System Level freeze When running Project manager...

Question

LOGIC PRO 7.2.3
OSX 10.4.8
G5 quad
When I Attempt to initialize the preferences, the whole system FREEZES UP.
This happens when it is attempting to rebuild the "Tree".
AND...
If I launch the "Project Manager" it locks up the system when reading the directory tree....
This is a CLEAN INSTALL of 10.4.8.....
BLACK SCREEN "You must restart your Computer"...
Help!!!
G5 Quad   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Answer 1

Any advice?
Yes, but you're not going to like it.
Before I say more, let me tell you that I went through a similar situation when I first got my G5 (which was a dual 2.7). Kernel panics, every problem in the book. (I recently went through a similar episode with my Quad). And so the advice I'm going to offer you may seem absolutely radical. It might even make you mad. But most of what I'll advise was exactly the advice offered to me over a year ago by this forum's members and it got me up and running.
First, try re-initializing the firmware on your computer. Best thing to do is take it to an Apple store and have them do it. It's a 2-minute process that could potentially cure all of your machine's ills.
When you're there, ask them to show you how it's done. It's not something to be done on a regular basis and a pretty radical thing to do, but it could knock the sense back into your computer in a pinch.
If that doesn't solve the problem, you will need to start from scratch. This means wiping your hard drive entirely (down to zeros). Then re-install the software from your factory OS CD and NOT a clone of your existing drive.
The reason this is necessary is this: there is every possibility that the OS on your system -- as installed by Apple -- is the very thing that's corrupting your computer/making you unable to run Logic. If you want the explanation I'll give it to you, but suffice it to say that the OS on your factory install CD is correct for your computer, whereas the OS installed BY the factory on your computer may not be. This is not BS or voodoo. It's a documented fact (documentation can be found on Apple's very own website).
Anyway, after you've wiped your drive and installed the OS from the disk, your very next step would be to install ProApps 3.1.
Then install Logic and do not copy your preferences from an older backup, period.
Yes, it will be a total PITA to re-establish all of your key commands from scratch, but by doing so you can guarantee that your preferences are absolutely virgin.
The next step is to update the OS to whatever you want it to be.
After this, start installing your 3rd party plugs and anything else you want to add to the computer.
I suggest you follow these steps exactly in this order, as it worked for me, and worked very well.
Message was edited by: iSchwartz