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  • The Weirdest Gray Screen of Death I Have Ever Gotten!

    Posted by James Vincent on November 20, 2008 at 6:23 am

    Ok heres the deal and if anyone has a solution that would be terrific because i hate sending my stuff to apple

    I have 2 mac pro editing systems we will call one A-system the other B-system
    I turned on A-system and I got the gray screen telling me to reboot so i did and did again, reset the p-ram all the basic things still didnt work, i then took the startup drive outta B-system and put it in A-system and the mac started up hmmmm, ok well then it is a corrupted drive , but heres the kicker i put the drive from A-system into B-system and it booted up!!! so wait then it isn’t the drive or is it I put the original drive from A-system back into A-system and what do you know GRAY screen of death tellin me to reboot and I have not figured out what the problem is !!!!!

    has this happened to anyone??
    does anyone know a solution? or anything else i can try ? because i do just like most everyone else hate sending stuff to apple

    anything helps

    thanks

    james vincent

    Zane Barker replied 17 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Zane Barker

    November 20, 2008 at 7:42 am

    [James Vincent] “I turned on A-system and I got the gray screen telling me to reboot”

    Please describe this screen a bit more. Does it by chance look like this https://1to10reviews.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/kernel_panic-1p0f.png

    Have you tried running disk utility on the drive.

    There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
    Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

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