit,holding keys down on a wireless keyboard doesn't make it boot to anything? this could explain why holding down these diff keys im reading about has done nothing so far
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Mar 17, 2015 10:54 AM in response to sobeaditby lllaass,Most of the time an Apple bluetooth KB will boot to the various bootup options but not all the time. That is why one should always have a wired USB KB handy. Make sure it is directly plugged directly into the Mac, not through a hub or monitor,
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Mar 17, 2015 11:05 AM in response to lllaassby sobeadit,this is a windows wireless keyboard and mouse so maybe that's a problem
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Mar 17, 2015 11:11 AM in response to sobeaditby lllaass,Very, very very likely the cause of not being able to boot using the special keys.
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Mar 17, 2015 11:15 AM in response to lllaassby sobeadit,ok then i'll bring home a wired keyboard and try first just booting to the install disk...is that control R? if that doesn't work then try control - option- r?