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Re: What's Wrong with My iMac?

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On 2015-02-12, Davoud <star@sky.net> wrote:
> 27", latest Yosemite, lots of RAM. 3-4 y.o., has been working
> flawlessly.
>
> The machine won't boot. After the startup chime a progress bar creeps
> along for a moment or so, then the Apple logo and the progress bar
> disappear and a gray screen appears. After a minute or two the machine
> reboots with the same results.
>
> Remedies tried: remove *all* peripherals. Attempt to boot from two
> different external FW drives that are known to have good systems, as
> both can boot another iMac and both were able to boot the ailing iMac
> before its troubles began. Results as above.
>
> I can run fsck, which reports no problems, but upon reboot the results
> are the same as above.
>
> When my wife first told me the machine had problems I was able to boot
> from the latest Disk Warrior thumb drive and rebuild/replace the
> directory. Now the machine won't boot from the DW drive.
>
> Gotta be a hardware problem, no?

What do you see just before the spontaneous reboot when you boot in
verbose mode? Or, if you can access the startup drive, it would be handy
to know what you see in the system log before the spontaneous reboot.

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What's Wrong with My iMac? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-12 13:31 -0500
  Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-12 18:34 +0000
  Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-12 16:48 -0500
    Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-12 21:31 -0500
  Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-02-12 18:53 -0500
  Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-13 08:28 +0000
    Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-13 09:20 -0500
      Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-14 10:42 +0000
        Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-14 08:34 -0500
          Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-14 10:49 -0500
            Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-15 01:07 +0000
            Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-15 08:37 -0500
          Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-15 01:06 +0000
  Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-02-14 10:53 -0800
    Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-15 09:16 +1300
    Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-14 15:42 -0500
      Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-02-14 16:24 -0800
        Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-15 13:39 +1300
      Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-14 20:03 -0500
        Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-14 17:56 -0800
          Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-14 23:00 -0500
            Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-15 00:08 -0800
  Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-02-17 17:20 -0500
  Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-18 18:55 -0500
  Re: What's Wrong with My iMac? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-18 19:16 -0500

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