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Apple Mac mini manual Symptoms Quick Check Won’t Start Up

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Won’t Start Up

Quick Check

Symptoms

Quick Check

 

 

 

Won’t Start Up

1.

Isolate by starting up from :

• No startup chime

 

-the original install DVD media inserted in Mac

• Error tones during startup.

 

mini optical drive or in the optical drive of

 

another computer set up in FireWire Target Disk

• Grey screen with fan noise, or

 

 

Mode ,

other noise.

 

 

-from the same Mac mini model setup in FireWire

• Will not progress beyond

 

 

Target Disk Mode,

Apple logo or spinning gear.

 

-from a compatible known-good OS on an

 

 

external drive.

 

 

Note that both AirPort and Bluetooth services are

 

 

available when booted from the Mac mini Install

 

 

DVD.

 

2.

Reset SMC and PRAM to clear any stored,

 

 

corrupted information.

 

3.

Start up in Safe Mode by holding the shift key

 

 

down during startup to load only required kernel

 

 

extensions and disable all startup and login

 

 

items. See KBase article

 

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

 

4.

If system generates error tones there may be an

 

 

issue with the SDRAM or backup battery. See

 

 

KBase article

 

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2341

 

5.

Identifying when in the startup process the

 

 

computer hangs can help isolate the issue.

 

 

See KBase article

 

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2674

 

 

for information on the Macintosh startup

 

 

sequence, error codes and symbols used.

 

 

 

2010-08-03

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Mac mini specifications

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