On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 16, 2012, at 1:05 PM, faithie999 wrote: > >> i have a mac mini G4 running 10.5.8. yesterday (i thought it was a fluke at >> the time) and again just now, it locked up while playing streaming audio in >> firefox 3.6.24. the mini was completely unresponsive, so i held the power >> button until it shut down. then powered back on, got the startup chime, but >> then a gray screen with no apple. i tried resetting PRAM, letting it cycle >> thru three startup chimes, but same result--gray screen but no apple. >> >> then i decided to try booting into open firmware to see if the machine was >> completely dead. this worked, and at the prompt i typed mac-boot and >> immediately the apple, then gearwheel, appeared, and it rebooted fine. >> >> as i said above, this just happened again (altho i booted into open firmware >> without resetting PRAM, so that troubleshooting step had no effect). >> >> i know this is an ancient version of firefox, and i am now using safari for >> the streaming audio, but i'm curious why after a forced shutdown the mini >> wouldn't restart normally, and why issuing the mac-boot command from open >> firmware made a difference. > > It may well be that the real problem is in why it had trouble booting and > that the streaming lock up was caused by that (it MAY). For starters run > Disk Utility / Disk Verify. Check the System Log, for the boot up process, > when it locked up and for some time before that.
Do these things have PRAM batteries? If so it's getting on to the age where those can fail; I know non-Mini G4's have problems with this. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
