On Oct 2, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Terry Hirsch wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a G4 DP 500 Mhz., 512 mgs. RAM, ATI Rage 128 Pro video card > and a Western Dig. 20 GB drive. OSX 10.4.9 was installed along with > "bonus" software when I bought the machine off eBay last year. > Recently, just out of nowhere a dialog boxed popped up asking for a > password to my system. Not having one, I contacted the previous > owner who couldn't come up with anything that worked. So, I bought > a retail version of Tiger 10.4 (eBay) and began reinstalling OSX > and that is when various problems began. First of all, the OSX disc > didn't want to install an older version of the OS and several tries > later, it finally accepted a reinstall onto the secondary drive. I > went online and updated it to 10.4.11 along with other files Apple > included and thought I was nearing completion. When I next tried to > install the OS disc on the primary drive, using Erase & Install, > then trying Update several times, the machine kept blowing out the > install after almost completing the process. (I let it check the > install disc for errors just to make sure the disc wasn't faulty.) > The install OSX disc puts up a message to the effect of 'try the > installation again' with a "Restart" button flashing on & off. Just > to check things out, I ran a "Command - V" request at startup and > found a message of the "ATI Rage ndrv old" and said it 'referred to > the registry for updating'. Also, a "Apple PMU::PMU forced > shutdown, cause= -122" was revealed...So, after checking the > meaning of this error message through Apple's online support, it > looks like the power supply MAY be starting to fail. Are there any > more tests I can do to check the power supply? I was hoping to > reinstall the OS and upgrade to a faster machine. > > UPDATE: The front panel power "ON" button only glows briefly, then > goes out; is this a reliable symptom of a failed power supply unit? > I also changed the logic board battery, for what it's worth. Any > help would greatly appreciated. > > Terry
Isn't the ATI Rage Pro 128 an old card to be using with Tiger? might that cause issues with installation? I tried to use eMac CDs of Tiger on a QS 2002, and needed to hack the OSInstall.dist file to accept the QS as a valid machine. Otherwise it acted like what you were describing ... nearly complete ... and "Try Again". After the hack, I only installed the base system, and that went to an external FW HD. After updating that to 10.4.11, I used CarbonCopyCloner to move it to other machines ... but all of them had an ATI Radeon 7000ME in them. The QS had an agp ATI Radeon 9800Pro. I would try re-seating the PCI and AGP(?) cards, and maybe even re- seat the ATA cables and their power plugs, being careful not to break anything like fragile wiring. psu-s can be seen at: http://www.dvwarehouse.com/Apple-Power-Supply-c-253_247.html? gclid=CIrvnOGOgpYCFQNfFQodwCYEEA although I haven''t bought any from them yet. Wish I knew more ... Good luck. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
