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Grey question mark on 4 month old iMac

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  • 13-08-2015 11:22pm
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    naasrd
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    This evening I went to pick up an iMac I agreed a sale on over on Adverts, the guy had it in the box along with receipt ready to go but I asked to have a look at it running before I handed over the cash. After he switched it on all we got was a flashing grey question mark. I left him re installing OS X and said I'd call back tomorrow. Any other idea why such a new model wouldn't boot up?


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Dead or dying hard drive would be my first guess.


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    kip d
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭kip d


    Hardware failure, it's not a home fix


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    naasrd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,408 ✭✭✭naasrd


    Many thanks guys. I guess 780 for a 4 month old iMac was too good to be true...


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    STEINBERG
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭STEINBERG


    Could be just a corrupt file system or a loose cable to the motherboard. After he reinstalls OSX question hi if he has ever opened up the iMac for whatever reason.

    Plenty of Vids on YT explaining this..


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    FGR
    Registered Users Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭FGR


    For something so new he could easily get that repaired under warranty before shifting it?


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    Xpro
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    Surely this is still under Apple Care? Have you ran the serial check?


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    naasrd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,408 ✭✭✭naasrd


    Turns out he left it into CEX for valuation and they wiped it. He reinstalled OS X and all was good, but by then I'd picked up a sweeter deal on adverts. Though not as sweet as the 780 we agreed on!


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    DubDJ
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    Grey question mark is when there's no OS X installed on the HDD. Should of been fine, a bootable USB or recovery mode and your good to go.


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