What can I do in Safe Mode to fix boot problem?

MY MBP is giving me the "NOT" sign on start-up. This comes after initially displaying the Apple logo.
This MBP had a new logic board installed by Apple just two weeks ago -- and I know I can take it back but I'd like to fix this myself.
Here's what's happening.
BTW -- I put in a different hard drive after getting the MBP back. It has worked fine for several days.
Don't know if these points are relevant, but:
1. First thing I noticed today is that neither of the USB ports would read a flash drive. The port would, however, work mouse and keyboard.
2. The initial non-boot episode took place when I had external hard drives daisy-chained in via Firewire. But, again, this had worked previously, as recent as this morning.
This may be significant:
3. The last tasks performed on the MBP were -- for the first time -- to edit video in FCE, make DVD in iDVD, burn IMG file.
4. I have connect this MBP as a target FW drive to another MBP and run "disk verify" and "disk repair" in Disk Utility. It says the drive and permissions are okay.
5. I have booted to a copy of Disk Warrior (latest version, version 4, I believe) and rebuilt directories and files along with verify/repair permissions (everything DW will do). And when re-starting, it still won't boot.
6. When I boot off Snow Leopard DVD and run Disk Utility…"verify disk" says "the volume appears to be ok"….when I "repair disk" it reports "Volume repair complete." and "Updating boot partitions for the volume as required."
7. I'm able to boot in SAFE MODE, but when I try to restart in normal mode, it won't boot (so nothing was automatically fixed)
What can I do in safe mode to address my problem?
Thanks,
TD

Linc:
Thanks for your thorough and detailed help. Unfortunately, I'm a poor partner in this project.
Searching "BOOT_TIME" in "All Messages" produced the following:
7/2/12 2:05:42 PM          bootlog[42]          BOOT_TIME: 1341252333 0
7/2/12 2:10:17 PM          bootlog[42]          BOOT_TIME: 1341252609 0
7/3/12 10:33:56 AM          bootlog[41]          BOOT_TIME: 1341326028 0
7/3/12 2:34:01 PM          bootlog[41]          BOOT_TIME: 1341340431 0
7/3/12 7:34:52 PM          bootlog[41]          BOOT_TIME: 1341358484 0
7/4/12 4:18:42 AM          bootlog[41]          BOOT_TIME: 1341389911 0
7/4/12 11:20:15 AM          bootlog[41]          BOOT_TIME: 1341415206 0
7/4/12 11:41:58 AM          bootlog[41]          BOOT_TIME: 1341416510 0
7/5/12 8:55:38 AM          bootlog[43]          BOOT_TIME: 1341492928 0
7/5/12 9:01:22 AM          bootlog[41]          BOOT_TIME: 1341493271 0
7/5/12 9:11:21 AM          bootlog[43]          BOOT_TIME: 1341493870 0
7/5/12 9:00:19 PM          bootlog[38]          BOOT_TIME: 1341536357 0
7/5/12 9:18:41 PM          bootlog[38]          BOOT_TIME: 1341537462 0
7/6/12 6:00:30 AM          bootlog[38]          BOOT_TIME: 1341568771 0
When I try to do "System Diagnostic Reports" nothing opens. Right above it on the menu, however, are "Diagnostic Usage Messages" .... which are quite lengthy:
7/5/12 8:55:52 AM          airportd[79]          [most time: (2.753687) _scan] trace: <CFArray 0x101200630 [0x1005f7ee0]>{type = immutable, count = 12, values = (
          0 : <CFString 0x10003ccd0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "pref_netwk_AJ"}
          1 : <CFString 0x10003cb90 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan non-DFS channels"}
          2 : <CFString 0x101205f30 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.955868) _scan"}
          3 : <CFString 0x1012006c0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000001) _lookup"}
          4 : <CFString 0x10003cbf0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan DFS channels"}
          5 : <CFString 0x10100af20 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(1.884684) _scan"}
          6 : <CFString 0x1010042e0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000000) _lookup"}
          7 : <CFString 0x10003cc10 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan all channels"}
          8 : <CFString 0x101209650 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(2.753687) _scan"}
          9 : <CFString 0x1012069d0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000010) _lookup"}
          10 : <CFString 0x101014f20 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.022895) _keychain"}
          11 : <CFString 0x10122a310 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.549176) _association"}
com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.airport.autojoin.summary
com.apple.message.signature: AutoJoinSuccess
com.apple.message.result: success
com.apple.message.value: 6.180804
com.apple.message.value2: 3.000000
com.apple.message.value3: 1.000000
com.apple.message.uuid: 23DA91E9-04B0-4025-B74A-552331A20578
7/5/12 8:55:52 AM          airportd[79]          [most time: (2.753687) _scan] trace: <CFArray 0x101200630 [0x1005f7ee0]>{type = immutable, count = 12, values = (
          0 : <CFString 0x10003ccd0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "pref_netwk_AJ"}
          1 : <CFString 0x10003cb90 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan non-DFS channels"}
          2 : <CFString 0x101205f30 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.955868) _scan"}
          3 : <CFString 0x1012006c0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000001) _lookup"}
          4 : <CFString 0x10003cbf0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan DFS channels"}
          5 : <CFString 0x10100af20 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(1.884684) _scan"}
          6 : <CFString 0x1010042e0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000000) _lookup"}
          7 : <CFString 0x10003cc10 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan all channels"}
          8 : <CFString 0x101209650 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(2.753687) _scan"}
          9 : <CFString 0x1012069d0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000010) _lookup"}
          10 : <CFString 0x101014f20 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.022895) _keychain"}
          11 : <CFString 0x10122a310 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.549176) _association"}
com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.airport.autojoin.summary
com.apple.message.signature: AutoJoinSuccess
com.apple.message.result: success
com.apple.message.value: 6.180804
com.apple.message.value2: 3.000000
com.apple.message.value3: 1.000000
com.apple.message.uuid: 23DA91E9-04B0-4025-B74A-552331A20578
7/5/12 9:11:34 AM          airportd[79]          [most time: (2.720380) _scan] trace: <CFArray 0x1013040f0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{type = immutable, count = 12, values = (
          0 : <CFString 0x10003ccd0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "pref_netwk_AJ"}
          1 : <CFString 0x10003cb90 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan non-DFS channels"}
          2 : <CFString 0x1010044e0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.973924) _scan"}
          3 : <CFString 0x10100c640 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000000) _lookup"}
          4 : <CFString 0x10003cbf0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan DFS channels"}
          5 : <CFString 0x101300630 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(1.888195) _scan"}
          6 : <CFString 0x10130a3a0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000001) _lookup"}
          7 : <CFString 0x10003cc10 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan all channels"}
          8 : <CFString 0x1010151e0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(2.720380) _scan"}
          9 : <CFString 0x101010ea0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000010) _lookup"}
          10 : <CFString 0x1013064f0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.023988) _keychain"}
          11 : <CFString 0x101304bf0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.445394) _association"}
com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.airport.autojoin.summary
com.apple.message.signature: AutoJoinSuccess
com.apple.message.result: success
com.apple.message.value: 6.080535
com.apple.message.value2: 3.000000
com.apple.message.value3: 1.000000
com.apple.message.uuid: E3FB8E32-8281-44D4-B072-0DF5C83C7834
Does this mean anything? Next step? I'm desparate.
Thanks again.
TD

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Firefox 3.6 keeps crashing on opening. Can't open in safe mode, can't see crash logs. HELP please.

Firefox worked fine last night. No changes/downloads but today it keeps crashing when opening. I downloaded new 3.6 version for mac but same problem. Tried to open in safe mode by going to the terminal and typing /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -safe-mode but nothing happens. Tried to see my crash reports as per the mozilla (/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted) but the folders don't exist.
Crash report reads:
Add-ons: {7b13ec3e-999a-4b70-b9cb-2617b8323822}:2.7.1.3,{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}:3.6.11
BuildID: 20101012104758
CrashTime: 1288214674
EMCheckCompatibility: true
Email:
FramePoisonBase: 00000000f0dea000
FramePoisonSize: 4096
InstallTime: 1287680805
ProductName: Firefox
ReleaseChannel: release
SecondsSinceLastCrash: 726
StartupTime: 1288214672
Theme: classic/1.0
Throttleable: 1
Vendor: Mozilla
Version: 3.6.11
This report also contains technical information about the state of the application when it crashed.

Hello,
'''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|Firefox Safe Mode]] is a troubleshooting mode that temporarily turns off hardware acceleration, resets some settings, and disables add-ons (extensions and themes).
'''If Firefox is open,''' you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:
* Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click Help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
'''If Firefox is not running,''' you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:
* On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
* On Mac: Hold the '''option''' key while starting Firefox.
* On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run ''firefox -safe-mode'' <br>(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "Start in Safe Mode".
;[[Image:SafeMode-Fx35]]
'''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration. Please follow the steps in the [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] article to find the cause.
''To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem.

Can not open in safe mode

I can not open in safe mode. It launches Utilities instead.
I tried to reinstall Mavericks but it stalled for over an hour.
I found a loose kernel in my HD fielder and deleted it.
Anny ideas? Thanks.
Allan

Using Safe Mode. What happens with a normal boot - same thing? If so then your startup volume needs to be reformatted and you need to reinstall OS X.
Install or Reinstall OS X from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
      left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
      the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass. Click on
      the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
           because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should install the version of OS X that you had installed.

Can't open in safe mode / clear cache because firefox is frozen

I tried to load a page that seems to have had a buggy embedded video ad, and now Firefox is stuck. It stops responding, but when I force quit and reopen, it opens the offending page again too, and it freezes again. I've tried restarting my computer, and reinstalling Firefox, and the problem keeps happening. I can't follow the advice I've seen here about opening in Safe MOde or clearing my cache, because Firefox freezes before I can do that. I there a way to do these from outside Firefox? I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.8 if that matters.
Thanks!

Hello,
'''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|Firefox Safe Mode]] is a troubleshooting mode that temporarily turns off hardware acceleration, resets some settings, and disables add-ons (extensions and themes).
'''If Firefox is open,''' you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:
* Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click Help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
'''If Firefox is not running,''' you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:
* On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
* On Mac: Hold the '''option''' key while starting Firefox.
* On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run ''firefox -safe-mode'' <br>(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "Start in Safe Mode".
;[[Image:SafeMode-Fx35]]
'''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration. Please follow the steps in the [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] article to find the cause.
''To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem.

I can not find the safe mode option

Once again, my address bar had vanished. This time, the option is still checked to display it, and turning it off and on again does nothing. The help pages suggest going into Safe Mode to fix this, but the .exe is not in my Mozilla folder. I tried searching for it using Start>Search, but got nothing.
At the same time this happened, all my buttons (default and custom) were removed from my menu bars and returned to the customise window.
What can I do please?
TIA

You're welcome

Satellite A105-S4211 can be launched at safe mode only

Hello,
I am a newer, and need help!
I have Toshiba Satellite A105-S4211 laptop. My kid used it for a year, and told me the Window XP operating system could not be normally launched up. I tested it. This laptop only can be started at safe mode. I used following method try to fix it. but it still works at safe mode only:
1. Replaced memory.
2. Replaced hard drive.
3. format hard drive, and reinstall Toshiba recovery disk--> could not install completed, fail at latest step.
4. format hard drive, and install Window XP professional SP2 --> fail at latest step also.
5. lauched at safe mode, and use command chkdsk to check disk. finsihed checked disk and ask me to use command "chkdsk /f" at next start up because some file is used. I reply "Yes", and restart laptop, it still going to safe mode.
6. One of my friend told me this maybe the video card of this laptop is out of work because it only works at low resolution. I have no idea.
7. I read some error messages at the process of launch. such as error at address 0x00000005. but I don't know how to fix it.
Some one told I should replace a new mother board. I bought this laptop at the fall of 2006, but my kid used only one year. it has not been used because this trouble. Is it the reasonable idea to buy new motherboard?
thanks!
Mike

Thanks for any response advance!
I tested this lapton again as following:
1. Boot from orininal recovery disc, erase and partition hard drive
2. continue to boot from recovery disc, select option of recovery of factory default software
3 finish the process to create CRC, and screen show the recovery completed
4. Screen shows " Apply final configuration (Don't interrupt)
5, Window Xp show to shut down, and restart laptop, the normal desktop screen is shown
6. pop up window indicates "load personal setting"
laptop repeatly step 4 to 6 two to three times, then I had couple different results:
a. laptop still power on, screen does not show any image, black, but it is different to the "black" without power.
b. a small window indicates: This system is not fully install, please run setup again"
If I manually shut down this laptop, and make cold power up:
a. stay at Window XP initial image, can not go to next
b. laptop show blue screen for one second (looks to make disk check), go to option to select safe mode or normal mode
c. go to Window guiding setup, I finished the Windows XP set up step by step, laptop freeze
The trouble begins at the step of "Apply final configuration".
Do I need to order the disc of Recovery and Application/Drivers, Satellite A100/A105 Series"?
Any suggestion? thanks!
Mike

Macbook pro 2006 can only start on safe mode and it has a lot of squares on the screen

My macbook pro 2006 can only start on safe mode and it has a lot of squares on the screen even if I use an external display help? heres a picture http://i61.tinypic.com/vebszt.jpg

Mespinal130,
have you tried running your MacBook Pro’s Apple Hardware Test, to see if it can detect anything amiss?

I keep getting a Fatal Exception Error on start up, and I can only run in safe mode on my dv6

I keep getting a Fatal Exception Error on start up, and I can only run in safe mode on my dv6, can anyone please help? I don't really want to reset it back to factory defaults as I will have to re-install everything. I have tried going back via system restore, but it keeps telling me that there are no restore points? I am running Windows7 64 bit OS
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
Start the notebook in Safe Mode and let Windows fully load. Hold down the Windows key and press R. In to the Run box type msconfig and hit enter. In the following window, click the Start up tab, remove the tick next to each start up item and then click Apply to make the change. Restart the notebook and see if it now boots normally. If it does, re-enable one start up item at a time, click Apply and reboot to check if it still runs ok. Keep doing this until you encounter the problem and you will know the last program you set to start is causing the issue.
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My MacBook Core 2 Duo will not boot up. In safe mode I see keychain problems and Mach 1102.

My MacBook Core 2 Duo will not boot up. In safe mode I see keychain problems and Mach 1102 and it keeps circling through the same error. Also the screen is so faint (pressing the F1 and F2 keys don't do anything). I got this from a friend and he didn't have any of the original discs. Any suggestions? From what I've read it's a problem with a recent update. I've never had a Mac so I'm trying to learn and fix it.

I just had an issue like this. I was able to boot up with an external firewire drive, although it was a lot of trouble. I think doing an option boot finally worked; holding down the option key, I eventually got to see the firewire drive was bootable, and booted from it.
I put the thing in verbose boot mode (command - v , I think; but please look it up. I have no Mac books at work to check). In verbose mode, you could see that the hard drive could not mount; the OS tried to do fsck, but it failed around 2/3 of the way, and the CPU was halted.
I was occasionally able to boot normally, but never in safe or single user modes; these do a disk test first, which invariably failed.
I could see from the system and console logs when I managed to get the firewire boot going that there were repeated errors trying to access drive s03, the internal SATA drive. The logs on the SATA drive showed huges numbers of errors. At a wild guess, for some reason a lot of sectors went bad all at once. There had been a some erratic behavior before, but I'd put that down to the single processor G5 problems. (these were non video related, just freezes).
Applecare wanted me to carry the huge thing into the local Apple store, but I persuaded them to just send me a replacment hard drive, which they did. The new one works perfectly.
PowerMac G5 1.8 SP (late 2004), 1.42 mhz 14 iBook Mac OS X (10.4.3) both with 1.5 GB Ram

I am trying to set up iTunes match on my apple tv, but it just keeps showing that it is loading, it has been running for over an hour, what can be done here, it has gone with no problem on my iPhone, iPad but not the tv

i am trying to set up iTunes match on my apple tv, but it just keeps showing that it is loading, it has been running for over an hour, what can be done here, it has gone with no problem on my iPhone, iPad but not the tv

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What can I do I got my iPad fixed at a different brand place but not apple and I have ended up a few weeks later with dust inside my screen is their anything apple can still do for me?

What can I do I got my iPad fixed at a different brand place but not apple and I have ended up a few weeks later with dust inside my screen is their anything apple can still do for me?

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