I have seen a similar behavior on my G4 just recently. After switching the processor card it worked fine again. If you have a spare processor card you might want to give it a try.
Peter M. Sent from my iPod Touch On Sep 1, 2008, at 5:43 AM, Doug Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Got up this morning and booted up the computer, using Chicken of the > VNC I was going to check my mail, but it could not locate my file/mail > server. I don't keep a monitor on that computer as I usual > administer it via VNC. Hooked up a monitor and did a reset, it seemed > to start normally, gray screen with spinning gear, then to blue screen > with starting OS X progress bar, but that is as far as it got. It > completely filled the progress bar and just stayed there. > > Next I tried safe mode, booting with the shift key down. Again it > started normally and booted all the way to the login screen. Typed in > password and it booted, but I had no menu bar at the top of the screen > and the dock was not present. > > Now I've tried booting from the Tiger startup CD and all the further I > get is the gray screen with the spinning gear, been doing that for > about 15 minutes now. Help! > > Just a message from Doug... > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
