If the disc is dual layer and the reader is not, it might not want to open
properly.
Hold the eject key down while you're powering up the computer and keep it down
til it pops out. It might pop out and try to go immediately back in so be ready
to pull the power cable when the drive drawer pops o
> I reset the PMU, same death screen, even with safe mode. I can't even open
> the dvd drive to reinstall the OS. Is it the motherboard?
99.8% chance it's broken DVD disk or DVD drive.
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I reset the PMU, same death screen, even with safe mode. I can't even open the
dvd drive to reinstall the OS. Is it the motherboard?
I would suggest resetting the PMU and trying to boot from the image again
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939
I had a similar issue with getting Leopard on a G5 d
a bootable image, as advised, and now this! I T booted
> via firewire to get my g5's HD onto my old emac, ran Disk utility, which
> reportede NO PROBLEMS, and STILL I get death screen.
>
> --- On Mon, 6/11/12, John Carmonne wrote:
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>> From: John Carmonne
>>
6/11/12, John Carmonne wrote:
> From: John Carmonne
> Subject: Re: Leopard won't install on G5 1.8ghz dual power mac.
> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
> Date: Monday, June 11, 2012, 8:02 AM
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> On Jun 10, 2012, at 8:28 PM, TFH wrote:
>
> > I'm rehabbing this
On Jun 12, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Douglas Mencken wrote:
>> AFAIK all DVD drives can read dual-layer media.
>
> This is wrong. I have a lot of DVD optical drives which *absolutely
> can't* read dual-layer DVDs.
I think a commercial Dual Layer DVD will read, The problem disc's are burned
Dual Layer
> AFAIK all DVD drives can read dual-layer media.
This is wrong. I have a lot of DVD optical drives which *absolutely
can't* read dual-layer DVDs.
> making a boot image from an install DVD using the restore function in disk
> utility
I second this. I installed leopard this way.
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On Jun 10, 2012, at 10:28 PM, TFH wrote:
I'm rehabbing this 2004 model (Dual G5 1.8, 2GB ram, 250GB HD) which
does not have a dual layer dvd drive.
AFAIK all DVD drives can read dual-layer media. The only difference is
whether or not they can burn or create dual-layer media. Since all
G5's
On Jun 10, 2012, at 8:28 PM, TFH wrote:
> I'm rehabbing this 2004 model (Dual G5 1.8, 2GB ram, 250GB HD) which
> does not have a dual layer dvd drive. I've installed Tiger 4.11, and
> it is stable and fast. I've tried putting the Leopard dvd onto my
> external HD in it's own partition, (had outsi
I'm rehabbing this 2004 model (Dual G5 1.8, 2GB ram, 250GB HD) which
does not have a dual layer dvd drive. I've installed Tiger 4.11, and
it is stable and fast. I've tried putting the Leopard dvd onto my
external HD in it's own partition, (had outside help with this) but it
won't install. I've made
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