Mac Mini won't start

[Maximillian]

My intel mini (2008, I think) won't boot. I ran Disk Utility and then Disk Warrior from my Macbook Pro, then I tried single-user mode. Everything came back "OK" but it still won't boot.

It gets to the Apple logo with the spinning gear, spins 1-2 times, then freezes. It just sits, frozen, until I hold the power button and force it to turn off.


Clues? Suggestions?

 

[blackburn]

try to see where it hangs press Command-V when you turn it on to see the all the startup messages, and post here the last lines

 

[Maximillian]

Here's where it crashes:

IGPU: family specific matching fails
Matching service count = 1
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 2
AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: initialization complete
Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
NVDANV50HAL loaded and registered.
AppleTyMCEDriver: robe(Macmini3,1)
AppleTyMCEDriver: robe fails
IGPU: family specific matching fails
IGPU: family specific matching fails

Looks like "Previous Shutdown Cause: 3" relates to a hardware problem.

 

[Maximillian]

Google seems to have worked this out for me.

I reset the System Management Controller (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US) and it's booting up now.


Thanks for telling me to go verbose. I completely forgot you could do that!