Is my iMac dead?
Hey Fixers,
So, today, my iMac froze while online. I got the multi-lingual screen and shut it down holding the power button. I restarted and got a never ending sequence of chimes, so I powered off again. Next I tried to boot from the SL install disc and got the multi-lingual screen on top of a large power button icon. After the next power off the screen went black and I got no chimes at all. Now i get a flashing LED light, no chimes and no screen activity at all. I first thought my CPU died and then thought the RAM came loose somehow, but now I have no idea.
Does anybody have a clue about what this could be? It seems really dead to me and I have no idea. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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What is the sequence of the flashing LED? IS there a pattern?
- de Richdave
Hi Richdave,
Funny you should ask that because I was just looking at the online manual for my iMac and it says that: "If the computer detects out-of-specification memory or no RAM installed, the screen will be black and the power LED on the front of the computer will blink once a second to indicate bad or no RAM. Bad RAM can include physically damaged, the incorrect type, or not present. "
So mine IS blinking once per second which indicates a RAM problem. How does RAM just die like that. I've had the same 2 GBs in it for 2 years so might it just be overuse? Any thought? Thanks for your reply!
- de Jason