Can someone explain to me how to correct this problem??

Question

I first want to thank anyone who reads my post and responds to it.. These boards have taught me so much over the years... My G4 450 or what I call my plow horse has
recently started to run slowly especially while i tried to surf the web.. I decided to run Disk First Aid While it was running a highlighted Invalid B Tree Header,O,O, appeared then Highlighted was Mount check found minor errors. then it continues for a few seconds and I get message cannot continue an internal error has occured. I re ran the First Aid several more times but same messages each time. Can I fix these problems or is it time to put my Mare out to pasture...:( Thanks in advance for your answers........

Answer 1

Hi, Colleen -
I followed your directions and looked up the Boot Rom version it read $0004,28f1
That indicates your G4 is at firmware version 4.2.8, which is the most recent version for it - there is no further update, so your machine is OSX-ready.
I typed this in appleworks and when i went to save the message i get an error message so I tried again it would not let me save my notes. I wrote it down turnred my mac off and my daughter got on it a few hours later and calls me because at start up it goes through the usual functions but then on my screen its the Extensions manager.. This has never happened.
There is a startup keyboard command which will call up Extensions Manager before extensions start to load - this allows altering the current set of extensions during startup, which can be quite useful when trouble-shooting. The startup command which does that is to hold down the Spacebar from the beginning of startup. Since Extensions Manager apparently was called up during startup, it would indicate that either the Spacebar is stuck down occasionally, or something was resting on the Spacebar when your daughter started it up (the corner of an open book has been known to be sufficient to do that).
There is also the possibility of something else causing Extensions Manager to open - this would be the case if it appears after the desktop has loaded. Causes for that include having an alias to Extensions Manager in the Startup Items folder.
Everything listed is xed the first in list Airport AP is highlighted I know my computer did not have airport card when i bought it...
Everything will be checkmarked if the "On/Off" column header (the label box above the checkboxes) is clicked - it's a toggle. If that was done, the only way to undo it is to de-select (uncheck) individual items.
...so I highlighted start up icon on list.
That will do nothing - control panels (such as Startup Disk) can not be engaged (opened) from within Extensions Manager.
Will this problem be corrected by Disk Warrior also? If so will i still need to buy the Disk no newer then 2.1.1.
Until the damage reported has been fixed, odd things may start happening - the longer you wait, the less stable the OS will be.
Since your firmware has been updated to 4.2.8, it is okay to use the current version of DiskWarrior, one which boots to OSX.