On 13/01/2012, at 12:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
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> On 13/01/2012, at 11:39 AM, William Crabb wrote:
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>> Hello people hope someone can help
>> Mac G5 wont let me enter password to start
>> curser is live and moving
>> Mac was working then crashed cant get it started
>> Anyone had this problem and has a remedy
>> Cheers Bill
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> Hi Bill,
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> What were you doing prior to the G5 crashing?
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> You could try starting up in Safe Mode and then restart normally.
> Rebooting your Mac in Safe Mode can sometimes get things working
> well-enough that a second normal reboot then works normally.
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> Hold down the Shift key at startup to boot in Safe Mode.
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> 1. Be sure the computer is shut down.
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> 2. Press the power button.
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> 3. Immediately after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the
> Shift key.
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> Tip: The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the
> startup tone but not before.
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> 4. Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple and progress
> indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
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> During the startup in Mac OS X 10.2 through 10.3.9, you will see
> "Safe Boot" on the Mac OS X startup screen.
> During the startup in Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you will see "Safe
> Boot" on the login window, which appears even if you normally log
> in automatically.
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> Then restart normally. If the problem persists post back to WAMUG
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
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> OS X 10.7.2 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> Hello Ronnie,
thanks for your and Bob's assitance.
Its booted up and working fine,
Cheers,
Bill
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