[DEMUG] A dead iMac: n o start-up

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

If you can get the platform started again take a look at the "Console  
Log File" as it should hold a clue as to what the problem might be.

You will find the Console Log File by clicking on ~/Applications/ 
Utilities/Console

Once you have that file post it to DEMUG and someone should be able to  
help.

Harry
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On Jul 25, 2008, at 4:30 AM, Michael Weinberg wrote:

>  I have a 1.6GHz PowerPC G5 iMac. For the past several weeks it has
> behaved very erratically when I attempt to start up. At such times
> the power button on the back of the panel is ineffective. Usually,
> after a frustrating series of useless "fixes" I somehow manage to get
> it started. Most typically, I must manually disconnect everything
> except the power cord and the keyboard (I have a bunch of "stuff"
> like a spare hard drive, zip drive, floppy drive. DSL modem, USB hub,
> a laser printer with an ethernet connector, an inkjet printer with a
> USB connection, a stereo radio, and a fluorescent light etc., etc.,
> attached to the iMac or one of several power surge protectors plugged
> into two separate wall sockets), unplug the iMac itself for a period
> of time ranging from 30 seconds to forty-five minutes), and try a
> bunch of key combinations (Command, Control, Power Button) (Command,
> shift, Power Button) (Power Button alone, either pressed and held for
> five or ten seconds, or just pressed) before the machine starts up --
> no one technique seems to work every time.  Very occasionally, when
> the power light on the front of the panel goes on, a loud chiming
> sound emerges from the reluctant beast, and then a normal start-up
> sequence begins. I get no messages from it. And it behaves like
> nothing has happened until the next time it refuses to start.
> This seems to happen whatever I do to turn off the machine; ie:
> choose Shut Down from the Apple Menu, or Log Out.
>
> We live in Belfast, Must I drive to Augusta to have any work done on
> it. What may be up? I suspect some fault in the Power Button or the
> Power Module itself. Or, in myself, perhaps.
>
> I"m 78 years old and I told my wife of 52 years that this was the
> last computer I would buy. Am I destined to disappoint her once again?
>
>
>
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