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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 03:51 AM
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OK, could I have a bigger headache right now? Uh......
NO!

Anyone have suggestions concerning what I should do about my Mac Mini not booting up?

It froze up on something. I tried to force quit all of the open applications, but force quit didn't work.

Then out of frustration, turned the power off.

When the power came back on, it decided it was not going to boot, so it just hangs and hangs.

At the very least, I want to rescue my 2 gigs of MP3's.

I just can't figure out what hung it up.

Any thoughts :)
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Beerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 03:54 AM
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1. If you can read your own post
and this reply, you'll probably be all right.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 04:04 AM
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2. It's a shame there's no way I can get you to
"force quit" Beerboy.
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Beerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 04:05 AM
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3. I don't know what that means. nt.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 04:15 AM
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5. It's how you terminate a program that isn't responding on a mac.
I can't think of anything close to it on Windows to give you for a reference. Maybe it's like closing a program down via Task Manager...kind of.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 04:17 AM
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6. Task manager that is what you do on WIndows
tell it to close a non responsibe program now.
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Beerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 04:31 AM
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7. It could also be slang for quit blundering into threads you don't know about,
n00b.
That's probably what's going on here, so I'm bailin! Nice to meet ya though!
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 04:09 AM
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4. Do you have your system disks? You may be able to boot
from the Drive
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:31 AM
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8. After a power outage when the same thing happened to me -- it was essentially
DEAD, I was instructed to take out the battery for about 5 minutes and replace it then turn it back on. It worked and it's worked for me since.

I also unplugged the power while I was doing this.

I have a laptop so I'm not sure if it'll work on a Mini-mac or if the battery thing even applies, but just wanted to post on the off chance that it'll help.

Good luck!

There's also a Mac forum on DU - you can find it in the Lobby.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:58 AM
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10. I'll give it a try, thanks :)
(and I cross posted this question in the Mac forum) :)
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:37 AM
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9. MAC users 'hate' to hear this BUT
do you have an AV SW program installed...guarding the gates??

My son has an G10 (?) I have no idea and he argues with me all the time about MACS DON'T NEED AVSW!!

BUT YOU ARE BOTH..............WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTHING IN LIFE IS INFALLIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GET IT YET???????? :P


:rofl:

Kids!! What are ya going to do? ;)
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 06:09 AM
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11. LOL. It is true that I don't have AVSW installed on my Mac.
My Republican brother-in-law who works IT for Kaiser assured me I didn't need AV.

And I believe him because why would a Republican try to.....uhhhhhhh! Dammit!! Republicans. :banghead:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 06:21 AM
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13. sophos OR ClamXav
Edited on Sat Nov-03-07 06:24 AM by Breeze54
There is AV SW or MACS!!

LMAO!! *chuckling*

Go get it! I use Avast! and it's FREE and worls awsome BUT

I don't know if it's MAC compatible.

ASK www.sgtgeek.com

---------------------

http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/12988.html">Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X: installing and updating from a NetWare server with Mac workstations

Additional Info. - http://www.sophos.com/search/search-results/?search=MAC&product_search=site_search&submit.x=64&submit.y=10&action=search

========================

ClamXav

ClamXav main screen ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X.
It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back ...

http://www.clamxav.com/
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 07:10 AM
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16. Buwmahahahhawah!!!
:P

Too funny!! LOL!
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 06:14 AM
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12. **I don't know what's more irritating right now**
The fact that I cannot get my main computer to start up, or the fact that I just spilled a brand new box of 500 q-tips all over the goddam bathroom floor.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 06:22 AM
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14. I feel your pain....
with the Q-Tips! :P

Get a broom!! :rofl:
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 06:27 AM
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15. I can figure out the broom part smarty
The computer part............not so much LOL
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