On Dec 25, 2008, at 3:08 PM, KP wrote:

>
> iMac, G3, OS 10.4.11, 1GB ram, 30GB HD.
>
> I gave the computer to my Sisters family.  When I came to visit, I ran
> the apple updater and when I restarted the computer the computer
> brought up a screen with the apple on it and a circle of lines turning
> around.  Then a blue screen came up with just the cursor visible.
> Then that disappeared and there is now a blue screen with the same
> circular lines going around and around and around and the computer
> stays there.  The computer was turned off at this same point following
> the upgrade.  I am without a startup disk as it is at my home. Any
> Ideas are welcomed.  Thanks'.

Try NOT turning it off ---- let it run ---- heard lots of stories of  
systems needing a long period of tim to 'get their house in order'.
The screen with the spinning circle says that the system is  
'internally satisfied' that it's up to something productive.  Give it  
time.

JMHO

Chuck D.

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