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On much older Macs, the Sad Mac screen means the POST (power-on self test) has failed, and therefore something has gone severely wrong, and is usually either not possible to fix or not worth it because of cost. It's also often hardware-related, which means you would actually have to open up your computer to fix it. If you want to know exactly what went wrong, the sad mac screen comes with a hexadecimal error code that you can look up to figure out what happened. (for example, something inside your computer came loose and no longer works) That, or you interrupted the startup sequence, which would just require a restart.
Keep in mind this problem only exists on very old Macs (Macs without USB ports) so if it's newer than that, you're probably misinterpreting what the Sad Mac screen is.
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