"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."
They sure do! On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected] > wrote: > > 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 > -- 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
