What's wrong with my iMac???
Not sure what happened... I came back home from a few errands, and like always, it was asleep.. So I tried to wake it up but it wouldn't.. So I turned it off manually, waited about 20 seconds and then turned it back on...
It boots up to the apple and the little spinning wheel like normal.. But after that, it'll just sit there at a white screen..
I'm able to select between the main drive and bootcamp by holding down option... It won't fully load win7 (ultimate)... It'll boot for a while, then hang at a black screen... BUT... It'll successfully boot into safe mode...
I've looked up possible solutions, but none have worked... I thought it might be my hard drive, but it's not. The same thing happens from my external..
I've tried safe mode in OSX, but I'll get the white screen after the lil bar at the bottom reaches the end..
I've tried "verbose" mode and I get all that stuff on the screen, but then just sits there after it's done...
I've tried "single user" mode but I'm not sure what to do there...
I've reseted the PRAM (holding option/command/p/r)...
I've tried holding down "D", but it'll just go back to the apple and spinning wheel again and start all over...
If it was the video card, would I still be able to see those options on the screen??
I don't have applecare.. I purchased this computer a few months ago used off of craigslist..
Mid 2011
iMac 3.4 27" i7 (EMC 2429)
1TB HD
8GB ram
2GB 6970M
I have a few pics of some screenshots.. Should I post them? Will it help?
Not sure what happened... I came back home from a few errands, and like always, it was asleep.. So I tried to wake it up but it wouldn't.. So I turned it off manually, waited about 20 seconds and then turned it back on...
It boots up to the apple and the little spinning wheel like normal.. But after that, it'll just sit there at a white screen..
I'm able to select between the main drive and bootcamp by holding down option... It won't fully load win7 (ultimate)... It'll boot for a while, then hang at a black screen... BUT... It'll successfully boot into safe mode...
I've looked up possible solutions, but none have worked... I thought it might be my hard drive, but it's not. The same thing happens from my external..
I've tried safe mode in OSX, but I'll get the white screen after the lil bar at the bottom reaches the end..
I've tried "verbose" mode and I get all that stuff on the screen, but then just sits there after it's done...
I've tried "single user" mode but I'm not sure what to do there...
I've reseted the PRAM (holding option/command/p/r)...
I've tried holding down "D", but it'll just go back to the apple and spinning wheel again and start all over...
If it was the video card, would I still be able to see those options on the screen??
I don't have applecare.. I purchased this computer a few months ago used off of craigslist..
Mid 2011
iMac 3.4 27" i7 (EMC 2429)
1TB HD
8GB ram
2GB 6970M
I have a few pics of some screenshots.. Should I post them? Will it help?