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Hello Guys, I have an iMac A1312 with the original hard drive it suddenly stopped working and now it only goes to the WHITE SCREEN after the BOOT. I tried to REINSTALL the system using the COMMAND + R and then following all the steps to install the system. After installation it went to the WHITE SCREEN OF DEATH. Is it my HD? a logic board problem? or something else? Should I buy a new HD and install?
Angelo, you have been watching to many soap operas. What is “WHITE SCREEN OF DEATH”, drama? It’s just a failed hard drive. To get you fixed we do need to know your exact machine, there are 11 A1312 machines. Look on the bottom of your stand, get the serial number and input it here, then tell us your machine: http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-loo… There will be run away fan issues we need to address but know what you need. It’s also a good time up upgrade to an SSHD drive. Once we know what you have we can get you to options for drives, remedies for the heat sensor, and the correct guides and what tools you will need to replace it ;-) No biggie! No death, it’s just a flat tire, no need to bury it.
@angelorecaman - I didn’t push you to El Capitan nor did the Back Blaze write up I posted needed it. As I stated you would need to go all the way back the Mavericks to get to a version of Disk Utility that would ignore the fact you have a SSD Vs a HD to run the security function. Again, I stated this was not a good idea unless all other methods failed. With a bootable external drive you should be able to run the terminal command to use method outlined in the Back Blaze writeup. Here’s the Deal You’ll need to use the tools Kingston offers which sadly requires you run the tool under MS Windows. So you’ll need to find a friend (or you own system) which has Windows to run the tool. Then you need a way to connect your SSD to your Windows system. You could take out your SSD and then connect it directly within the systems (desktop) free SATA port. Or, you could do what I recommended which is a lot easier! Put your system into Target Disk Mode and then connect it to the Windows system as if it where an external HD. Now we do have an issue of interface to also solve! This is were you need a special back to back USB cable so you can connect two desktops How to connect two computers with a USB Cable and here is one source for the cable: 6’ Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cable Type A Male to Type A Male You appear to have a second Mac system here does it have MS Windows running on it? Have you tried connecting your iMac to it in Target Mode and using Disk Utility to reformat the drive? Here we can use a Thunderbolt cable with a Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter which is faster or use the back to back USB cable.
