Charles - I thought Chronosync was supposed to as well Jörg - nah, but I figured it didn't hurt since I had it open
Glen - I couldn't get the drive open even using the mouse to trigger it! Now that it's running I'll have to try that again. I did try it from one of the other boot drives with no luck. Diane On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Glen McKnight <glen.mckni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 6 Mar 2018, at 08:26, Jörg Duurkoop wrote: > > > > Op vrijdag 23 februari 2018 16:28:25 UTC+1 schreef Diane: >> >> I have a 2003 G4 1.42DP (FW800) >> >> With the exception of a couple of hard drive replacements and a power >> supply back in 2011, it's been bomb proof. >> >> The other day though, it started to shutdown on boot (it had been running >> for weeks prior to this). I googled and found many references to this but >> mostly with a display with a proximity sensor, which I do not have. >> >> I pulled it out of it's cubby and will clean it out, but I'd also like to >> replace the battery while it's open. >> >> What's the best place to buy them these days? I used to get them at Radio >> Shack but they are no longer around. >> >> Worse case I have a couple of older machines that I suppose I can fire up >> and put my drive in to get my data off, but ideally I'd like to get this >> going again. >> >> Any thoughts? It just spins on the grey screen for a couple of minutes >> and then shuts down. I usually screen share into it so I'm not sure if it >> was doing something else prior. It did sound like it booted fully the fist >> time. Earlier this week I had it up and running for awhile but it wasn't >> connected to the network so that's when I shut it down and this happened. >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Diane >> > > Hi Diane, > > > Have you tried booting from the install DVD and running disk first aid? > > It will assess the disk and you may repair if needed, and repair > permissions. > > > > > Have Fun > > Glen > > > > -- > -- > 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/g3-5-list > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
