Power Mac G4 Freezing

Something has happened, I think, to my G4 where, if I leave the computer it will "freeze" with and without a screen saver running. It's even happened while I've been working on it. Any suggestions? It's very frustrating! It almost makes me think that I'm running a Windows based machine.

Try using Disk Utility to repair your startup disk (hard drive) as shown in Dr.Smokes repair thread.
Doing the things in his link is a good start for a monthly maintenance program.
Cheers!
DALE

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Please help new to macs and my recently purchased power mac keeps freezing :-(

Hi apple community!
I recently purchased a power mac g5
Specs;
G5 power mac dual core (2.0)
Power pc 970 mp
Late 2005
I don't have an apple mouse/keyboard
I just use $40 wireless mouse keyboard.
Upon purchase everything seemed to work as it should....booted up, open and closing apps without freezing.
However I never had it connected to the Internet when I navigated through system.
I got it home and installed a 1 tb harddrive (WD mainstream desktop) from future shop. When I installed it in tower I had to buy a sata 2.0 cable as there was not one available for use. Booted up fine and installation went as my research said it should. Turned it on next day....
Tried to update iTunes and this is where it started actin up. First just froze had to turn off, second time wouldn't even boot up plus fans went into overdrive. Third forth fifth sixth boots fans sometimes kick in, now whenever I try to do any kind of action it freezes. (Only when I click something)
I read about possible power suppy issue, so I plugged tower and monitor into seperAte plugs,
They may however be in same circuit because they at in the same wall...would a power conditioner fix this?
Anyway still froze on any action tried...just opened disk drive...opened then frooze...?
Anybody have any ideas??
Please help
Not sure if this is correct OS ( looked up using serial #)
Max operating system OSX 10.5.8 leaporad
Earliest supported OSX version ; 10.4.2 tiger.

Sorry for the late reply. I want to thank you for taking the time to help me.
Not sure exactally where I could get something like this your speaking of.
Update; I have removed the harddrive and will most
Likely just use an external one, if the computer will even work.
I ended up taking it in to geeksquad at best buy, they had it for 3 days and also told me after the fact that neither of the techs working on it knew much about macs :-( needless to say I requested my
Money back due to the fact that the service I paid for could not be completed and literally couldn't tell me anything more than what's below.
They told me that they could not dock it with thier diagnostic machine, kept restarting on them and the one fella said it was overheating but had no idea why. When I brought it home again I tried it once more computer boots up to desktop as usual, this time had a asterisk window saying " the computer was restarted after mac OSX quit unexpectedly" however my cursor was again locked in the top left of the screen. Would not move, so I could not view the report, shortly after fans kicked into overdrive. I'm losing hope for this machine rapidly. I'm all ears when it comes to anything I may be able to do.
Should I try an actual apple keyboard/mouse just to eliminate that possible?
If you have ideas AWSOME, If not, no worries, ill take it into the mac store and see what they say
P.s the machine is clean inside little to no dust and the tech said he was going to clean it out, hard to tell if he did because it was clean clean before I brought it to him.
Thanks again for the help you have given me so far and in the future
I look forward to hearing back
Sincerally
Al

Power Mac G5, freezes when trying to install operating system

Hello,
I have a PowerMac G5 that I think that the hard drive is bad. It is a SATA 160 GB Drive. I got a new drive and tried to install the Operating System (10.3 black CD) and it won't boot just flashing question mark.
I have a Grey DVD (Power Mac G5) and when I try to boot it gets to the apple screen then freezes with lines across the screen.
I have an apple hardware test V2.5 and it ran the quick test and said hard drive was loaded. I ran it before and the old drive did not even appear.

Hello,
I have a PowerMac G5 that I think that the hard drive is bad. It is a SATA 160 GB Drive. I got a new drive and tried to install the Operating System (10.3 black CD) and it won't boot just flashing question mark.
I have a Grey DVD (Power Mac G5) and when I try to boot it gets to the apple screen then freezes with lines across the screen.
I have an apple hardware test V2.5 and it ran the quick test and said hard drive was loaded. I ran it before and the old drive did not even appear.

Power Mac g4 freezes up when put in sleep mode

Hello. So the machine has had a lot of changes but the problem just started a couple days ago, before that I was going into sleep mode just fine with no problems. The problem is when the computer goes to sleep it freezes, the screen goes black but the fan and hard drive are still going and the light never turns to the flashing amber. What's more I'm unable to wake it up or use the keyboard restart command. The only way to restart or shutdown are the buttons on the tower. So I've turned power saver off and now have just resorted to shutting down when it's not in use but that's pretty bad in the long run.
Any ideas on what may have started causing this? Like I said it's beem working perfectly for a while now.
Here's info on the machine
I'm running a modified AGP G4 stats as follows:
Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
Machine Model: PowerMac3,1
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3) (Power Logix dual 1.3)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.3 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 1.75 GB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.8f1
System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P135)
Kernel Version: Darwin 8.9.0
Classic 9.2.2
ATI Radeon 9200:
Chipset Model: ATY,RV280
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-A
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5960
Revision ID: 0x0001
ROM Revision: 113-A27502-124
Displays:
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Display:
Status: No display connected
ATA ST3200822A:
Capacity: 186.31 GB
Manufacturer: ATA
Model: ST3200822A
Revision:
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk2
OS9 Drivers: Yes
SCSI Target Identifier: 1
SCSI Logical Unit Identifier: 0
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
I also have a 60 gig HD installed which is currently not being used
Thanks again in advance.
Aaron

Did you install a USB 2.0 PCI card and do you leave bus-powered devices connected to it, when the computer goes into sleep mode? There have been many reported sleep issues associated with USB 2.0 cards in the G4s. What name is printed on the main controller chip (sometimes it's hidden by the card manufacturer's label)? The consensus of opinion is that USB 2.0 cards with an NEC chip tend to have fewer problems. Additionally, it's a good practice to disconnect the bus-powered devices from the card, prior to letting the computer go into sleep mode.

Power Mac G5 Freezing

My Power Mac G5 is freezing up frequently. There is no specific program that seems to cause it. It has happened while running different programs. I loose the cursor and get the spinning beach ball. Then all the computer fans go to full speed. The only way I can restart it is to hold the power button in till it shuts down. I ran the apple hardware system test (extended test) and found nothing wrong. Repaired permissions also. This started acting this way last week. Not sure if there is something in one of Apple's software updates that does not agree with my G5 or not. I have the latest updates. Anyone have any ideas what might be going on?

Hi Brian,
I'm sorry none of those things worked. Even continually starting in Safe mode didn't solve it, huh?
Two things:
1) Using this page as a base link can prove very beneficial. If you click on the troubleshooting link you can start entering your own search terms above on the page and find a lot of info.
http://www.apple.com/support/powermac/
2) On that main page are two links about firmware updates which I think are specifically tailored to your machine. I would even try the one referring to 10.3. Worst that can happen is your mac will tell you that they are not applicable and that will be that. BTW, don't use Software Update for these, just download them from there and apply them from your machine.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/PowerMac_G5__Late_2004__Firmware_Update_v_11
http://support.apple.com/downloads/PowerMac_G5__Late_2004__System_Firmware_Update_for_Mac_OS_X_10_39

Power Mac G5 :: Freezes While Loading OS X

ok so today, i went to a friends house to backup their power mac g5, i backed it up all fine, then removed the backed up files from the computer (I DID NOT TOUCH THE SYSTEM FILES) i then reeboted the computer and it got as far as the loading osx screen then it just froze there. Can someone please help? mabye there is a way to reset it? Im not sure what version the osx is.

iMac G5 won't start...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2173
Did it boot from any of those other modes?
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

Power Mac G5 Freezes only the First Time starting up

PowerMac G5 on StartUp freezes every FIRST time. Sometimes it chimes, most times it doesn't. Used the Hardware Test disk and it says RAM is OKAY. I have 4 1 gb chips that I have been using for 2 years without problems. I reset PMU, I zapped PRAM, NRAM, removed Airport card, used compressed air to clean the insides, reseated all RAM chips, repaired permissions - and nothing changes. I removed all peripherals and nothing changes. It always starts the 2nd time, so I can still use it. I need to know what is causing a First Startup freeze at the Grey screen, but again, 2nd start is good. I am a Recording Engineer with a ProTools HD rig, so I can't afford to take the computer out to repair, as I am in the middle of a Project. Just want to know if anyone has seen this issue before and dealt with it?

Very grateful for all of the replies! Disk Utility showed no errors, I replaced the battery last week, with a correct replacement. No problems with Clock/Date. RAM has been reseated. Airport Card removed, etc. I will put in some new RAM as soon as it arrives to see if that solves the issue - and I glad that someone echoed that software testing doesn't always show the whole picture. I cannot boot in Safe Mode. Does this help get closer to the root problem? It's confusing that it always works on the second boot and never the first boot. Even later in the day, it has the exact same issues. It gets to the grey screen spinning gear and freezes - every first boot, all the time. 2nd boot is flawless. That's what I don't understand. What problem goes away on the 2nd boot? Sounds like a Power issue of some sort, but I've never run into it. Also - Chime almost never occurs on startup - so I can't do the PRAM zap while waiting for 3 chimes, because I don't get any. Does this help describe the problem?

Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5 freezes up, Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5 freezes up

Hello
I inherited a Dual 2.5 PPC Power Mac G5 from my sister. She was having problems with it suddenly freezing up. She replaced the hard drive but that didn't fix it, and sicne she had a newer Macbook Pro she gave up on it. When I got it I replaced the video card on it with an ATI Radeon, and it seemed to run fine for a while, and then the problem returned. It seemed to have returned after I did all the Apple software upgrades on it (It's running Leopard), but that might be a coincidence. I noticed under Diagnostics on the power up test that some RAM had failed. I also noticed that it was running on 1 gb of RAM even though 2 gb were installed. I removed the faulty Ram (4 256 mb dimms) and hoped that that was the problem. Unfortunately it wasn't. I also installed a temperture reading program. It showed that CPU A is running around 80 C at times and is usually about 10C hotter than CPU B. I'm not sure though if 80C is normal for a G5 or not. I noticed that when it was unplugged that it wouldn't retain the time and date, and took a look at the battery, and sure enough it was starting to leak (but hadn't leaked on to any components). I've ordered a new bttery for it.
I ran a check with Disk Utility and found the HD was ok, but permissions were a bit messed up. Disk Utility wasn't able to fix some of the permissions, but i don't think this is the underlying problem.
I've also opened it and gave everything a thourough vacuuming and cleaning and reseated any removable parts. I took the cover off the liquid cooling unit and vacuumed out the dust. There didn;t seem to be any coolant leaks I could see.
Any suggestions on where I should go from here? I unfortuantely don't have any of the disks for it, so I can't run the AHT until I find one for it (the one for my Macbook Pro wouldn't work).
Sometimes it just freezes. Other times it freezes and the computer fans go on high. It will finally get to a point where it shows the grey multi-language restart screen (where it says to hold down the button to shut it off and the restart).
It was frustrating because on my workbench it was running fine after I switched the video card, and it didn't freeze at all. When I moved it to our computer desk though, the problems returned. Tonight it was to the point where it didn't last 5 minutes.
My thoughts are:
1. Maybe All the RAM is bad
2. Maybe the dead battery is messing it up?
3. When it is heating up with use, something is expanding and not connecting any longer.
What are your thoughts?

Hi Curtis,
I'm not sure though if 80C is normal for a G5 or not. I noticed that when it was unplugged that it wouldn't retain the time
Nope, not normal, way too hot, above 70°C... If you have any temps in the 70°C/160°F range, that's likely it.
Have you blown the dust out of everything with high pressure air?\
1. Maybe All the RAM is bad
The Memory test can really only be trusted if it finds a problem, not if it doesn't find a problem.
Memtest OS X...
http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php
Rember is a freeware GUI for the memtest ...
http://tech.kateva.org/2005/10/rember-freeware-memory-test-utility.html
If you're sure the RAM is good, try the Hair Dryer trick...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13240047#13240047
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15223603#15223603
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15499912#15499912
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15613068#15613068
It can show on any G5, and even many other computers & electronic devices of the period.
http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/pmg5.html
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/power-macintosh-g5.html
2. Maybe the dead battery is messing it up?
Might be time to replace the PRAM Battery, 4 years is close to their lifespan, far less if ever without AC power, & can cause strange startup problems, thoigh not once vooted as a rule...
See which one your G5 has...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/CR2032/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/
3. When it is heating up with use, something is expanding and not connecting any longer.
Could be the lead free solder issue with the RAM slot, and/or the thermal paste between CPUs & heatsinks need replacing...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16223700#16223700

Power Mac G4 (FW800) freezes often, with an occasional kernel panic

I recently purchased a Power Mac G4 (FW800) on eBay for $160, minus a hard drive and stock video card, along with a hard drive cage.
Since I opened the box it came in late Saturday night, the lovely machine has constantly stalled, crashed, and for a while, I received kernel panics left and right-in fact, I had one today, but it was the text version (unlike the visual kernel panic, which is the kernel panic seen in OS X 10.2+, and I have 10.4.11 running on this machine).
Often, if I multitask, import music on iTunes, or do intense activity, it freezes.
To solve the problem, I have done multiple memory tests, have performed disk checks (verified disk permissions and have verified the disk itself, and have done repairs on the disk), have swapped RAM for more stable ram (I was getting a RAM error for a while with some generic RAM).
I would hate to sell the machine for parts, but if worse comes to worse, that may be the route I may go under. Is there anything I could do to avoid having to go that route? From the inside, all of the motherboard capacitors look fine, but I haven't checked the graphics card yet, but I doubt that's the culprit. I want to see if I could push my luck with Apple sending the AHT for the Power Mac, since I can't find any on eBay, but I'm working with a vintage Mac here, and this is New York, so my luck may be out.
Interesting, I installed iStat, and it has been giving me misleading readings. It says my CPU is at over 1000ºC, when I know through Temperature Monitor that the CPU is around 100º-110ºF and rarely goes above 115ºF.
There are some things I haven't tried yet:
1) Buying actual 2.5v RAM. That may hopefully be the key.
2) Removing the USB card I put in, along with my Broadcom-equipped Belkin Wi-Fi card I put in.
3) Calling Apple and begging them to send me a copy of the AHT for the Power Mac, and with that, hopefully, a copy of the system software.
Any suggestions? Comments? If need be, I'll post the system/crash logs for you hardware junkies.
System stats:
Power Mac G4 (FW800)
1.0GHz PowerPC G4 on a 133MHz bus
1GB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (originally had some PC3200 in the machine).
120GB Seagate HD
Stock Phillips CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo
Pioneer DVD-111D (the nice DVD burner I cannibalized off my beautiful homebuilt Wine-doze PC)
Belkin 54g 802.11g Wi-Fi card
Masscool XWT-MTU25 USB 2.0 card
So far, I have removed iStat, have gone ahead and pulled out the USB card. We'll keep fingers crossed.

Did both, and I still freeze up when importing iTunes songs. I'll include some kernel panic logs for reference, for you techies.
1) Thu Nov 27 22:42:50 2008
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00260820): fg: being freed with bad fg_count (32548120)
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00260820 0x0025E95C 0x0025E730 0x002ABDB8 0x000ABD30
0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3C240780)
PC=0x90014BEC; MSR=0x0200D030; DAR=0x00424000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x907C9088; R1=0xF007C240; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
2) Tue Nov 25 20:21:06 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x600 - Alignment DAR=0x0000000002DDCC3D PC=0x00000000000A43C0
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
PC=0x000A43C0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x02DDCC3D; DSISR=0x000000A0; LR=0x0001DEAC; R1=0x17773C10; XCP=0x00000018 (0x600 - Alignment)
Backtrace:
0x0001DE68 0x0001F47C 0x00024224 0x0002407C 0x00049878 0x00029234
0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x3B2F6B65
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2DEEF780)
PC=0x9000B348; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xA0B8C068; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x9000B29C; R1=0xBFFFC630; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0006): 0x600 - Alignment
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
PC=0x000A43C0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x02DDCC3D; DSISR=0x000000A0; LR=0x0001DEAC; R1=0x17773C10; XCP=0x00000018 (0x600 - Alignment)
Backtrace:
0x0001DE68 0x0001F47C 0x00024224 0x0002407C 0x00049878 0x00029234
0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x3B2F6B65
Exception state (sv=0x2DEEF780)
PC=0x9000B348; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xA0B8C068; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x9000B29C; R1=0xBFFFC630; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

Power Mac G5 is freezing....HD not mounting......

Okay, so for the last few days my Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 has been a bit sluggish to say the least. When switching quickly from iTunes to Safari it will pause for a second or two and then spin that lovely little beach ball for about 5 seconds.
Last night I was playing a game (World of Warcraft) and it locked up when I switched to iTunes. At first it was just WOW then after about 15 seconds the whole computer locked up. I shut down and restarted.
That went on all night. Every hour or so. This morning the same thing would happen. The program I am on will lock up, but the mouse will still work. I can switch to another program. Then the whole thing locks up and I have to shut down.
The real problem came when upon rebooting I came to the grey apple screen and it just sat there. And sat there. And then it went to a blank blue screen. After 5-10 minutes it booted only to freeze up once I tried to close iChat that starts upon rebooting.
I tried installing any patches thinking that might fix the problem. I got an error message saying "Cannot install "/" folder".
I got on these discussion boards and tried the verify/repair disk method. I got two different error messages and whether I was verifying or repairing it would fail.
The first message is "Error: File system verify or repair failed" and somewhere in the message is says "Invalid Node Structure"
The second error message said "underlying task reported failure upon exit"
I am not sure what I need to do. I really want to get this fixed so that I can at least get my files off the Seagate 1TB that is my boot drive. Thankfully I have the boot drive I had with 10.4.9 so I can still use the computer.
If it makes a difference, I have the same problem when running programs in 10.4.9 but not as bad. I just have to be careful not to be running two RAM intense apps at the same time.
Any help that you can give me would be greatly appreciated. I would love to keep this computer working for several more years.
Incidentally, what do you guys think I should do if it comes to this: buy a new iMac or buy a G5 Quad? Just in case I have to make that choice.

Are the malfunctions because of the problem that Seagate has with the HDs?
Yes, the malfunction with DiskWarrior is due to the bad firmware of the Seagate.
My sister just got a new mac book. Will that work for what I need to do to connect it to my computer?
I think, at a minimum, you will need to remove the hard drive from the G5, and put it into an external enclosure to do the flash. I don't know if it will work or not. #6 of the following "How to" is why I think it may not work with the Macbook and external housing.
Because of this, I recommend contacting Seagate, or finding someone with the right machine.
Here is a How to from a Mac Pro user:
1. Get the firmware:
Seagate link for the 750/1TB 7200.11 drives:(if you look in Seagate forums you will find a few others for smaller drives).
http://www2.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=7524956&extra=page%3D1
For the ES2 much trickier as they pulled it even though it was released, possibly unrelated to this issue in December. Who knows?
I found it here though:
http://www2.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=7524956&extra=page%3D1
2. Download the zip to get to the ISO files.
3. Use Disk Utility to burn the ISO to CD. Takes seconds, they are really tiny.
4. Don't confuse which ISO is which. The names help but do one at a time. They both have "Moose" in the name, no idea who Moose is. The ISO for ES.2 is called ES2SN06B-3D4DMoose.ISO and for 7200.11 it is MooseDT-SD1A-3D4D-16-32MB.ISO
5. Put the CD in the IDE (native) DVD drive BEFORE shutting down. Firewire won't work (as I discovered). Nor the eject button.
*6. Remove ALL SATA drives from the Mac Pro. If you have an external array disconnect it. Firewire, USB disconnect them ALL.*
7. Use the sled from Drive 1 to put your pooched Seagate drive in Drive Slot 1. Not 2, 3, or 4, only 1.
8. Start up and press option at the bong, there will be a CD Windows disk to select as the boot disk. Select it.
9. FreeDOS starts up. Press F10 to get past the bumpf.
10. The Seagate utility starts. First select "S" to scan. Make sure the drive is matched to the ISO you burned.
11. There will be 2 or 3 firmwares listed. PICK THE RIGHT ONE and select A B C as the case may be.
12. Let it work, maybe one minute. Note the actual working differs a bit for the 7200.11 vs. ES.2 but it is clear what is going on.
13. When it says cycle the power, do that. Press the power button to power down.
14. Reboot from the CD again. Get to the updater and press "S" again, confirm the firmware. For 7200.11 it goes from SD15 to SD1A. For the ES.2 it goes from in my case SN03 to SN06.
15. Press Z to exit and power down.
16. Repeat in my case 5 times. Remember if you are doing 7200.11 and ES.2 at some point you will have to put in a bootable OSX drive, reboot, just to open the DVD drive to switch CD's to the right image. A right pain in the tuckes.
17. So far all work fine, System Profiler reports the new FW version, all the data (they were all blank but were formatted and named) is still there and the all copy files fine.
At some point the official SN06 firmware will appear, I assume. The problem with Seagate is the 7200.11 files are being hosted at the link but they want you to write for the ES.2 drives and then they do not respond, e-mail or trouble tickets. I had no problems, you may want to wait for them to post the SN06 firmware updater if they ever do.
Thanks to Ricktoronto for the How to.

Power Mac G5 Dual Core freezing

Hi,
Everything works fine with my G5 with 4GB RAM, except one thing:
Sometimes when I work for a long time, my mouse justs freeze,
The red light near the RAM slots appears and the fans start being noisy ! (LED 7—Checkstop: red—contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider)
I reboot and all just works fine until the next freeze
I ran Hardware test and apple diagnotics many times but all the tests including the ram test passed successfully.
It happens like 1 or 2 time by day. I couldn't identify the cause or the frequency of the problem (maybe Eyetv usb box, or a spécific app that causes the computer freezing ??? !)
Thanks for the help !
Power Mac G5 Dual Core 2,3 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Curiously - we have two new Dual 2.3 G5s and they exhibit this same behavior. Suddenly freezing - and not necessarily while we have a lot of apps running. iTunes is always going in the background though. I'll start monitoring the temps on these machines and we'll see what happens. Does anyone know of a menubar app that might display CPU temp on the fly? Could be useful if we see a spike in temperature and then a crash.
One notable thing though, when it does crash, it crashes hard. Everything freezes, the audio (since iTunes is usually running) begins to skip on the last section of the track it was playing, sort of like a skipping record - only much faster. It also appears to have happened to one of the machines last night while it was asleep. I came in the morning the the fans were going crazy - and yes, the little red LED was on. What does that mean?
Dual 2.3 PM G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 4 GB RAM, etc.
iMac Intel Core Duo 20" Mac OS X (10.4.6) iBook G4, iBook G3, iPod Video 30GB, iPod Nano 2GB, iPod Mini, 2G iPod 20G

Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3 freezing from Archive Install of Leopard from Tiger

Just archived and installed Leopard from Tiger 10.4.10 and on all our Macs, but our only PPC system is having serious issues. The system boots up fine, faster than before, however the Finder and desktop freeze when booting into any of the two user accounts. Applications run from the dock, but the Menu Bar isn't loading fully (airport, bluetooth, clock, etc don't load). I have run Activity Monitor from the Dock and systemuiserver and finder both freeze. I have reset the PRAM and NVRAM, and in the one instance I was able to get into the files I deleted the systemuiserver and powermanagement plist's.
Upon many hours of research with Apple and at home, nothing seems to be the solution. If I can't resolve this I may have to install a copy of Tiger (or Leopard) on an external HDD, boot and attempt data recovery from the main HDD (if nothing is locked) as a lot of Quicken 2007 files are needed and perform a clean install. If any one is able to give any help I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
Also, the Power Mac G5 is Dual 2.3 late 2005 model (specs: http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/PowerMac_G5_Late2005.html ), with 1 GB RAM, ViewSonic VGA monitor, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, Airport + Bluetooth, and wired keyboard and mouse. Thanks again!

k7 wrote:
So, would you recommend to people having this same system (as I do) to wait for installing Leopard or maybe to take some precautions?
I would either:
A) Wait until 10.5.1 has been released (which may address such issues)
B) Take serious precautions. Back everything you need onto a separate HD and perform a clean install (which formats your HD), then move everything copied back into the system to ensure no data is lost and nothing corruptible is carried over into Leopard.
Performing the clean install seemed to take care of any conflicts and issues, but means more time will be spent manually backing up and reloading all personal data.
Hope this helps and good luck.

Power Mac G5 PPC Screen Freeze Turbo Fan Issue

Hello...
I've read most, if not all of the related posts; however, I have not seen any definitive answer to this issue.
My, almost mint condition, Power Mac G5 PPC has recently started the screen freeze, turbo fan, won't boot issue that seems to be prevalent with these models. I've tried almost all of the suggested troubleshooting fixes and have had no luck. My most recent attempt was to try and start in single-user mode (holding SHIFT + S at startup) and I received the following error screen then turbo fans: http://www.thishateofmine.com/Assets/photos/appleCPUpower.jpg
Remember...this is a PPC, so why am I getting an error referencing Intel CPU Power Management? This leads me to believe the OSX 10.5.8 I've been running has installed system resources for non-existent CPU's and is causing a conflict. This would be a major coding error on Apple's behalf, would it not?
I never had this issue when running any previous OS version and this computer had been running spectacularly.
It has only been used in my clean, smoke-free, home recording studio and if it werent' for a few blemishes left by external HDD's, this computer could pass as brand new. There is very little internal dust and I have kept it clean with electronics approved compressed air. I have not removed anything to get at the PSU area for cleaning, though.
If I could get it to boot from the original DVD's and install up from Panther, I would. Based on the error message I'm receiving, I do not believe this is a logic board, RAM, CPU, etc... issue. The computer will boot into open firmware and function fine, but not the OS; therefore, this would be an OS problem, right? Is that not a logical mental path?
This HAS to be a known issue and have a resolve that is NOT logic board and/or CPU replacement related.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
BTW...please read this as a positive communication from a frustrated (knowledgeable enough to be dangerous) user. I just want my G5 back.

After plugging in the G5 PPC, as it had been unplugged for several days, here are last night’s efforts:
With only the original, main Hitachi Deckstar 400GB HDD in slot 1, I attempted to boot normal, boot holding SHIFT + COMMAND + V, boot holding COMMAND + S and boot to the original install DVD, all with no joy. In my original post I incorrectly stated I was attempting to boot into single-user mode by holding SHIFT + S, which resulted in the screen displaying the OP’s linked image. In attempting to boot into (actual) single-user mode and verbose mode, I get two different text messages – and have taken screen photos, but have not been able to upload yet – both of which stop with “DART enabled” and then do nothing else with no cursor capability, only to result in turbo fans and having to hold the power button down to shut down.
Next I ran (again) the Apple Hardware Test from the original install DVD and everything passed.
Feeling confident the hardware is all in working order, I used my brother’s Macbook Pro 3.1 (OS v10.6.8) as the host to mount the G5 PPC in target disk mode. The PPC’s HDD mounts up with no issues and everything is accessible, so I shut down and swapped the original HDD with a 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 that did not have an OS on it, restarted to AHT DVD and ran test again with everything passing.
Now I reconnected the target disk mode setup, formatted the PPC’s WD HDD and installed Leopard on it while in TDM from the MBP3.1. Everything installed, restarted will still TDM connected, MBP3.1 started up with the PPC’s HDD as the startup disk, went through all the typical initial install information and registration and voila I’m back in target disk mode with the PPC’s HDD as my boot disk and MBP3.1’s HDD on the desktop. Everything’s accessible, functions and looks good.
Keeping in mind I’m only dangerously knowledgeable regarding computers, I’m thinking I should be able to shut everything down and now boot the G5 PPC from the internal WD HDD I just installed the OS on, right? Wrong. All I get is the infamous folder with a flashing question mark.
Help!!! (…please???)
BTW…as it has been mentioned in a few posts, but is one thing I have not done yet, I thought it worth mentioning. I have not replaced the internal battery, but the last time I was able to get the computer to boot to the internal HDD and run for a short period of time, after being unplugged for several days, I did have to re-enter time, date, location, etc… info. The actual last time I got it to boot, I did not do this, as it only got as far as loading the desktop before freezing, but the time was correct. Didn’t get a chance to check date and location, as it froze almost instantaneously.

In addition to my iMac, I have a Power Mac G4 (10.4.11 Tiger) which of course is pre-Intel. I can boot up and use for about 5 minutes before the mouse freezes. I believe something is overheating. What would that be - so I can have repairs done? The

In addition to my iMac, I have a Power Mac G4 (10.4.11 Tiger) which of course is pre-Intel. I can boot up and use for about 5 minutes before the mouse freezes. I believe something is
overheating. What would that be - so I can have repairs done? The machine is the Digital Audio version, M7627LL/A and Serial Number XB******KXQ.
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Hello USME,
'Tis a common problem on old Macs.
Do as Allan says: open the door and blow out all the dust bunnies. Canned air from Wal-Mart or Radio Shack can be handy (though sort of expensive) especially for blowing through the back of the power supply. A cool Mac is a happy Mac.
Be sure your Mac can breathe. The air intake is on the bottom of the case, so be sure a deep pile rug or too many papers on your desk are not blocking the air supply.
Feel the power supply and the processor with your hand. They should be warm but not hot; if you have to move your hand away, that's too hot!
Check the fan on the power supply, and on the processor if it has one. Take a flashlight and peer in the back of the (Mac) case through the grille; make sure the fan is turning. If it's not, the power supply won't work for long.
Fans are not considered serviceable, though they will succumb to mechanics of determination. A CPU fan is easy and straightforward.
A fan replacement will not cure an already damaged power supply; the PS may already be done for. Used power supplies for a DA are hard to come by, and not especially cheap when found (c.$50). An entire working DA or Quicksilver may often be found for under $100 on eBay, and swapping in your HD is easy and simple... this might be cheaper and more expeditious than repairing an expired DA. Replacing a power supply is fairly easy, but it's a nuisance and requires a 2mm Allen head wrench in addition to the usual #2 Phillips head screwdriver.
In my experience, power supplies and CPUs are about equally likely to fail. There are a few other possibilities, but they are not nearly so common.
Good luck!... Jon

Power Mac Freezes

Hello All! Does anyone have any information on why the Power Mac G5 2.5, freezes so much... What sort of recommended preventive maintenance should I do? Will adding more ram help? Three months ago the original hard drive decided that it was not going to run anymore LOL. Oh what a mission it was, apple support instructed me with wrong information.... The good thing was, that I managed to save a great deal of my files with out Apples help. And now to my new deli-ma; I operate Maya on this computer, and it started to freeze up to the point that the only thing responding was the curser, and nothing else... Had to shut the computer and pray that it would start up with no problems, which it did. So now, what can I do next!
Thanks!
Pixel423

Don't discount the possibility of a bad video card. I have dual monitors running on an ATI Radeon Pro 9800. I started having random shutdowns when passing windows between montors, or sometimes even opening Firefox. Other times, the computer would be up for several days without incident.
My shutdowns produced NONE of the crash logs that people have posted here though.
The process for shutdowns usually included an appearance by the System Preferences/Monitors pane just prior to the machine shutting down.
I recently placed a spare video card (a Radeon 7000) inside the G5 and plugged my 2nd monitor there and VIOLA the shutdowns have stopped. I still get the System Pref/monitors pane... but am allowed to shut it down without the machine going POOF!
I'm planning on purchasing a new video card and hoping that it solves the issue.
I don't doubt that a failed power supply could be the issue for some people... but I've also heard from too many people that the replacement PS didn't solve the issue.

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