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iMac DV se: first time on
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Nashville
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First time I turned on this new iMac DV se, I saw a very strange site: something that looked frighteningly like a DOS boot-up sequence. Black screen white text and a prompt!
I forget the exact wording, but it instructed me to type "mac-boot" to continue, which I did. Then I got a strange looking MacOS logo with a flashing blue question mark. Underneath this was a long line of weird looking code.
Nothing I did then worked, so I gave it the three-fingered salute (force restart) and then everything worked fine.
So what was it I saw? Did someone in the factory forget a final step before putting it in the box?
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Pleasanton, CA
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Drewbert,
What you saw was the underlying MacOS code. 
Scary, isn't it? At least we Mac users ALMOST never have to see it...
I've only seen stuff like that in my buggy Performa, but I am fortunate not to have experienced it in three years! My Lombard works fine...
Apple probably did forget something. Glad it worked.
Good luck with your DVSE,
- Sean Yepez
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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Well it just happened again... I guess this can be lived with, but its kindof a pain.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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actually it might be some open-firmware stuff you're seeing.
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Halifax
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Send it back. The machine is DOA and any dealer should swap it and send that one back to Apple.
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