iMac grey screen, no easy fix yet...  Help, please!

Hello

My iMac froze everything by making his first Time Machine backup.  I force quit the machine (press and hold the power), and when it is restarted, it went straight to the gray screen - no apple, no cursor, nothing.  Every time when the computer reboots, the same phenomenon occurs.

(End of 2011 iMac, most recent el Cap OS)

I did some research and tried all of the recommended steps, but no luck yet

(eg. all the steps for this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7408375),

Inc., resets the security, Recovery Mode, target, MSC Mode and NVRAM Mode.  & also using original OS installation DVD

The current boot drive is a secondary market of SSD.

The iMac has a second bootable hard drive inside (original, but moved to different 'port' (the correct term?))

I have a disk external drive bootable with SSD cloned

and the original OS installation disc.

I use the mouse & keyboard USB.

I'm not able to get the machine at the start of one of the mentioned drives, nor since the installation of the OS DVD.  Or boot disk target.

Advice for:

  • Get the SSD to start
  • Get the HD to boot
  • Get the DVD of the OS at startup
  • Get the iMac to start as a disk target
  • 2nd question: Time Machine is about 1/3 to do elsewhere.  I have this external hard drive connected to my MB, but when I try to open the backup, get the message "there are no ready application to open the document...". ».
  • How can I access the files in the Time Machine HD?

OR,  Do I have to disassemble the machine at this point?

  • If so, remove the SSD & plug the HD in this port?
  • There is some data on the boot SSD that I would return if possible.
    • Best way to do it?

Thank you in advance!

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It looks like a hardware problem. Make an Apple Store for a free evaluation.

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