HELP!!!!!! iMac "No Entry" sign
Hi all,
My G5 recently started behaving strangly, i.e. not responding when I double clicked on things etc.. and so I did a re-start. When I boot it up, the apple appears and then it is followed by an image of a No Entry sign (rather than the usual log in screen). I have re-booted several times and nothing. I have tried zapping the perameter ram and booting from disc but nothing works.
It is only 1 year old!
Any ideas?
Please help
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)
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partition count: 1
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Model Family: Seagate Momentus 5400.6
Model: ST9500325ASG
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ATA Version: 8
ATA Standard: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
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1 Raw Read Error Rate 0x000E 117 099 006 Old age Always Never 141585185
3 Spin Up Time 0x0003 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always Never 0
4 Start/Stop Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old age Always Never 18
5 Reallocated Sector Count 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always Never 0
7 Seek Error Rate 0x000F 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always Never 595148
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184 End-to-End Errors 0x0032 100 100 099 Old age Always Never 0
187 Reported Uncorrectable Errors 0x0032 090 090 000 Old age Always Never 10
188 Command Timeout 0x0032 100 100 000 Old age Always Never 0
189 High Fly Writes 0x003A 100 100 000 Old age Always Never 0
190 Airflow Temperature Celsius 0x0022 071 061 045 Old age Always Never 29
191 G-Sense Error Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old age Always Never 99
192 Power Off Retract Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old age Always Never 85
193 Load Cycle Count 0x0032 083 083 000 Old age Always Never 34546
194 Temperature Celsius 0x0022 029 040 000 Old age Always Never 29
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ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
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Error: Uncorrectable Error
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CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:42:05.257 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:42:03.023 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:42:00.832 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:58.621 READ DMA EXT
2F 00 01 10 00 00 00 00 01:41:58.620 READ LOG EXT
Error 8 occured at disk power-on lifetime: 469 hours
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
40 51 00 FF FF FF 0F
Error: Uncorrectable Error
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:42:03.023 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:42:00.832 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:58.621 READ DMA EXT
2F 00 01 10 00 00 00 00 01:41:58.620 READ LOG EXT
60 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:56.397 READ FPDMA QUEUED
Error 7 occured at disk power-on lifetime: 469 hours
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
40 51 00 FF FF FF 0F
Error: Uncorrectable Error
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:58.621 READ DMA EXT
2F 00 01 10 00 00 00 00 01:41:58.620 READ LOG EXT
60 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:56.397 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 00 38 68 BE 3A 40 00 01:41:56.375 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 00 10 08 0E 27 40 00 01:41:56.371 READ FPDMA QUEUED
Error 6 occured at disk power-on lifetime: 469 hours
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
40 51 00 FF FF FF 0F
Error: Uncorrectable Error
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
60 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:56.397 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 00 38 68 BE 3A 40 00 01:41:56.375 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 00 10 08 0E 27 40 00 01:41:56.371 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 00 08 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:56.319 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 00 10 E8 F1 06 40 00 01:41:56.318 READ FPDMA QUEUED
Error 5 occured at disk power-on lifetime: 469 hours
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
40 51 00 FF FF FF 0F
Error: Uncorrectable Error
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CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:53.979 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:51.778 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:49.575 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:49.550 READ DMA EXT
25 00 00 FF FF FF 4F 00 01:41:49.477 READ DMA EXT
Self Test Log Revision: 1
Self Test Log Count: 0
Self Test Log:
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Its just sits with the apple logo on start up, makes the chime but does not move.
I held the option key, and got the option to boot of the mac HD.
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I asked " Have you tried to repair the disk?" an you said you had, " I have tried both, but to no avail "
But by the sound of it maybe you haven't.
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