Re: Blue screen (of death?)

2011-08-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 25, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Iamanamma wrote: Any ideas? Use Cmd-v keys at startup to get the verbose dialog to 'see' what the delay is. You can Safe Boot by holding the Shift key which will trash the System boot caches and get you a 'clean' restart, which can often fix a freeze or log

Re: Blue screen (of death?)

2011-08-25 Thread Jim Scott
On Aug 25, 2011, at 2:10 PM, Iamanamma wrote: > I've got a 20" iMac G5 2Ghz that is behaving oddly. > > When you turn it on, it starts up, chime and all, finds the system > folder, and proceeds to the gray Apple screen where the start-up > animation spins for a few seconds like normal, then the

Blue screen (of death?)

2011-08-25 Thread Iamanamma
I've got a 20" iMac G5 2Ghz that is behaving oddly. When you turn it on, it starts up, chime and all, finds the system folder, and proceeds to the gray Apple screen where the start-up animation spins for a few seconds like normal, then the screen turns blue and the finder refuses to load. The cur

Re: Screen of death

2009-08-24 Thread Richard Gerome
M >To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >Subject: Screen of death > > >My son got a new USB wireless adapter for his MDD running 10.4.x. He >stuck it in and restarted the computer before putting in any drivers >for it. The computer went into startup mode then immediately shut >dow

Re: Screen of death

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Gochnour
arts up, it goes into the grey screen of >> death (the one that says the computer must be restarted by holding >> down the power button.) If you leave it alone, it goes away and >> starts up. How to get this screen to quit appearing??? > > This is VERY strange. You'r

Re: Screen of death

2009-08-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Tim Gochnour wrote: > Now every time it starts up, it goes into the grey screen of > death (the one that says the computer must be restarted by holding > down the power button.) If you leave it alone, it goes away and > starts up. How to get this sc

Screen of death

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Gochnour
My son got a new USB wireless adapter for his MDD running 10.4.x. He stuck it in and restarted the computer before putting in any drivers for it. The computer went into startup mode then immediately shut down. Now every time it starts up, it goes into the grey screen of death (the one