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Ok, something went wrong with my OS X.

definitive

definitive

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Just got an iMac yesterday. Today when I turned on the iTunes screen saver, the screen turned black, and wouldn't respond. I held the power button for several seconds until it turned off, and then turned it back on. Everything was ok until I went to configure the screen savers. As soon as I picked the first one, the preview screen turned gray, and the wheel started spinning. I used force quit on it, and tried loading a different screen saver, and same thing happened.

What's going on?
 
and where might i find that? sorry i'm new to mac os x. or are you talking about the applecare cd?

edit: i found through google a solution which seemed to work for me: unplug the system for 15 seconds, but still.. would like to know where this hardware test is located.
 
definitive said:
but still.. would like to know where this hardware test is located.
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It's on one of the install discs that came with your machine. You should see a small "To use Apple Hardware Test..." notice on the disc (top right?).
 
dejo said:
It's on one of the install discs that came with your machine. You should see a small "To use Apple Hardware Test..." notice on the disc (top right?).
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thanks. i'll have to try it out tomorrow since i'm about to log off. my adobe apps are all running with spinning wheel now.

funny how a simple screensaver crashes, and the system goes kaput.
 
Where might I find these discs? I just bought my Macbook last week and I'm new also. Mine came with 2 discs [OSX install DVD and a Applications DVD].
 
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