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Lé.Skiing
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so i got an iMac from work to see if i could get it to work... so i got fiered from that job and i have this unworking iMac that i want to get working and possibley sell... but i dunno, so when i turn it on all i get it this white screen it sounds like everythings working but really white.... no logos appear, and yah... thats all anyone got any ideas or know what i should do ... i really want to do something with it just so its not a total loss in me getting fired.

Apr 21 2009 4:54PM
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skijunkiedtm
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get a PC.
Apr 21 2009 4:56PM
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dwhite
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idk take it to the apple store or something like that. They will help you with pretty much anything.
Apr 21 2009 4:57PM
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Lé.Skiing
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no applestore, and i'm on a PC this was just a sort of parting my job promotion if i can get this working it'll be like a big fuck you cause i totally cant figure anything out I'm more of a PC guy and i searched google, so NS is my only hope, I hope someone can figure it out if not its gonna mean alot of time on google...

Apr 21 2009 5:00PM
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TechnoPotamus
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get....the fuck out if you're not going to be helpful
Apr 21 2009 5:03PM
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Lé.Skiing
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I can plug it into the internet and the internet reads that its connected... but nothings happening on the screen... is there a possibility that someone just turned the brightness up way too high and theres no way to turn it back down now??

Apr 21 2009 5:17PM
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amo
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if you take it to the apple store they will either fix it if its an easy problem. or tell you what the problem is, where you can then pay to have them do it, or try to fix it yourself.
Apr 21 2009 5:19PM
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Lé.Skiing
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I'm trying to fix it myself cause my town has no applestore... I looked on the net and apparently no one on the net has the same problem as me... I'll maybe look on the apple website...

Apr 21 2009 5:22PM
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amo
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can you drive?... to an apple store?
Apr 21 2009 5:23PM
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thecounty
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i did a search for you, and if you can get your hands on a OSX startup disk, that may do the trick. It will wipe off all the data on there and install the original programs but at least it would work right? id give that a shot if i were you. one of your buddies has to have that disk laying around somewhere.
Apr 21 2009 5:27PM
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Bepo
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get a pc
Apr 21 2009 5:30PM
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Lé.Skiing
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yah one of my buddies on azerus has a disc...  hahaha
Apr 21 2009 5:52PM
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no_steeze
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did you get fired from your job for stealing an imac?
Apr 21 2009 6:15PM
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Peter.
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call apple? you usually need a like pin number or whatever though
Apr 21 2009 6:37PM
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Volkl_860
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idk man but if it doesnt work out and you give up i got dibs on it haha...good luck
Apr 21 2009 6:41PM
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TechnoPotamus
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had one, it cost more than my mac i have now and was a piece of shit. fuck that.
Apr 21 2009 6:50PM
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Lé.Skiing
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i was fiered for tardiness... but Id always say i wasnt tardy i was eirly for tomorrow.
Apr 21 2009 7:16PM
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gmack24
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lol nice, sounds like office space

"So I see you've been missing alot of work lately?"
--"Well, I wouldn't exactly say I've been missing it"

Apr 21 2009 7:23PM
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mmallender.
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from what you have said it sounds like you're having startup problems because the hard drive cannot read or find the files it needs to startup.

if you can get a startup disk, put it in and hold c to make it boot from the disk, what could be happening is that the hard drive is failing its "S.M.A.R.T." status checks, or already is failed, which means your hard drive is fucked and might need to be replaced.

So if you can get your hands on an OSX disk, boot from the disk by holding c when you start up, and then from click ok and continue until you have access to the menu bar at the top, from there go to disk utility. once there click the name of the hard drive(the brand/model/etc) not Macintosh HD, and then click verify disk. that should tell you if its your "S.M.A.R.T." status that is failing, or if there is some other problem from the hard drive.

if the "S.M.A.R.T." status is not failing or failed, try do an archive and install, and if that doesnt work still go for an erase and install, and if that doesnt work either i have no idea, call apple.

hope that helps.
Apr 21 2009 7:25PM
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Slinger1x1
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that because you probably suck at life. for $1000 i could build a PC that would blow any mac out of the water proformance wise. you just like OSX and the fact that you can download all your porn and other shit without getting a virus (for now atleast). if your smart, your pc will run just fine, and its much, much better

o, o, and let me tell you a little something about TPS reports....
Apr 21 2009 7:29PM
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VT_scratch
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ok
Apr 21 2009 8:10PM
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Lé.Skiing
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getting a startup disc... I can hear the Hard drive... but I hit the eject button on the keyboard and i cant open the disc trey... it wont open for some reason... so even if i get a disc... how can i gat it in the drive?  aside from opening it up replacing the drive with one that has the disc i need in it already...

Apr 21 2009 8:17PM
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Slinger1x1
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

you need to make it boot from a CD
Apr 21 2009 8:22PM
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gnarlygoodski22
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Dude, you're getting a dell
Apr 21 2009 8:22PM
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Lé.Skiing
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I'd rather rape a Tyranasaurus rex then buy a dell their crap.
Apr 21 2009 8:43PM
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Peter.
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imagine a skiing half human half dinosaur baby that you could make

go rape a t-rex, for the good of man kind
Apr 21 2009 8:45PM
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