Blue screen, no workaround

My Macbook Pro was hanging so I needed to reboot it.
It reboots, passes the gray screen and stay in the blue screen where I see nothing.
I did all I could:
* Boot verbose, works fine
* Boot single, works fine
* ran hardware tests, also extended one, works fine
* reset of the pram - nothing changed
* reset of smc module, no luck
* Boot from cd, same problem, system goes to blue screen
* Boot with shift, same problem
I don't know what to do anymore except tossing the machine out of the
window, as thats how far I am.
I hope some-one can help me, I don't mind to re-install the system (as I have soo many problems I did that many times before and have many backups).
But at this point, whatever I do, it hangs on the blue screen.
If I completely rm -rf my disk, does that force it to install from cd ?

Hi Kultiras,
Boot from cd, same problem, system goes to blue screen
but you did boot from optical successfully to run AHT:
ran hardware tests, also extended one, works fine
So what optical disk booted and hung at the blue screen?
Boot verbose, works fine
Really? You get to the desktop and all is well?
My Macbook Pro was hanging so I needed to reboot it.
What was happening when it hung? Was this a one-time event: MPB hangs, force a reboot, problems? Or had the MBP been having problems for a while?
John

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Computer stuck on empty, blue screen - is there a workaround?

My Powerbook 12" G4 crapped out on me and I'm having difficulty getting it back up and running. The short of it is the computer stalls on startup on a blue screen with a spinning wheel. I have tried all the suggestions on the document
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464#symp1
but to no avail.
The only other information I have is from when I tried to use disk utility (on another computer, linked to the Powerbook by firewire with the Powerbook in Target disk mode)and it gave me the following information:
Verifying volume "Hard Drive"
Invalid Volume Header
Checking HFS Plus Volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid Sibling link
The volume Hard Drive needs to be repaired
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair.
Since then, I haven't been able to use Disk Utility again. It gets caught doing nothing for an hour or so with no progress.
Can anyone help?

Okay. Now I'm stuck. When I don't have an answer of my own from experience, I do research for it. And what I found doesn't sound good. No pun intended, but when a hard drive fails, usually it comes with some telltale sound, but in other times, it doesn't.
Your symptom seems to be a failing drive (which may sound obvious to some, not including me until I did the research) due to looking up the "invalid sibling link" from your verification.
I never heard of that before nor have I seen it from my verify problems.
I was going to suggest you use TechTool (comes with AppleCare) or if you have access to it, DiskWarrior (my friend let me borrow it once) which tells more than Apple's Disk Utility.
Here's what the problem is straight from the horse's mouth:
http://supportdb.alsoft.com:591/FMPro?-db=alsoftsupport&-lay=main&-max=15&-forma t=AlsoftSupport-qa.html&-script=counter&-token=183&-Skip=96&-find
So it's good you have your data backed up. These are people with the same problem as yours from other Mac forums outside of Apple, and people have provided help and answers as well (most recent posting is at the bottom of list):
http://www.computing.net/mac/wwwboard/forum/2584.html
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-1020.html
http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=micromat&Number=651219 &page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=31&fpart=
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070204093925888
Hope those resources help as I didn't have a direct answer for you in regard to "invalid sibling link" from your Disk Utility verification. But of course, as maybe some other people would have picked up on (or not), your hard drive is the issue, and I'm not quite sure at this point if it's hardware or software related (or both), due to the descriptions on how to fix it.
You should be able to repair it though, according to those links. Last/worst case scenario is to get a new hard drive. But see if you can borrow someone's DiskWarrior to diagnose and repair the problem. That should do it.

Blue Screens of Death - what can be the common thread

Whenever I use any PPC app on my system (running Snow Leopard 10.6.1) I get constant blue screen crashes. I've entered multiple bugs on Apple's bugreporter system about this.
Most of the crashes to date have occurred in a routine called UCKeyTranslate. Anyone can with ease determine if this is where your crash occurred. When you get the blue screen, open the Console App (in Utilities), make sure you have the list of files to examine on the left (Make sure toolbar button "Show Log List" is clicked on. Open the "System Diagnostic Reports" list, and see if there is a WIndowServer... entry at the bottom - if so click on it. About two lines down you should see something like this:
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x00007fff8735d2a6 UCKeyTranslate + 464
The first line after "Crashed" is the key - here you can see the UCKeyTranslate. Now, I know this is where the windowserver crashed.
If you see that. now click on system.log - its under the FILES container in the left list. In the search field enter UCKeyTranslate - if you see many entries, then you have this Carbon problem. People not having crashes don't have these error messages.
There are tens of threads here on this problem - but no solutions. This begs the questions - why do some people get the problem, and others not?
If you are having the problem (or even if you are not), one thought is use of non-Apple keyboards. I have two USB keyboards I use (one at work, one home. [However, I have had the blue screens using the MacBook Pro in laptop mode too, but the system was "exposed" to my keyboards first.]
So, my questions:
- do you get crashes just using a laptop, where you NEVER plugged in a "foreign" keyboard?
- do you get crashes using just Apple keyboards?
- do you NOT get crashes using PPC apps (like Excel 2004 or Eudora) and have a "foreign" keyboard?
Anyone have a good idea of an additional question to add, go for it! The problematic systems MUST have some file or resource hidden somewhere that is causing the problem - if we can find it we can get a workaround. Apple does not seem to be in any hurry to provide a work around or a fix...
David

Although the WindowServer crashes have only happened to me when I have a Apple (non-extended, USB) keyboard connected, I occasionally (only rarely now) use
http://pfuca-store.stores.yahoo.net/haphackeylit1.html
(In fact, I have two HH keyboards and at least one Apple USB keyboard).
Is there a way to remove a keyboard driver from OS X 10.6.1 ?

If you have a Blue Screen / Error due to Wireless issues (B110a), fix in here.

For the original thread created by somebody else, please see here:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-All-in-One-Install-and/B110a-network-connection-problem/m-p/319...
Here's a youtube video of what happened to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adE1kq36ld4
I'm reposting it here so it can hopefully help some of you guys if anybody else stumbles across this. In short, my printer was fresh out of the box and I attempted to connect it to the wireless network. It would throw a blue screen on the LCD with an error of B8126AD6.
I narrowed it down to an issue with DHCP. For some reason the printer connects to the wireless access point but as soon as it tries to get an IP address from the DHCP server it crashes with that blue screen and the error code in the first post above. This look like a massive bug in the printers firmware! For reference my router is a Billion 7401VGPR3 which is acting as my default gateway and DHCP server. I have a Linksys WRT54G as my Access Point for the house.
To solve it, I turned DHCP off on my router and then tried connecting the printer to the wireless network. This time it connects fine but you still can't talk to it because it doesn't have a proper IP address. If it still doesn't connect properly, try turning WPA/WPA2/WEP off on your Access Point. Leave it completely open for a moment until you can reach the web interface (as below).
To fix the IP issue, I then went into the Settings menu on the printer and printed the "HP Network Configuration Page". Note that under the Wireless menu option there are a couple of different "Print Network Test Page" options. I believe it's the 2nd one that I selected. You'll know you have the right one when it prints out the page with the following info:
IPv4 IP Address
Subnet Mask
Hostname
Default Gateway
Primary DNS
etc, etc.
Take note of the IP Address from the printout above and the Subnet Mask. My IP was 169.254.73.5 and subnet mask 255.255.0.0. Now I manually configured my computers IP address to be similar (within the same subnet): 169.254.73.10 with the same subnet mask.
Now you can load up the web interface of the printer using http://169.254.73.5 in my case. (You should also be able to ping the printer at this point too). In here you have a Network tab where you can now manually set the IP Address of the printer. Set the address you want it to be in your network (in my case 192.168.0.3 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and default gateway 192.168.0.1 and dns server 192.168.0.1).
Once I clicked OK I changed my PC's IP back to normal, and I can now reach the printer on its IP address set above. YAY!
The great thing is, in the web interface you get a million more options to play with. You can manually set the IP address, gateway, DNS, wireless settings such as WPA1/WPA2 AES/TKIP Encryption, WPA Passkey, etc. So if you had to set the Access Point to completely Open, setup the encryption again and put the passkey in here. When I did this I had to go back into the Settings menu on the printer LCD and select "Disable Wireless" then "Enable Wireless" to force it to re-join the network.
Finally I went into the Settings menu again and Updated the software on the printer. I don't know if the new software fixes the bug or not - I haven't tested it (can't be bothered!).
Hopefully this will help some of you guys out there too!
EDIT: I've just stumbled across another couple of posts with similar results to mine:
- http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-networking-and-wireless/How-to-install-Photosmart-B109n-z-on-a-...
- http://forums.techguy.org/networking/627989-hp-6980-printer-wireless-problem.html

Many thanks to gardz for an exhaustive overview on this critical problem with the B110a printer!
I am happy to report that I have managed to set the printer to a static IP and am now able to connect to it wirelessly from my home computers, and also able to use the web apps and ePrint features on the printer. The printer shows the IP address and I am able to use the EWS (Embedded Web Server) to connect to its IP address from my PC's internet browser. The Wireless Network Test Report also showed no problems. I have also completed the Product Update on the printer, and there are no more pending updates now.
However, the core wireless problem is still not satisfactorily resolved.
I get the BSOD and blinking-lights error ("Please turn off printer and then on"), only if I start the printer when Wireless is enabled on the printer. If wireless is disabled prior to printer boot, there is no error.
The workaround I have adopted for now, is to always switch off the printer's wireless, before switching off the printer, and enabling the wireless setting only when I need to print/scan.
Is this happening with anyone else? Why would the printer crash if it boots with wireless enabled? If it is already set to a static IP, why would it still conflict with the DHCP on the router?
My router is perfectly working, it is in the same room as the printer, so the signal strength is good. The printer itself is quite stable except for this crash-after-boot-if-wireless-was-enabled issue on the printer.
I made the mistake of connecting the USB cable to my primary computer before installing the printer drivers, so even the USB option is not working (Windows recognizes the printer as an unknown USB device). If anyone can point me to the printer drivers (inf files), I would be grateful. The CD does not have the driver files in a convenient location. It seems to be embedded within the setup package somewhere.
Gardz and PrintDoc, I hope you can help us out on this one. I know many B110a users are struggling with the wireless issues, so HP needs to release a firmware fix and driver update soon. Wireless ought to work out-of-the-box, as this product is aimed at the SOHO users.

Windows 2008 r2 guests blue screen on Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster with e5 2670-v2 processors

Hello all,
We have a new hyper-v infrastructure deployed in two brand new Dell R720 Servers with 384GB of Memory and dual Intel e5 2670-v2 processors. This infrastructure is replacing an existing hyper-v 2008 R2 and all the guests are being migrated to this new cluster.
The issue we are seeing is our 2008 r2 guests blue screening ocasionally with 0x0000001a,0x0000004e or 0x00000050 bugchecks.
All this guests are configured with dynamic memory and with the integration components up to date. These same guests were running with no problems in the hyper-v 2008r2 cluster.
When searching i found this article from vmware that pretty much describes what we are facing:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2073791
Are you aware of the same problem with this kindd of hardware on windows 2012 r2 hyper-v?
Thanks!
Nuno Carvalho

Meanwhile i found this May 2014 update on the intel specification of the CPU we are using:
CA135 Incorrect Page Translation when EPT is enabled
Problem:
If EPT (Extended Page Tables) is enabled, then a complex sequence of internal processor events may result in unexpected page faults or use of incorrect page translations.
Implication:
Due to this erratum a guest may crash or experience unpredictable system behavior.
Workaround:
It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum.
Status:
For the affected steppings, see the
Summary Tables of Changes.
This affects VMware as of the today update of the article i referenced in the first post, what about hyper-v?
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/xeon-e5-v2-spec-update.pdf
Nuno Carvalho

OSD Failure - Windows 7 - Blue Screen on First Boot in Full OS

Hi,
We are experiencing a really strange problem with our OSD which is hard to pin down. Our setup is SCCM 2012 R2 with 4 PXE enabled DP's (VMWare VMs) across 2 data centers and on seperate hosts and we are delivering Windows 7 (32 and 64) with recaptured WIM
files. Ouor deployments work fine for around a week and then they suddenly start experiencing a reboot look and blue screening at the first boot into the full OS.
This occurs on multiple different physical machines and we inject driver packages for different builds with WMI filters on motherboard as is common. The really weird part is that this will work for days then stop working. The only workaround we have is to
recapture the WIM file (we have a build and capture task sequence for this) and then it works again, even though the content and drivers are exactly the same from the same B+C task sequence. Even the windows updates are the same with no new ones. It doesn't
seem to be the drivers themselves but rather the process of DISM injecting them offline in windows PE which appears to break the registry. The last thing we see before blue screen is "Updating registry" in windows 7 boot.
These are the things we have tried are...
- Recapturing the WIM (works for around a week but not a fixed period)
- Host the WIM on a physical DP (to rule out VMWare) with only the WIM and a single driver package. Again this worked fine for a week or so.
- Built several different physical machines. All fine but when this stops, it stops for all of them
- If we remove all drivers but the LAN driver it can work but our testing has ruled out a specific bad driver as we have used different models of machine and if it was, then it would never work.
- We have set the TFTP block size to default of 1024 (we had it higher as 8192) to rule out the boot image being corrupted on download. It made no difference other than being a lot slower.
- Compared MD5 hashes for the WIM to rule out corruption.
- Removed and redistributed the WIM and drivers to different DP's (that it had never been on before)
The DISM.log on a failed device shows entries like
CBS Failed to unload offline registry: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}C:/Windows/System32/config/SOFTWARE, the client may still need it open. [HRESULT = 0x80070005 - E_ACCESSDENIED]
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This question on
Dell's forum sounds very similar.
What we are really struggling with is why would the same WIM, with the same driver package, from the same distribution point, to the same physical machine, work every day for a week the permanently break? Aaargh!
Thanks everyone,
Shaun

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Stuck on blue screen with clouds rainbow, floated ...

As it says.
When I start Skype, it goes straight to a blue screen with blue clouds and a green rainbow at the bottom. I get no prompt to login. I have followed various guides, such as renaming login to login1, deleting login, restarting the computer, uninstalling then installed skype (which gets me an error code 2734 I think), uninstalled and installed Internet Explorer. I have run windows update and everything is up to date. I also followed the advise in the floated topic, and even after using Command Prompt (which was not in Accessories folder, had to search cmd to find it) and restarting, the 'click this button' does not work.
Skype was working fine on Sunday, and now it is broken. The only thing I have done in the meantime is run a repair tool for Windows Media Player as a game I installed required it to play in game music.
EDIT: I use Windows 7.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Scripting in Internet Explorer might be disabled by an Antivirus software. What Antivirus software is installed on your computer?
Meanwhile you can try the “legacylogin” workaround, which should enable login to Skype using the old legacy login window. However, you will not be able to login using Microsoft account (email address).
Quit Skype. Make sure that you don’t see any Skype.exe processes in Windows Task Manager. If necessary, then stop these processes.
Open this folder on your computer:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\
You should see there the Skype application file (Skype.exe). Right click on the Skype.exe file and select: Send to – Desktop (create shortcut). Right click on the newly created shortcut and select Properties and then the Shortcut tab. In the Target field you will see now:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe"
Click with your mouse on the text in the Target field and move your curser one space after the last quotation sign and add the text /legacylogin. The text in the Target field should now read:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /legacylogin
Click OK to save the changes. Start Skype using this new shortcut. Can you now login to Skype?

Notebook with blue screen of death and HP Ceement errors

Hello, I am using:
Product name: HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC
Product number: QE310UA#ABA
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
I have been having a few message/errors lately and suspect they are related
1) The "blue screen of death" has shut down operations a few times now, that I have seen. When it reboots, all my passwords are gone, all new log ins are required. I know it's been happening more than I see because my passwords will dissapear while I am away from my laptop and I had not seen it.
2) Error message "HP CEEment has stopped working, windows is looking for a solution to solve this problem", comes up a lot. Daily, usually twice at a time. I googled this and a few "answers" said to look at your firewall and to "allow" HP Ceement. I called Norton and they showed me that it is allowed, so they are not the issue and to contact HP, hence why I am here.
3) Not sure if this last one is part of the issue, but it has come up more than once lately. Error "Your current settings do not allow file to be downloaded". I ssupect when the computer reboots after the blue screen the security is automatically heightened and that is why I got this, as well as loose passwords and a couple other "secruity level" type problems.
Thanks for the help, Amy

coatiamy
Welcome to the HP Community Forum.
I can offer the following in hopes that it may help.
First, a bit about the CEEment program:
CEEment Overview
Excerpted:
CEEment stands for Customer Experience Enhancement. CEEment (HPCEE.exe) is the reporting tool that HP uses to collect and study anonymous data. You can activate CEEment when you set up your computer. Or, you can activate using HP Advisor or HP Support Assistant at any time.
Commentary
It might be that the CEEment program is not the direct cause of the problem, that is, the issue might be symptomatic of the underlying problems -- it may be part of the train wreck, so-to-speak.
In any case, while the system is up and running you can try the following to fix the issue or to at least try to eliminate the CEEment program from the mix.
Download Install a new copy of the latest version of the HP Support Assistant on your system:
HP Support Assistant
If you have ‘Admin’ control, you may highlight the package and “double-click” to install it, else Right-Click, Select run as Administrator and install.
Reboot the system
If you like, you can switch OFF the CEEment program and the other checks that HP Support Assistant performs on your system.
Example (HP Support Assistant Version 7.4.45.4)
Open the HP Support Assistant > Settings >
Scroll down to Warranty and Services >
Next to Check warranty now >>
CHECK No, I do not want to send this data >
Scroll down to Would you like to share anonymous usage data with HP? >
CHECK No >
Under Welcome Screen (if necessary) >>
UNCHECK Show a welcome screen when I open HP Support Assistant >
Click Save
Dragon Tips
You may want to create an extra / new account with administrator privileges on the computer in case the issue is related in some way to your account.
You do want to make sure you have your personal data backed up -- make an extra effort to make sure your critical data is backed up somewhere other than on the computer. Make a copy of those files to a USB drive or to the Cloud. Make sure you include your bookmarks.
You may like to take a look at the following in case your computer's File System has issues:
Using System File Checker (SFC) to Restore System Files
A good Second Resource on the same subject:
Windows 7: SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
NOTE: SFC can be run more than one time!
A different type of check that can be run at boot time:
How to Run Check Disk at Startup in Vista or Windows 7
Things That are Blue
Free tool: BlueScreenView v1.52
Windows approach - works up to and including Windows 7:
How to read the small memory dump file that is created by Windows if a crash occurs
More Help:
dmp file and blue screen error Windows 7
Blue Screen of Death Survival Guide: Every Error Explained
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Another Flickering Blue Screen: When clicking on Video Links

Ok, so i recently took my computer into the apple store to have my screen replaced because of a discolored spot. when i got it back i saw on the receipt that they replaced my motherboard because of an accidental damage.
that was about a month ago. it's been working fine since then. but today i found out that when i was on facebook and listening to itunes, i clicked on a youtube like someone posted and i got my whole computer to flash a blue screen (like when it's starting up) and then it took me back to my desktop in about 4 seconds with all applications closed and just starting up, almost like it rebooted my computer in a matter of 4 seconds.
i thought it was itunes, so i turned it off and clicked on the same link on facebook. same thing happened.
so i thought it was that one link. so i clicked on someone else's youtube video link. same thing happened.
so i thought it was facebook, went to a website (engadget.com) and clicked a link to a video they had uploaded. same thing happened.
but it's only when i click on the link to go to another page of a video. if i clicked on the embedded video it would play fine.
so i took a video of this happening on my cell phone just so no one knew i was crazy if it randomly would stop happening. and sure enough, i restarted my computer, and it all went away now, so i can't recreate the problem.
i don't use any external monitors ever, and i know that's been the issue for many other people on the forums with this issue.
do you think it was the motherboard being replaced? or is there something else it could have been?
i can provide any details you may need to help determine any issue

I'm not sure if there is a workaround to this but I would probably file a bug for this at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org

Blue screen effect in elements?

is there a blue screen effect in premiere elements

aglioolio
What version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running.
The Premiere Elements Mac users do not have Chroma Key, Blue Screen Key, or Green Screen Key. Often the Videomerge is suggested for those users as a workaround. I do not favor Videomerge.
Especially if you are a Premiere Elements Mac user (but also if you are a Premiere Elements Windows user), you might want to take a look at the Difference Matte in the keying choices.
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2013/05/pe11-difference-matte-as-substitute-for.html
Then you can decide what works for you.
The answers are in the details so please post more details in follow up.
Thanks.
ATR

Blackberry Desktop Software (Roxio, specifically) causes network problems and blue screens.

I'm posting this note because I just solved my network issue/crash problems. I started experiencing lots of disconnects and page not found on my office computer over the past few days. Only thing I could think of that was different lately was that I installed the Blackberry Desktop Software. Then a huge lightbulb went on over my head. I remembered when it was installing, it said it was installing "Roxio" software and at that moment shivers went down my spine from past experiences.
     Well, I have lots of good "bad" experiences with Roxio CD software which had caused these same problems on two of my home computers. It caused blue screens when used in conjunction with my wireless Netgear card and also standard network card. The same symptoms including very slow internet access, general machine sluggishness, etc. I was trying to chase this down for months til I finally removed the Roxio crapware and ALL problems went away. No more slow machine, no more page not found and no more blue screens on two of my computers. Now, on a completely different Toshiba work laptop and different network adaptor, same problems.
     So, here we are again with Roxio as part of Blackberry Desktop software. I like my new Blackberrry 8830, but I have to pass this along to the Blackberry folks because I KNOW I'M RIGHT about this. I only installed the software so that I could type my contacts into Outlook and then download to my Blackberry. So, after realizing the common symptoms and after having completed my download (which worked great by the way), I removed the Blackberry Desktop Software and I'm back to speedy everything, no more pages not found, no more putty disconnects, and no more blue screens.
     I hope someone gets good use of this post because this drove me crazy the first time around.
-- Jeff

We had the same problem.
We did extensive troubleshooting, and found the problem was effecting our new HP Windows XP .Laptops.
We did not have any trouble with the Older Dell Latitude we have.
We found the BSOD still happened after removing the Black Berry Desktop Manager Software.
We traced it to a memroy / resource leak in the USB subsystem.
The workaround we found is to go into the Device manager, and remove all the drivers from the USB section.
** Disclaimer : This works for us, but may make your computer unusable. Backup your data to external storage.
               Back up your computer
               Start -> control Panel -> system ->Hardware tab -> Device manager.
                Expand "Universal Serial Bus Controller" at bottom of list.
                Right click on each Item, and select "uninstall"
                Don't reboot after each one.
                * Remove ALL the entries under Universal Serial Bus Controllers *
                Repeat until all the entries under "Universe Serial Bus Controller" are removed
                (there may be one that sticks, thats ok. so long as it has been uninstalled.
            Reboot.
            The OS will rebuild the USB stack and drivers to default.
This has worked for us so far.
We are not sure if this wont break something else.

IMac G5 ALS hanging at blue screen

Hi -- I've read variations on this problem, so hopefully I can provide enough information to get a solid thread started.
On startup, my iMac G5 hangs at the blue screen. I've run the install discs, repaired permissions, checked the drive, all successful. Also tried the AppleCare CD, Techtool said all systems passed inspection.
I can boot in safe mode, no problems there.
I tried archive and install, but after restart had the same trouble.
I tried booting in single-user mode to see what the log revealed, and the system seems to hang at the following:
airport link active
in6is_addrmulticast = 0
flags = 0 fails
can't assign requested address
wide area service discovery disabled to avoid crashing defective DNS relays 192.68.1.1
workaround Bonjour unknown error = 0
I notice that some of the wifi networks in my apartment complex are recognized in single-user mode just before the system hangs, which is odd.
I've tried applejack to repair the cache and preferences, but no progress.
Next step appears to be wiping the drive and reinstalling the OS, but thought I'd check here first. Thanks!

I altered the TCP/IP settings, but still no luck, so I proceeded with a full erase and install of 10.4. Much to my dismay, the system still refused to boot after the installation was complete.
At this point I'd run across some threads discussing the capacitor cap failures of the iMac G5's, so on that hunch I popped the back off to take a look.
One of the capacitors is indeed leaking out of the top, so I'm taking the unit in to the Apple store today to receive what will mostly likely be a death certificate. This unit is a refurb and the extended repair program ended in Dec. 2008, so I'm thinking my options are limited.
I'll post back with the Apple store response just in case anyone might find it useful in the future.

So far blue screen, cannot upload music, and crackling headphones

Do I just have a bad phone or are others experiencing this?
I have downlloaded itunes 7.3 and everything says it is up to date.
1) It worked fine until I used the camera then when I plug it into my windows Xp laptop it says 'detected still camera' then blue screens. Continuously blues screen everytime I restart no matter if I run itunes first, have pictures in the camera, have the phone on/off or otherwise play about
2) when I go to the iphone in itunes I cannot drag anything into it. No matter if it is purchased music or ripped from CD or audiobook. My other ipod works just fine with all 3. I always get the 'do not enter' little circle cursor.
3) the supplied headphones crackle and make noise when you move the cable. If I plug in the headphones from my ipod it is fine
4) and when I try to call customer support I get 'no agents available' please call back. click.
Does anyone know how to fix this or should I go burn this thing.

I felt obliged to pass this along:
A workaround for this problem is to delete the photos you've taken with the iPhone's camera (NOT the ones you've loaded through iTunes), Reset All Settings, and do a power cycle. This is the temporary fix if you're getting the Blue Screen when you plug in the iPhone and your PC mistakes it for a "Digital Still Camera."
This has worked for me and a few other people.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4822097&#4822097

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Hello, I'm currently having a problem with my skype where it will cause my computer to BSOD after a while in a call, it's only happening during skype calls, not during other voice communication programs like steam's voice calling and the blue screen is more likely to happen when I'm running Firefox.
The Blue screen error I get is "Clock Interrupt was not receieved on a secondary processor within the alloted time interval."
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http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-set-processor-affinity-to-an-application-in-windows...

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Hi guys. I sold my K7N420 to my brother (I went to the dark side :D ) and he got a problems with Windows 2000 server and the latest nVidia 2.03 drivers. The system shows a Blue screen when is booting and the only workaround is booting in safe mode and then deleting the nvidia sound drivers.
It is a clean install of W2K server plus SP3. The machine has no extra hardware installed (I mean, no PCI cards), it has BIOS version 2.7 with the default setting and with the APIC option enabled.
I am thinking it could be DirectX version that comes with the original W2K, but if anyone have a better idea of what is happening, it would be nice.
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The problem is: after installing sound drivers PC wont boot, it shows the loading windows logo with the scrollbar and past half the lights on my keyboard blink and then it hangs. Sometimes it shows a blue screen with a message that starts with IRQL_something. If I disable audio in bios, computer starts without problems... any ideas?
either ram, resources, or the irq assignment.
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list what you see there.

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