Hey everyone,
At my job, I have an 8-core MacPro which won't boot when it gets shut down inadvertently. (Power failure and accidental switch hitting seem to be the main reasons). I can't seem to get them to get me a UPS.
The IT guy downgraded the system to Snow Leopard, even though it came with Lion on it, since all computers here are running 10.6.8 and he doesn't want to upgrade all systems yet.
So, when the computer gets shut down unintentionally, it won't boot past the blue screen with an intermittent spinning icon (the same icon when you see the Apple logo during boot). When the IT guy comes back, he plugs in his external drive, runs disk utility, repairs permissions, and viola. It boots.
So my question is, does anyone have a clue as to why that forced shutdown seems to put this computer into a coma? Please refrain from answers such as "if you shut it down properly or get a UPS, you won't be in that situation." I understand that, but am wondering why it won't boot, even though every other computer here can boot after power failure. I believe almost all computers here besides this one all had Snow Leopard or earlier on them...they didn't downgrade the OS. Could that be the issue?
Thanks.
Best, Eric
At my job, I have an 8-core MacPro which won't boot when it gets shut down inadvertently. (Power failure and accidental switch hitting seem to be the main reasons). I can't seem to get them to get me a UPS.
The IT guy downgraded the system to Snow Leopard, even though it came with Lion on it, since all computers here are running 10.6.8 and he doesn't want to upgrade all systems yet.
So, when the computer gets shut down unintentionally, it won't boot past the blue screen with an intermittent spinning icon (the same icon when you see the Apple logo during boot). When the IT guy comes back, he plugs in his external drive, runs disk utility, repairs permissions, and viola. It boots.
So my question is, does anyone have a clue as to why that forced shutdown seems to put this computer into a coma? Please refrain from answers such as "if you shut it down properly or get a UPS, you won't be in that situation." I understand that, but am wondering why it won't boot, even though every other computer here can boot after power failure. I believe almost all computers here besides this one all had Snow Leopard or earlier on them...they didn't downgrade the OS. Could that be the issue?
Thanks.
Best, Eric
