User Guide

84 Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution
ThePRAMisresettothedefaultvaluesandyourclocksettingsmayneedtobereset.
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IfyourcomputerdoesnotstartupafterresettingthePRAM,restartyourcomputer
whileholdingdowntheOptionkeytoselectyourstartupdisk.
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Ifthisdoesn’twork,restartyourcomputerwhileholdingdowntheShiftkey.
If you’re unable to eject a disc
Aleonthediscmaybeinuse.Quitapplicationsthatareopen,andthentryagain.
Ifthatdoesn’twork,chooseApple()>Restartandholddowneitherthemouse
buttonortheMediaEject(C)keyonyourAppleKeyboard.
Ifthatdoesn’twork:
1 Shutdownthecomputerandremovethesidepanel(seetheinstructionsonpage39).
2 Pulltheopticaldrivecarrieroutoftheopticaldrivebay(see“ReplacinganOptical
Drive”onpage68).
3 Carefullyinserttheendofastraightenedpaperclipintothesmallholeonthefrontof
theopticaldrive.
4 Pushrmlyuntilthetrayopens,removethedisc,andpushthetraytocloseit.
5 Puttheopticaldrivecarrierandthesidepanelbackinplace(see“ReplacinganOptical
Drive”onpage68).
If the status light ashes and the computer doesn’t start up
Â Ifyourecentlyinstalledmemory,aPCIexpansioncard,oranotherinternal
component,makesurethatitiscorrectlyinstalledandthatitiscompatiblewithyour
computer.Seeifremovingitallowsthecomputertostartup.