Started having problems when OS X 10.4.11 installed

Question

I am truly hoping someone has had a similar problem and has the answer to what I am experiencing following updating my OS to 10.4.11. The screen goes completely black after start-up (kind of like it goes to sleep and won't totally wake). At first it seemed to have something to do with "mail" software but I'm not sure. I ran a check on the hardware but everything passed. I also booted from disk but same problem occurred. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Hello BDAqua,
I tried SafeBoot and I did hear the bong on start-up but never got a screen-it stayed totally black. I've been restarting and restarting until finally I get the white screen with the gray apple on start-up. I've noticed that when its going to go black right after start-up the white screen never materializes and I just get a blue loading bar that doesn't get completely finished before the screen loads then boom, it goes black. I tried ctrlapple+RP and that worked briefly but within a few days I was right back to getting the black screen. Also, today I repaired permissions to my HD. I haven't restarted yet because I wanted to respond here first in case I can't get back up. More info:
Model: PowerBook 5,6
Processor Speed: 1.67 GHz Power PC G4
Hard Drive Size: 74.4g with 24.4 available
RAM: Original 512 MB DDR SDRAM(type) PC 2700U25330(speed)
Internal Optical Drive: MATSHITA DVD-R UJ 835E Reads and burns both DVD and CD
Version of OS X Installed at Manufacture: Panther- 10.3.9 (Pretty sure of this exact version but am absolutely sure of the Panther 10.3 part)
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you all. Thanks so much! T.