I swear, this is the third computer that has had trouble in the last 2 weeks; I think someone up there hates me.
Anyway, as the title says, I turn on the iMac, it makes that signature bootup sound, and then it just won't boot up; all that shows is the white screen. Nothing, no flashing question mark (that's what happened to my macbook), nothing. I had a Windows XP disc in there when I was trying to install it on bootcamp, and it didn't work and exactly this happened. The only difference was, I could actually eject the CD by holding eject or the left mouse button. That isn't working. Yes I'm sure my keyboard is plugged in, as the last paragraph indicates.
I think it's worth noting why I restarted it in the first place... well the system appeared to be hung up... sorta. My cursor was showing up as "loading" when I hovered it over the desktop or the top bar. The dock and the programs on it worked fine, though.
So since I couldn't shut the computer down normally, obviously, I had to do a hard shut down. And when I started it back up, this happens.
I also tried holding the option key, nothing happens. Tried resetting the PRAM too, but aside from resetting the system a moment after I have had the keys held down, it doesn't appear to have helped. Help please... I really have no clue what is wrong with this thing. I can only pray that this isn't the THIRD computer I'll have to send in for repairs.
Anyway, as the title says, I turn on the iMac, it makes that signature bootup sound, and then it just won't boot up; all that shows is the white screen. Nothing, no flashing question mark (that's what happened to my macbook
), nothing. I had a Windows XP disc in there when I was trying to install it on bootcamp, and it didn't work and exactly this happened. The only difference was, I could actually eject the CD by holding eject or the left mouse button. That isn't working. Yes I'm sure my keyboard is plugged in, as the last paragraph indicates.I think it's worth noting why I restarted it in the first place... well the system appeared to be hung up... sorta. My cursor was showing up as "loading" when I hovered it over the desktop or the top bar. The dock and the programs on it worked fine, though.
So since I couldn't shut the computer down normally, obviously, I had to do a hard shut down. And when I started it back up, this happens.
I also tried holding the option key, nothing happens. Tried resetting the PRAM too, but aside from resetting the system a moment after I have had the keys held down, it doesn't appear to have helped. Help please... I really have no clue what is wrong with this thing. I can only pray that this isn't the THIRD computer I'll have to send in for repairs.