In article , WideGlide
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But then, for the heck of it, while the computer was on (with the
flashing question mark still on the screen), I jiggled the keyboard and
trackball cables... still nothing... I then removed and reseated the
keyboard and trackball cables, and suddenly I heard the sound of the hard
drive booting up... looked up at the screen to see the computer booting up
as normal. Well... not sure why that happened, but I sure am glad that it
finally started up. This never happened before. So you mean a poor
keyboard cable connection will cause a computer to be totally disabled?
This is a first for me. Thanks.


Na, the keyboard being plugged in wouldn't have anything to do with it.
Maybe you waited longer without shutting it off while fooling around
with the cables in the back and it finally gave your hard drive enough
time to get going.

If I were you, I would run Disk First Aid or Norton or DiskWarrior cuz
the problem had something to do with your boot drive. It could be a
System software thang or a hardware glitch.

Last, sometimes this can happen if you shut off your Mac the wrong way
- namely a hardware shut off instead of shutting down via the finder
menu item.




David Correia
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Warren, Rhode Island


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