Safe Mode?

2010-04-03 Thread Dennis Myhand
How do I get to safe mode on a Mac G-4 DA with dual processors? I keep seeing references to safe mode and am wondering how one gets there. Thanks, Dennis -- 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

Re: Safe Mode?

2010-04-03 Thread Bill Connelly
On Apr 3, 2010, at 11:18 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: How do I get to safe mode on a Mac G-4 DA with dual processors? I keep seeing references to safe mode and am wondering how one gets there. Thanks, Dennis http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455 -- You received this message because you

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-25 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
, and it's only when the Radeon chip is active that you get the errors and random freezes.  (It gets worse once the chip heats up, which is why you can generally use it for 5-10 minutes after a cold boot but see it freeze a lot faster on a reboot.)  When you're in safe mode, OS X emulates

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-19 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
Hi Sri... That's really useful information you give me there - I was wondering why the beast is so docile in safe mode, when it totally hangs in normal boot! I shall definitely play with this when I've cleared a little space on the bench for it: it's been put out of the way for now

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-16 Thread Sri
minutes after a cold boot but see it freeze a lot faster on a reboot.) When you're in safe mode, OS X emulates all graphic functions in software; since the Radeon chip doesn't get activated, the eMac works fine. If you don't want to de/resolder the caps on the logic board, the quick fix (that I used

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-13 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
Does it pass AHT? Well I finally ran to earth my Apple Hardware test disc for eMac. Unfortunately the eMac it came with was a 1GHz or earlier (SW version 1.2.2s/n 691-4177-A) so when I restarted with the CD it said that it could not run and offered me a restart. So no further on.

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-13 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
Does it pass AHT? Well I finally ran to earth my Apple Hardware test disc for eMac. Unfortunately the eMac it came with was a 1GHz or earlier (SW version 1.2.2s/n 691-4177-A) so when I restarted with the CD it said that it could not run and offered me a restart. So no further on.

1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-03 Thread Dan Stobbs
with an ebayer who had one up for sale. She said that hers will surf in safe mode, so I dug mine out with a view to trying this out. When I turned it on I found that I was in the middle of re-installing OSX on it when I got fed up some weeks ago. I started it in Safe Mode and was able to complete

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-03 Thread Dan Stobbs
I'm not intending to repair it but I've been playing with it as a result of email conversations with an ebayer who had one up for sale. She said that hers will surf in safe mode, so I dug mine out with a view to trying this out.* Safe Mode is a restricted/limited environment. Many drivers

Re: Safe mode startup and Terminal commands

2010-01-24 Thread Dan
At 6:10 PM -0800 1/24/2010, Jonas Lopez wrote: Starting up in Safe mode using the Shift key and starting in command+S single user mode you can issue the command to Note please that Safe Mode and Single User Mode are VERY different. test the hd partition thusly: /sbin/fsck -fy the test

MacMini G4 Cannot get out of SAFE mode

2010-01-22 Thread Joss
My MacMini suddenly started to boot only into SAFE mode. 1) Computer: Mac Mini - Processor: 1.33 Ghz (PowerPC G4) 2) Operating System: OS X 10.5.8 3) Memory: 1GB DDR SDRAM 4) 3rd party Peripherals have been working fine for over a year: Logitech Optical Mouse, MyBook 1 Terabyte. HP Officejet Pro

Re: MacMini G4 Cannot get out of SAFE mode

2010-01-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 22, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Joss wrote: MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION I'm wondering if it could be something from my ISP (Bell Internet - formerly called Sympatico) causing this. Internet access has been interrupted by faulty Bell Telephone hardware in the basement of the apt building several

Re: MacMini G4 Cannot get out of SAFE mode

2010-01-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 22, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Joss wrote: My MacMini suddenly started to boot only into SAFE mode. 1) Computer: Mac Mini - Processor: 1.33 Ghz (PowerPC G4) 2) Operating System: OS X 10.5.8 3) Memory: 1GB DDR SDRAM 4) 3rd party Peripherals have been working fine for over a year: Logitech

Re: MacMini G4 Cannot get out of SAFE mode

2010-01-22 Thread Gus
In addition to the other suggestions, I would start out with a file/ disk check/repair using the diskutil. You can access it by booting up on the cd boot rom for your system. Gus. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5