i have tiger with no problem on da 466 mhz - but i had some ramchips that had to be replaced when upgrading to 10.3.9 or the installer would make the same spit out before ready install or variation of the same depending on what os version was installed, some would not even boot. k
2008/10/3 Pix4work <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Thank you for your input. Not knowing how to properly identify a > retail Tiger disc, I was sold a grey OSX disc. That indeed may be a > source of the install problems. I am wondering if it's the only reason > the machine will not power up; perhaps Apple has some info doc's on > the subject. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. > > On Oct 2, 4:09 pm, insightinmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
