PLz.. Help Me...

[.Dan]

Well i have a new iMac G5 and i turn it off last night and then turn it on todas lke 1:50 pm... well when i turn it on in the middle of the screen it appears an earth icon and it atays there for like 20 min.. then it change to an finder icon then i cna log in wating 30 mins.... can some one plz tells me whats happening... I allready call Apple and they tell me that they cant assist to people that aren't in the USA and there is not and Apple Support Help in Venezuela (Latin America) Plz help me i'm gonna appreciated.

Thanks

[Xer34]

Thats weird. What earth icon? Did you install anything? Ive never heard of this happening.. :huh:

[D0401]

i've never heard of an /earth/ icon popping up during startup.

try starting up again while holding the shift key and report back with what happens.

[.Dan]

well it starts like the networks icon to be exactly i think... and i'm getting mad with apple.. i cant belive they dont help me... hopefully you guys can... so back on topic... plz help me..

Daniel

[D0401]

well it starts like the networks icon to be exactly i think... and i'm getting mad with apple.. i cant belive they dont help me... hopefully you guys can... so back on topic... plz help me..

Daniel

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so starting up while holding down the shift key displays some sort of network icon? does the icon look like it's searching for something.

what was the last thing you remember doing to your computer before you turned it off. did you install any sort of software or delete anything?

[.Dan]

nop i didnt press up shift... what shift supposed to do?? thanks derek if you have msn messenger or aol.. plz tell me to chat..

[D0401]

im on aim for a little bit. sn - eatinwokout

[PureLogic]

You played around with Startup Disk would be my guess. Just start your Mac, press and hold the option (alt) key. After that select your Macintosh HD (system disk), this can take some time. When you're back in Mac OS X go to System Preferences and click Startup Disk and highlight your Macintosh HD.

[mr.pingu]

basically they told you they couldnt help you because they dont know whats wrong try ringing again you might get somebody more helpfull

[PureLogic]

Well I'm almost sure I provided the solution :p Those guys at Apple should be able to understand and help the biggest retard out there. ;)

[ph3412t3h13]

Well I'm almost sure I provided the solution :p Those guys at Apple should be able to understand and help the biggest retard out there. ;)

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:laugh:

i think it might have something to do with u messing around with the startup thing

or the only other thing i can think of taht has an "earth" icon is earthlink becuase that came with my dads powermac g4

if your g5 is new then that might have someting to do with it

im only thinking this becuase of the "earth" icon

[AshMan]

Before you try any of the suggested fixes, learn to make better use of the subject field!

:trout:

[Roomiestdruid]

PureLogic's got it. Your machine is trying to boot from a Network Drive, as he described. Set the startup disk as your actual hard drive and it shouldnt happen again.

[.Dan]

PureLogic Thank you so much you have the reason Thaks All for the help ;)

Dan

[Bling3k12]

and i'm getting mad with apple.. i cant belive they dont help me...

Daniel

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Wasn't the iMac bought in the USA and then brought into Venezuela? That right there means they won't help you. It only works in the country that you bought it in.

[Rudy]

Wasn't the iMac bought in the USA and then brought into Venezuela? That right there means they won't help you. It only works in the country that you bought it in.

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they still should try to help him, i mean his problem was pretty simple :pinch:

[PureLogic]

they still should try to help him, i mean his problem was pretty simple?:pinch::

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Yeah true, it happened to me once and it completely scared the crap out of me:pp

@dagar5

You're welcome;))

@ph3412t3h13

That globe has nothing to do with earthlink. It's a default dark blue network icon (see image).