Bruce, I took your advice with an additional bit of info from a link to an Apple document about blue screen freezes and OS 10.5. I'm pleased to say things seem fine now. All the hardware checked out fine (woo-hoo!) and a fresh "Archive and Install" version of the OS seemed to have removed the freezing tendencies. Thanks for your help. Bill
On Dec 3, 9:51 am, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:56 PM, BillBoggs wrote: > > > I'm new to this list but not to the Mac world. My previously trusty > > first generation PowerMac G5 1.6 ghz single processor machine running > > 10.5.5 just up and started misbehaving yesterday. Random freeze ups, > > great difficulty in rebooting, hanging up at the gray-blue screen > > after the Apple logo, that sort of thing. I "repaired permissions" > > Which did nothing. Repair Permissions only fixes very specific errors > that will ONLY occur immediately after installing a system update or > permissions have been hosed by inexpert hacking around in Terminal. > > > and > > ran TechTools, which rated "passed" on all tests. Anyone have a > > diagnosis? Your input would be most appreciated. > > Boot from your 10.5 didsk and run Disk Utility > Repair until it says > everything's been fixed. > > While in Disk Utility check the SMART status of your drive. If it says > Failed, BACK UP YOUR STUFF and replace the drive,it's on the way out. > > If the SMART status is OK and Disk Utility cannot fix the problems, > Disk Warrior may be able to fix things. Otherwise, back up your stuff, > if needed, and nuke&pave the drive: reformat, re-install 10.5, and all > updates and restore your stuff. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
