On 13/12/2007, at 5:16 PM, Jon Davison wrote:
Hi everyone. My G5/10.4.10/2GbRAM/1.8GHz will not go past the grey
apple screen on startup. If left the fan starts up and reaches its
usual slow rise in
decibels, then reaches its peak.
I have an older version of Disk Warrior that I think works with the
G5, but there again, the CD drawer will no open either.
Tried PRam startups to no avail. Any ideas what this may mean? is it
logic/mother board or a similar sinister event? the machine is about
3.5 years old.
Kind regards
Jon
Have you tried starting up in Verbose mode (restart while holding
Comand-V)? This will show you the startup process using a Unix text
screen. Not only can this show you where the startup process is
stalling, it can sometimes actually cure the problem.
The other trick is to start up in Single User mode (instead of Cmd-V,
use Cmd-S). The main opportunity this gives you is to run an fsck
session, which will correct any disk or directory problems (more
effective than DiskWarrior in my experience).
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Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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