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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: videoholic on January 22, 2007, 03:15:06 AM

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: videoholic on January 22, 2007, 03:15:06 AM

So I did the OSX system upgrade (Like the thing told me to do) and now it just boots up to a gray screen and sits there.  What the fuck?

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: Samwise on January 22, 2007, 03:40:57 AM

Lol... Sorry, can\'t help you. My MacBook upgraded just fine.

Try rebooting?

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: videoholic on January 22, 2007, 08:16:03 AM

Bah.    I hit the on off button a couple times.  It just sits there on a gray screen and doesn\'t make much of a sound.  I really don\'t want to put the new system discs in and restore the system.  Final Cut took forever to install.

What button do I hold down to boot from CD if I have to do that?

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: CHIZZY on January 22, 2007, 09:11:01 AM

My bro sez he thinks it\'s "C"....

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: Evi on January 22, 2007, 09:26:51 AM

I\'ve had Macs that never had any problems in 8-9 years. The one I\'m on about 5 years. It\'s been through multiple OS upgrades. I don\'t know what\'s up with you guys.

Anyway, hold down the C key while booting with the OS X install CD. Perhaps use the Disk Utility to see if there\'s anything funky with the drive.

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: videoholic on January 22, 2007, 11:56:46 AM

Something just screwed up I guess with the update.  Damn.  Final Cut took like an hour to install...

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: Samwise on January 22, 2007, 12:18:29 PM

Get Logan to do it for ya. Offer him candy or something.

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: Titan on January 22, 2007, 12:27:55 PM

Quote from: Samwise

Get Logan to do it for ya. Offer him candy or something.

Is that how you lure little kids away from the schoolyard?

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: juslight on January 23, 2007, 04:04:50 AM

Vid,


What symbol does it show with the grey screen?  A folder with a "?" or just a spinning circle?


Try rebooting in safe mode.  hold the shift key after you restart the computer.

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: videoholic on January 23, 2007, 04:30:45 AM

It just sat there with nothing.


I got home yesterday and turned the computer on and it worked.  I did nothing other than hit the button.  No clue.

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: GmanJoe on January 23, 2007, 06:18:50 AM

Same thing with my Powerbook G4. But I knew it was gonna happen when I heard the hard drive start buzzing like a bumble bee. I rebooted....Gray Apple. So to fix it, I bought a Dualcore 2.66gHz Mac Pro with the ATI 1900xt graphics card and 4 gigs (all of them not from Mac, as they are more expensive than organ transplants).

To test its power, I installed Civilizations 4 with all the graphical meltdown turned on. Runs like a champ. Now if I can just stop playing the damn game, I might be able to do some video editing.

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: videoholic on January 23, 2007, 07:26:53 AM

Yeah.  Even with 1 gig of ram it truely is amazing the speed of the damn thing.

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: THX on January 23, 2007, 09:26:37 AM

Quote from: videoholic

Yeah.  Even with 1 gig of ram it truely is amazing the speed of the damn thing.

Intel\'s new Cornrow cpus are beasts :chainsaw:

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: Paul2 on January 23, 2007, 03:06:13 PM

cornrow?  what does that name suppose to mean?  Makes me curious how they come up with that name...

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: Samwise on January 24, 2007, 12:50:52 AM

Quote from: Paul2

cornrow?  what does that name suppose to mean?  Makes me curious how they come up with that name...

Dun dun dun... it\'s a pun pun pun... (Conroe)

Title: Already fucking apple problems
Post by: Paul2 on January 24, 2007, 10:28:54 AM

oh, lol.  funny.