Finder Crashing, Can Not Restart, The World is Blowing Up
I'm at a loss here. My computer, even after a clean install is simply not behaving well. For example:
1. I can't restart the computer. When I choose restart, the dock and menu bar go away and then I get stuck at the desktop picture. The spinning lines just spin and spin and spin and it won't restart.
2. I can't shut down the computer, the exact same thing happens.
3. Every time I start up, Spotlight has to index every drive connected to my computer. Every time.
4. Finder crashes about once a day and crashes so hard sometimes that I have to hard restart.
5. Most applications are completely unstable and crash often.
The steps I've taken to remedy the situation:
1. Reinstalled the full 10.5.1 updater
2. Zapped the PRAM
3. Booted from the Leopard disk and repaired permissions
4. Single-user mode to run fsck
5. Disconnected everything but my keyboard and mouse and I still couldn't restart
6. Removed any applications that might not be playing well with Leopard (i.e. not specifically noted that it works with Leopard)
I'm using the in-the-box keyboard and mouse for my iMac. I've never added any after-market things to my iMac like a new hard drive or RAM. Everything in the machine is the stuff that came with the machine. I do have a 500GB FW400 and a 2TB FW800 hooked up. I also have an HP printer, Sony Cyber-shot, iPhone dock, and USB hub connected to my iMac.
Are there any tests I can run that might help me identify the problem? I'm not looking forward to lugging this to an Apple Store only to have it taken away for a couple of weeks while they try and figure out what's wrong.
Hi
You could try reinstalling a clean OS and not preserve network users and settings. Repair the disk beforehand. If your mac is stable the whole time the installer is doing this odds are its not your mac that is the problem.
However assuming you may have a hardware fault
Switch your mac off and turn it up on its end, use a cross-head screwdriver to remove the one retaining screw that allows you access to the RAM slots, touch something metallic to ground yourself and remove both sticks of RAM. Now place the mac right way up insert the power cord and depress the power on button. You should see the boot light flash regularly as well as hearing a single monotone beep. Depress the power on button again to power off the mac, remove the power cord, turn the mac over and re-insert one of the RAM modules in the rightmost slot. Make sure it is seated correctly and in place. Be firm when installing RAM but don't be too rough. Turn the mac rightway round again, insert the power cable and see if it boots normally. If still no joy repeat the instructions until you have tried both RAM modules singularly in each RAM slot. If at the end of all this your mac is still playing up, take it to your nearest Apple Authorized Repair Specialist.
Hope this helps, Tony
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