Apple Users

a kennedy

(36,348 posts) Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:09 PM Jun 2018

Well I think my 8 year old iMac just bit the dust......it's just black.....

I turn it on with the button on the back of the screen, it comes on with the little Apple icon, is on for about 5 sec then goes to black. I think it’s dead.

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Well I think my 8 year old iMac just bit the dust......it's just black..... (Original Post) a kennedy Jun 2018 OP

This why we need to saidsimplesimon Jun 2018 #1

Wanna buy my 15 yo G5 tower N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2018 #2

Take it to the nearest Apple store, along with an external hard drive. brush Jun 2018 #3

Yah, we took it there, and it cost of 75.00 for them to even look at it, and another 60.00 to back a kennedy Jun 2018 #10

Hope you backed it up!! mitch96 Jun 2018 #4

I had to have my hard drive replaced a few years ago. They called it a "vintage" system. Hahaha Freethinker65 Jun 2018 #5

Don't have an external hard drive..... a kennedy Jun 2018 #6

Can you boot it in Target Disk mode ? eppur_se_muova Jun 2018 #7

OMGOSH eppur_se_muova.......all that looks so great, but you're asking me a kennedy Jun 2018 #8

Does it do that when you boot in Safe Mode? Elwood P Dowd Jun 2018 #9

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)

1. This why we need to

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:13 PM

Jun 2018

have an external hard drive. My grandson has my back.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(13,170 posts)

2. Wanna buy my 15 yo G5 tower

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:19 PM

Jun 2018

comes equipped with the original Motorola Chip.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G5

Still boots up and runs the Adobe suite of Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.

Slowly but it does. Use my iPad for everything now just can’t get rid of the tower, don’t know why.

brush

(61,033 posts)

3. Take it to the nearest Apple store, along with an external hard drive.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:20 PM

Jun 2018

They can save the data and maybe the machine. At least they'll tell you what's wrong—for free.

That's one advantage of having a Mac.

a kennedy

(36,348 posts)

10. Yah, we took it there, and it cost of 75.00 for them to even look at it, and another 60.00 to back

Reply to brush (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 26, 2018, 08:41 AM

Jun 2018

up all the info on the old one.

mitch96

(15,876 posts)

4. Hope you backed it up!!

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:21 PM

Jun 2018

Could be the hard drive took a dump.. Time for a new one?? or a referb?? I got a referb iMac and it died after a week. Took it back to the genius bar and the manager just said
"give him a new one"...... Nice ! Good customer service IMHO.
m

Freethinker65

(11,203 posts)

5. I had to have my hard drive replaced a few years ago. They called it a "vintage" system. Hahaha

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:22 PM

Jun 2018

Luckily my external hard drive had saved everything. No problems since.

a kennedy

(36,348 posts)

6. Don't have an external hard drive.....

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:33 PM

Jun 2018

hoping my time machine will have my backups.....if not, then my last 8 years are all gone. Going to Apple store tomorrow, plan is to just suck it up and buy another iMac.

eppur_se_muova

(42,518 posts)

7. Can you boot it in Target Disk mode ?

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:34 PM

Jun 2018

https://its.uiowa.edu/support/article/104816

Scroll down a bit to get to Target Disk Mode, but the other hints might be worth trying too.

a kennedy

(36,348 posts)

8. OMGOSH eppur_se_muova.......all that looks so great, but you're asking me

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:41 PM

Jun 2018

to do stuff and I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’D BE DOING.....I’m just lost even reading this stuff. But thank you for your suggestion..... Will just take to our Apple store and see if they can deal with it. Wish I could do all that’s suggested.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,453 posts)

9. Does it do that when you boot in Safe Mode?

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 12:50 AM

Jun 2018

Sometimes that can fix startup issues. Instructions to boot in Safe Mode

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

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