Help, can't start power mac !

I suddenly can't start my Powermac G5.
It starts to boot until it gets to the blue screen with the OSX logo and the little blue bar that goes from left to right. But the bar never starts and thats as far as it gets.
What should i do next ?

You won't be able to reinstall with the iMac disks. The iMac uses different drivers then a G5 would. If the G5 accepted the install (it probably won't) you would be plagued with operational difficulties, kernel panics, etc.
You could try to boot up on them to do a Disk Repair as I referenced in the link. Running a repair will be OK. Your G5 may not let you do it though.
Cheers!
DALE

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Help with upgrading my Power Mac G4

Hello,
I've found many topics in this forum helpful, but they are so spread out that I figured it would be easier to ask for help for my own computer.
I am interested in upgrading a few things on my G4. Here are my specs:
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,5
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 867 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 133 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.5f1
1) Upgrading my processor:
I do a lot of graphics work (Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, and Maya) on my computer and it's been really slow lately, even with my RAM maxed out to 1.5 MB. I was thinking of buying the SonnetDUAL G4/1.8GHz 512K L2 Cache Per Processor because I would like as much processing power as possible. What processor(s) would be the best fit for me?
2) Upgrading my graphics card:
I don't know anything about increasing my graphics card capabilities, or if I even need to. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Here are my current graphics stats:
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX:
Chipset Model: GeForce2 MX
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 32 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0110
Revision ID: 0x00b2
ROM Revision: 1055
3) Upgrading to a USB 2.0 PCI card:
Is this necessary? I was interested in purchasing a Firewire/USB hub and that's when I learned of the USB 2.0 thing. I don't know if I need it or not.
4) I just bought a 400GB external FW HD, but is it also recommended to buy a second internal hard drive? I'm leery of buying one because I'm not very computer HW savvy (surprise surprise!) but I'm wondering if it would be good for my computer considering its age and how much I use graphics software on my computer.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Power Mac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hi there,
You have a very upgradable computer, one of the best. You didn't tell us your budget. So, I'll just assume you want to be practical.
1. I'd suggest either a Fastmac or OWC CPU. Easy to install, no firmware patches to add, simple and very fast.
2. Stay put for now, see how you like the CPU first.
3. If you need it look here. The sleep issue is one that cannot be remedied, so we live with it. I put my monitor to sleep and set the computer to never.
4. The FW 400 is perfect. If you are worried about the old internal HDD, install a second new one (128GB or less) internally and use it as your startup, the old one for storage of non essentials. No matter what you do, ALWAYS backup important data at regular intervals.
Finally, your Mac has 1.5GB of RAM already installed, you're set!
Regards,
Dave
QS-1.5GHz, ATI 9800/ AGP-1.25 GHz, ATI 9800/ Cube-Dual 1.7 GHz, ATI 9800 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Help : can't start install on PowerMac G4

Hi all,
I am a new Mac user! I just got a PowerMac G4 dual-processor 1 GHz with Mac OS 9.2.2 and would like to install Leopard on it... But, the install program does not start when I insert the DVD, even after having restarted the computer.
Only a window appears with the main DVD folders. I can't start 'Install Mac OS X.app'...
My PowerMac has a Pioneer DVR-104.
So, what's wrong?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Cheers.

Thomas_73 wrote:
Hi all,
I am a new Mac user! I just got a PowerMac G4 dual-processor 1 GHz with Mac OS 9.2.2 and would like to install Leopard on it... But, the install program does not start when I insert the DVD, even after having restarted the computer.
Only a window appears with the main DVD folders. I can't start 'Install Mac OS X.app'...
My PowerMac has a Pioneer DVR-104.
So, what's wrong?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Cheers.
Do you have at least 512 MB RAM?
I wonder if OS9 does not "understand" the Leopard install program.
I would suggest backing up everything on the system you want to keep and then reboot with the Leopard DVD in the drive and hold down the "C" key. You should be able to do an install that way. I would highly recommend an erase and install. On the page after the Language screen, at the bottom, select Options and then select Erase and Install.

Help!! My Power Mac G5 won't start up!!

I was working on my computer when all of a sudden everything froze. I tried all the key commands and no response. So, I held the start button until it shut down. Then when I tried to start it back up again after a few minutes, by pushing the start button, only the fan starts. No start up chime. Nothing on my screen. Then the fan starts getting louder and louder like it going to explode! I quickly held the start button again until it shut down. I read through the manual and tried everything it said and still the same thing. I read through alot of the questions and answers on this forum...found alot of similar questions, but no answers that I can use. I tried replacing the surge protector, but still nothing. My business & life is on this computer and stupid me, I didn't back up much! Help!!

Hi Jen:
See if this helps:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh1018.html
"Disk Utility 10.5 Help
Testing and repairing your startup disk
If you have problems with your startup disk, you can use Disk Utility to test and repair it. To do so, you must start up from another disk, such as your Install Mac OS X disc.
Start up your computer using another disk.
To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc and restart your computer holding down the"C" Key OR (Option key and then select the Install Mac OS X disc and click the arrow).
Open Disk Utility.
In the Mac OS X Installer, choose Utilities > Open Disk Utility.
Select the startup disk you want to repair in the list of disks and volumes, then click First Aid.
Click the button to verify or repair the disk or disk permissions.
Check the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk at the bottom of the window. If it shows "Verified," the disk has nothing wrong at this time. If you see "About to Fail" in red letters, back up your files on the disk as soon as possible and replace the disk."
And:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300537
"Troubleshooting: My computer displays no video
If your computer won't display video, here's how to troubleshoot it. Please keep in mind that although your computer may display similar symptoms that prevent it from turning on, this article discusses what to do if the computer won't display video, meaning that when you press the power button:
You may hear a startup chime
You may hear fan or drive noise
You may see the power light on the computer light up
If your computer does not turn on, when you press the power button:
You won't hear a startup chime
You won't hear any fan or drive noise
The power indicator on the computer won't light up at all
If your computer is not responding at all, see the Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on article instead.
If your computer won't display video but you can hear a startup chime, fans, drive noise, or you see the power light turn on, the first question is whether you have an external display attached (such as a Power Mac G4, Power Mac G5, Mac Pro or Mac mini) or if the display is built-in (such as an iMac, eMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iBook or PowerBook).
For external displays
Try these steps to resolve the issue:
Make sure that the monitor is turned on and has power. Make sure that the display's power cord is plugged into a working wall outlet, and that it's properly connected to the power adapter. (To check if the wall socket is working, plug in a lamp or other electrical device.)
Check that all video cable connections to the computer video port and to the monitor are properly connected.
Examine the pins on the video cable connector to make sure they are not bent or damaged in any way.
Connect a known working display (if you have an extra one available). If you see video after doing so, replace your old display.
Reset the computer's parameter RAM. (Click the link for instructions.)
On a Mac mini, reset the computer's PMU. (Click the link for instructions.) For Power Macintosh G3, Power Mac G4, or Power Mac G5 computers, check your user guide for the location of the PMU reset button on the logic board.
Next we're going to check to see if the computer has video when started up from a disc:
Find the Install or Restore disc that came with the computer. Insert the Software Install and Restore disc into your CD/DVD drive. The disc may look something like the picture below.
Shut down your computer.
Once it's off, hold down the C key on the keyboard and start up your computer. This will start up the computer from the Software Install and Restore disc instead of your hard drive.
If you see video when started up from disc, you may have corrupted software. You can use the Archive and Install feature of the Mac OS X installer to reinstall. This kind of installation gives you a fresh version of Mac OS X, but you don't lose any data from the computer as your old information is all archived.
If you tried all of the steps above and the computer still won't display video, contact Apple technical support (1-800-APL-CARE in the U.S.) or take your computer to your local Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) for diagnosis.
For built-in displays
Try these steps to resolve the issue:
Make sure that the power cord is plugged into a working wall outlet, and that it's properly connected to the power adapter. (To check if the wall socket is working, plug in a lamp or other electrical device.)
Make sure that the power adapter is properly connected to the power port on the back of the computer.
Reset the computer's parameter RAM. (Click the link for instructions.)
On an iBook or PowerBook, reset the computer's PMU. (Click the link for instructions.)
Next we're going to check to see if the computer has video when started up from a disc:
Find the Install or Restore disc that came with the computer. Insert the Software Install and Restore disc into your CD/DVD drive. The disc may look something like the picture below.
Shut down your computer.
Once it's off, hold down the C key on the keyboard and start up your computer. This will start up the computer from the Software Install and Restore disc instead of your hard drive.
If you see video when started up from disc, you may have corrupted software. You can use the Archive and Install feature of the Mac OS X installer to reinstall. This kind of installation gives you a fresh version of Mac OS X, but you don't lose any data from the computer as your old information is all archived.
If you tried all of the steps above and the computer still won't display video, contact Apple technical support (1-800-APL-CARE in the U.S.) or take your computer to your local Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) for diagnosis".
-Robert

Please help! 2.7 Power Mac froze, won't start up past white apple screen!

Hello!
I own a Dual processor 2.7 power mac G5. I only had safari and itunes running when everything came to a freeze without any kind of crash message. Upon force-shutting down the computer, the white screen with the gray apple came up, but would not move past this point! I also did not notice any sounds coming from my machine! I force-shutdown and started it up again and the same occurred. I left the room to jump on this computer (my old, trusty G3 iMac) to try and research while I let it try to start up. When I entered back into the room, I heard the fans going a pretty full-blaze with the white screen w/ apple still starring at me. So I shut it down and came here to post. If it is major issue, at this point, I just want all of my data to be safe. Can someone help me? Any ideas or suggestions? I am not thinking too clearly.

Hi-
Don't give up yet.
There are a few things to try before hauling the machine in for diagnosis.
What I think you should do now, is to follow all the steps (in order) as listed/described in this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Even if you have tried before, please follow the order of troubleshooting.
Each step helps to isolate the problem.
Removing all but keyboard, mouse, and monitor is important.
Try the Safe Mode boot, followed by resetting the PRAM.
In lieu of repairing with Disk Utility, try and start to your DiskWarrior disk.
Remember, booting to Disk warrior can take several minutes, so be patient.
In the "Remove third-party RAM and internal hardware" step, try removing and reseating the RAM, and graphics card, attempting to boot after RAM, and again after graphics card.
Instructions for removal and replacement are here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22565
Also, it wouldn't hurt to try booting the G5 to firewire target disk mode.
but I wonder what my G5 (the fans, in particular) would make of that interaction. hmm . . .
The fans are just noisy. They will insure that overheat damage doesn't occur.
If the firewire boot is successful, it may be wise to copy your files so that you can try a reinstall of the OS, should that be necessary.
Also, again worst case, check for coolant leakage:
http://www.fusina.net/G5coolantleaks/gallery.php
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/G5coolantleaks.html

Can anyone please please help - Can't start up at all!

Hi,
I've only had my ibook for a few weeks and came back to it after 24 hours to find it frozen. I turned it off, managed to get a grey screen with apple symbol, tried single-user restart with fsck which told me I had an HD volume error which it couldn't repair. I then tried the install disk OS9 but it wouldn't start in safe mode. Then I pressed C and restarted and now I have Mac OS X log in screen up but it won't accept my password. I am DESPERATE - with a dissertation to finish. Can anyone help please?

Agreed,
Failing is not a good sign at all.
<hr></hr>
Helenah-
I suggest bring it to your local Apple Store/Reseller and have it checked out by an Apple Certified Technician. To be honest, I am surprised your S.M.A.R.T. status is failing after a couple of weeks. Your iBook should be covered by Apple's One (1) Year Limited Warranty, but it really depends on the circumstances. The warranty doesn't cover damage inflicted by the consumer*. Do you have an external hard drive? You may want to invest in an external hard drive for backing up your computer. There a many reasons for getting one; let us know if you would like suggestions or reasons why to invest in one. You should probably backup your computers hard drive before bringing it to the Apple Store. You may want to look at Knowledge Base Document #106941 which has examples on How to back up and restore your files. Do you have access to another Mac? You can transfer files from your iBook via Target Disk Mode (the other Mac needs FireWire). You may want to look at Knowledge Base Document #58583 on How to use FireWire target disk mode for more information.
Jon
* I am not an Apple Certified Technician nor have I seen the iBook in person, so I can't promise you that the warranty covers it.
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Problem starting Power Mac G4

I'm running the latest version of Tiger. An apple support professional told me not to install Leopard, that I would have problems, so Tiger it still is.
Every 2-3 months I have the same problem. When trying to start (or restart) I get the grey screen with the apple logo and it won't go further.
I can start in safe mode, but restarting after that doesn't go further than the Apple logo.
I removed all peripherals. Same thing.
I reset the PRAM. Same thing.
I was able to boot from the install disc and run Disc Utility. Same thing.
I used Tech Tool Pro 5 and Discwarrior, booting from the repair discs. Did all the tests in TTP5. Redid the directory thru both programs. Same thing.
I try to archive and install and although it goes thru the whole routine, same thing.
Several months ago I bought a brand new internal hard drive reinstalling everything fresh, and still, every 2-3 months the same thing.
The only thing that works is erasing the whole drive and reinstalling the operating system and all the programs from scratch.
This gets to be boring, doing it every 2-3 months!
Before I reinstall, luckily I am able to get access to the hard drive and back up all the important files and folders which weren't backed up previously.
I know the G4 is old by now (got it in 2001) but I can't afford a new computer right now.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you very much in advance.
Donko

I don't know what I'm looking for in this log.
Here's the transcript of the system log, maybe you can give me an idea of what information is relevant ...
Thank you again.
Jul 5 17:36:06 tarados-power-mac-g4 SystemStarter[189]: authentication service (198) did not complete successfully
Jul 5 17:36:06 tarados-power-mac-g4 SystemStarter[189]: Qmaster services (193) did not complete successfully
Jul 5 19:07:16 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Jul 5 19:07:15 localhost mDNSResponder-108.6 (Jul 19 2007 11: 33:32)[33]: starting
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 379457 free pages
Jul 5 19:07:15 localhost memberd[40]: memberd starting up
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 70
Jul 5 19:07:16 localhost lookupd[44]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Tue Jul 5 19:07:16 2011
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: using 3932 buffer headers and 3932 cluster IO buffer headers
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.apple.driver.KeyLargoATA" has no kernel dependency.
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: USBF:    49.565    AppleUSBOHCI[0x2faf000]::start OHCI controller will be unloaded across sleep
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: USBF:    49.566    AppleUSBOHCI[0x3073000]::start OHCI controller will be unloaded across sleep
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811 built-in now active, GUID 000393ff fe3efd4c; max speed s400.
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: enableClockSpreading returned with 0
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 27B25911-06F7-361B-8C49-B80B136BEB07
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC2PE/pci@f2000000/AppleMacRiscPCI/ACARD,6280M@12/AEC62XXSCSICo ntroller/IOSCSIParallelDevice@0/IOSCSIParallelInterfaceProtocolTransport/IOSCSIP eripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOBlockStorageServices/IOBlockSt orageDriver/ATA WDC WD3200AAJB-0 Media/IOApplePartitionScheme/Untitled@3
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk2s3, major 14, minor 17
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
Jul 5 19:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: NVDANV10HAL loaded and registered.
Jul 5 19:07:18 localhost diskarbitrationd[39]: disk2s3    hfs      27B25911-06F7-361B-8C49-B80B136BEB07 newG4HD2                /
Jul 5 19:07:18 localhost diskarbitrationd[39]: disk1s9    hfs      1BB58489-0FD0-3D3A-A227-065527526295 photos                  /Volumes/photos
Jul 5 19:07:18 localhost diskarbitrationd[39]: disk0s3    hfs      BFBCD55D-7212-3933-93A7-42812ECE8034 Music                   /Volumes/Music
Jul 5 19:07:18 localhost diskarbitrationd[39]: disk0s5    hfs      019AD1CD-CD2B-3F7B-A302-77B2F709161D My Documents            /Volumes/My Documents
Jul 5 19:07:18 localhost DirectoryService[48]: Launched version 2.1 (v353.6)
Jul 5 19:07:18 localhost kernel[0]: UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:03:93:3e:fd:4c
Jul 5 19:07:18 localhost diskarbitrationd[39]: disk0s6    hfs      534F3AFE-3BFF-347A-9290-0AED56378D80 eDrive                  /Volumes/eDrive
Jul 5 19:07:19 localhost launchd: Server 330f in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[44]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Jul 5 19:07:19 localhost lookupd[73]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Tue Jul 5 19:07:19 2011
Jul 5 19:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA,Display-B: vram [98000000:08000000]
Jul 5 19:07:22 localhost mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Jul 5 19:07:22 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Jul 5 19:07:25 localhost loginwindow[79]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jul 5 19:07:26 tarados-power-mac-g4 configd[37]: setting hostname to "tarados-power-mac-g4.local"
Jul 5 19:07:43 tarados-power-mac-g4 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer: (-3230) Cannot use ATS Persistent Store - switching to old FODB cache code
Jul 5 19:11:11 tarados-power-mac-g4 KernelEventAgent[32]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (12)
Jul 5 19:11:32 tarados-power-mac-g4 sudo:   Tarado : TTY=ttyp2 ; PWD=/Users/Tarado ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/rm -df -r /System/Library/StartupItems/WiUtilityCardbusPCIStartUp
Jul 5 19:11:33 tarados-power-mac-g4 sudo:   Tarado : TTY=ttyp2 ; PWD=/Users/Tarado ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/rm -df -r /System/Library/Extensions/RT2860WirelessDriver.kext
Jul 5 19:11:33 tarados-power-mac-g4 sudo:   Tarado : TTY=ttyp2 ; PWD=/Users/Tarado ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/rm -df -r /Applications/WirelessUtilityCardbusPCI.app
Jul 5 19:11:33 tarados-power-mac-g4 sudo:   Tarado : TTY=ttyp2 ; PWD=/Users/Tarado ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/rm -df -r /Library/Receipts/CardbusPCIWireless-Tiger.pkg
Jul 5 19:28:16 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1349.705    [0x318a700] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 3 of hub @ location: 0x13000000)
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:19 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1352.525    OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (0). Retrying.
Jul 5 19:28:20 tarados-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF:    1353.326    [0x318a700] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.

Help: Can't start up in Safe Mode!

I'm trying to fire up in Safe Mode to do a few Spotlight housekeeping tasks but my Mac won't have it. When I try start up Safe it gets no further than the Grey Apple Logo and spinning wheel. After a short while the fans spin up to full speed and nothing else happens. I have to force the Mac to shut down and I can then start up again normally.
Any help on this would be much appreciated as there may come a time when I NEED to start up in Safe Mode.
Thanks in advance. Derek.

Hi-
Might want to try a Single User mode boot (command +s) and run fsck.
-Startup in Single User mode.
-At the command-line prompt, type */sbin/fsck -fy*. Press Return.
fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about your disk's use and fragmentation. Once it finishes, it'll display this message if no issue is found:
The volume (nameofvolume) appears to be OK
-If fsck found issues and has altered, repaired, or fixed anything, it will display this message:
FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED
Important: If this message appears, repeat the fsck command again, until fsck tells you that your volume appears to be OK (first-pass repairs may uncover additional issues, so this is a normal thing to do).
-When fsck reports that your volume is OK, type reboot at the prompt and then press Return.
-Your computer should start up normally and allow you to log in.
After this, try a Safe mode boot, again.
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck

Can the new Power Mac (late 2013) boot up in OS X 10.6.7?

I am planning on buying the new "trashcan" Power Mac but I'm wondering if that machine will boot up from an external drive running OS X 10.6.7? Although I currently use the most up to date operating system (10.9.1) I have some older software that I need to use, from time to time, like Mac The Ripper, Appleworks, some old 80s video games, etc. and I sure appreciate being able to boot up in the old operating system to use that software. I'd hate to lose the ability to do that. Anybody?
Mmyers6167

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295#ROSETTALION
is a tip that may help in your migration, as 10.6 server will still work with Rosetta and old Mac OS X PowerPC software that doesn't require special drivers and will hopefully work with the Mac Pro in question. I would enquire in the Mac Pro forum to see if anyone has tried it on the new Mac Pro.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295
will help in the overall migration.
If you can't get confirmation that 10.6 server works on the new Mac Pro, getting a pre-July 20, 2011 Mac Pro is probably a better idea, as then you can at least ask AppleCare for the original discs of 10.6 to run on the Mac Pro. If it is pre-August 28, 2009, any retail installer of 10.6 will work.

HT2497 Is there anyway I can upgrade my Power Mac G5-Mac OS X 10.5.4 to Intel Mac.

I have Power Mac G5-Mac OS X version 10.5.4 and has just upgraded it to version 10.8
I there anyway I can upgrade it Intel Mac so that I can install windows and Mac.
nana

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Is os x 10.5.8 as far as i can take my power mac g5

I have a power mac g5 and i wantede to get it upto date with all new softwere i.e. os x mountain lion

Hello, sorry to report, 10.5.8 IS the highest any G5 can go.
10.6 requires an Intel CPUed Mac.
10.7 doesn' even run on some of those.
10.8 runs on even fewer IntelMacs.

Help -can't start up after uupgrade and 'internet cleanup' install

I've got a problem... trying to remember how my installs went, but recently installed 10.5.4 and shortly thereafter a smith micro product called internet cleanup. in addition, during the restart, the air conditioner for our upstairs (computer / exercise room died and at 85F or so, returned to find the fans running full blast and the international "NO" sign in place of the gray apple at startup.
I am unable to start up at this point and don't know why. I have run disk utility and repaired 1 permission, no joy, and ran disk warrior last night and still can't start up. OS cd and DW see my drive ok and perform tests and repairs ok, but still can't start up.
if anyone has a recommendation, I'm all ears. I'm ready to start unplugging any peripherals, open the case, and unplug memory, not knowing what else to do.
thanks in advance,
macles,
les owens
bath, nc

Get a UPS 1500VA for your Mac Pro.
I would be surprised Smith is 10.5.x compatible, why not look at Onyx or Leopard Cache Cleaner, or just manually clean out ~/Library/Caches/
Resetting the SMC (button for pre-2008, leaving unplugged for 2008 model).
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro/
Obviously first, if DW repairs your drive and you are running 10.5.4, you have another disk drive and can boot, no?
Backups and cloned system?
Else, start installing and setting up a new OS boot drive. Later you can try to merge or migrate and salvage files and applications.
Note some of the comments on this Internet Cleanup 5.0
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19900

I can not start my mac

I have tried option key and cmd r keys. NO entry sign come always.
I had mac leopard in my mac. I updating it to lion. Then I canceled the lion installation in middle. And open disk utility and erased HD because I wanted to do clean install. After that I could not open disk utility not even boot the mac.
Now when I start the mac, sound comes and then gray screen and no entery sign and nothing happen.
If I press option key, it shows the mac os lion which I trying to install, if I click on that, its goes again to gray screen and no entery sign.
please assist me.

Which mac system are you working on?
Do you have a bootable backup you can use?
Do you do have the original OS X disks that came with your system or the retail version for OS X 10.5 Leopard?
Are you trying to use one of those to boot from?
Lion came as a download or on a USB memory stick, what are you using? How do you know it's bootable?
I am working on windows system.
I do not what is bootable back up, BUt I had download lion os and made usb bootable an dcheck ed that this is bootable usb. i have done all this in friends mac.
I have tried with original os X disks as well, but still nothings happen.
As I press start buttion, down comes and then gray screen.And then no entry sign come sup.
Please assist me.

Pls help: I can't start my mac because I took too much space and now the disk doesn't mount

I am most certain that this is the case: foolishly, I didnt leave much free space and now the disk doesnt want to mount. I tried the single user mode, I also booted from DVD, they appear but the disk utility shows the disk but I cannot repair the disk, because it is unmounted. I tried the basic commands in single user mode, no effect either. I still cant get over the blue screen with the apple logo and a circle running. I need to free up some spasce. Unforetunately, important files were not backedup, so I really cant delete the whole disk. I need to delete specific files.
I came across this in a post:
/sbin/fsck -yf (optional, but a good idea to run a file system check. If you do this, repeat this command if any problems are found.)
/sbin/mount -uw / anables to read and write via the single user mode
/usr/bin/cd /Library/Audio
/bin/rm -R Apple\ Loops - rm is remove
(and any other deletions that you need to do here)
/sbin/reboot
The troulbe is, I dont know where are my big files located - so, how do I orientate myself among the folders? Lets say I would delete my itunes libary, which I would later on renew thanks to the back/up, how would I delete them?
Thank you very much for any advice. I really need to make it work.
Adam

adamfromcernosice wrote:
| just read that the password doesnt show while being typed - ok, but still it says "invalid argument" once being typed after the sudo rm -r. how is that possible?
Probably some error in typing. Copy the command line from Terminal and post it here, exactly as it is.
a way to install applejack or someother helpful software?
AppleJack only works on the boot disk, and only in single-user mode. IMHO, if there is a space or corruption issue on the disk, the last thing you want to do is to install new software on it.
DU once I select repair disk reports ''it could not unmount'' the disk.
If you chose the right disk, you probably have some process using files on the disk or referencing the disk. For instance, if you have Terminal open and present working directory is on the disk, DU will refuse to unmount it. Make sure you've quit all other apps before using DU. If it still refuses to unmount, you can force it in Terminal
$ diskutil unmountDisk force
and drag the disk from Finder to the Terminal window (there's a blank space after force).
could I somehow use time machine just for my original disk?
I don't know about Time Machine. I suspect you can't use it under your circumstances, but I really don't know.
how to force through adn delete some folders? I still believe that it should solve the problem, shouldnt it?
Not all problems have convenient solutions. If the file system is corrupt (which could well happen when running out of space, let alone the fact that you couldn't boot from the disk and thus the journal couldn't be replayed), then deleting files may not work or may make matters worse. We still don't know why you couldn't boot from the internal disk. It may be because there isn't enough space to create the necessary temp and ancillary files—or it may be because the file system was badly corrupted when the operating system ran out of space.
If you want to stick with it, post here the rm command, as I wrote above. It may or may not work, it may or may not delete the files you want to delete, which may or may not fix the problem. There's no guarantee. It you want to do it right, the only way is to back up everything you can and re-format the internal drive.

Can't boot Power Mac G5 up from anything (DVD, USB or HDD)

Hope someone can help me with this one
My mum has an old PowerMac G5, the dual-core 2GHz one (I can't remember what it is exactly) and it won't boot up anymore.
At first I replaced the hard drive because it was making some funny sounds... scratchy-ness.. then with the new hard drive, my dad was able to install 10.3 on it which booted up pretty reliably after reseting the SMU. Then I thought I'd replace the 10.3 installation with 10.5.8, so i tried to install it off a 10.5.8 disk just by booting into to 10.3, opening the disc and clicking the 'Instal Mac OS X' thing, then restarting. But the computer would just keep restarting to 10.3
long story short, the computer won't even turn on now. The light next to the power button doesn't come on, but the fans are on and the hard drive is alive. I've tried booting from the original 10.3 DVD, but that doesn't work either. The DVD drive spins up for like 20-30 seconds, then stops.
I've got one of these: http://www.everymac.com/images/monitor_pictures/apple_cinema_display.jpg and the power button light doesn't come on on that either.
The computer was working fine up until a few days ago.
I've reseated the RAM, reset the SMU, tried booting with C held down. Nothing seems to work.
Thanks in advance

Yeah, the monitor button turns the mac on, but once the comp is on, the light goes off and the screen stays black
I'll give it a go, but I don't believe so.

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