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Aug 4, 2008, 11:11 AM
I have a first generation Aluminum 24" iMac. For the past hour I have been working in Coda building a website while listening to music via iTunes.

My computer just crashed on me out of no where. I turned the power button on a few times and nothing happened. It then booted up after 3 or 4 presses.

My iMac will now constantly run with the fans blaring. How do I fix this? It is quite annoying when trying to work. What the hell happened to my computer?

Thanks,

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Aug 4, 2008, 11:37 AM
Bump. :D
mastershakess
Aug 4, 2008, 12:56 PM
Do you have Applecare? If so take it in and have them fix it. I had a similar problem and they ended up replacing it for me.
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Aug 4, 2008, 01:51 PM
Do you have Applecare? If so take it in and have them fix it. I had a similar problem and they ended up replacing it for me.

So my hardware is actually fried from said crash?
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Aug 4, 2008, 02:00 PM
On a side note, 71 views and only one person can contribute? Come on guys!
za9ra22
Aug 4, 2008, 02:10 PM
Try an SMC reset. Disconnect everything including power lead and wait for at least 10 seconds. Reconnect (ensure you are not pressing the power button when you reconnect the power lead) and then power up.
Detektiv-Pinky
Aug 4, 2008, 03:13 PM
There has been this thread, where people claim this problem can be solved by pulling the power plug while your Mac is on: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=370752&highlight=pull+plug

Think what you like about it. Hopefully it does no more harm than good...
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Aug 4, 2008, 03:19 PM
Try an SMC reset. Disconnect everything including power lead and wait for at least 10 seconds. Reconnect (ensure you are not pressing the power button when you reconnect the power lead) and then power up.

Worked, thank you kindly.