Thanks so much for the VERY helpful list, which I will try soon. It sounds like the problem is not the computer but rather the operating system. I only paid $100 for this iMac and it's worked great for a year so I can't complain too much. Maybe it's just time for me to face buying OS 10 from the LEM list or on ebay. If there's a major dollar difference betweenthe OS systems I can get by fine with OS 10.3 (or maybe even OS 10.2). I don't think I HAVE to have 10.4. But what do you guys think is best for an iMac Flower Power (500 processor)?
Cyrus Griffin wrote: > Yup, sounds like trouble in the making. You probably have some > corruption in your system. Here's a list of the basic system restore > steps, one of these should help. Just go through the list until the > problem clears up. > > - Restart (I assume you've tried this, but it never hurts to > reiterate it) > - Run a Disk, and Permissions check in Disk Utility. (Located under > [your HD]>Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility) > - Reset the Pram (Hold Option, Apple, R and P at startup) and > NVram. (Hold Option, Apple, O and F at startup, then when prompted > type reset-nvram) > - Boot into single-user mode, and run a file system check (Hold > Apple and S at startup, when prompted, type, fsck -f) And wait a > while, because sometimes it seems like it gets stuck, but it's still > working on it. If it comes back and says No files were modified, then > there wasn't anything that it found wrong, or couldn't fix. In that > case, try going further: > - Create a new user, see if the problems persist in the new account. > - Buy 10.4 install disks on eBay, and perform an archive and > install, preserving user data. > - Archive and install without preserving users, then copy your data > back manually. (Skipping the user Library, as at this point this is > probably what's corrupted) > - Back up your data, reformat your hard drive, and reinstall 10.4 > fresh. > > You probably won't have to go through this whole list, but it depends > on how deeply your system's problems are. If you have any questions, > or get stuck, feel free to ask, one of us here on the iMacs list can > help :) > Let us know how it goes, and if you're able to fix the problem. > > > -Elliott > > > > On Aug 30, 2009, at 11:10 AM, michaelangelo wrote: > > >> I have an imac Flowerpower bought used with OS 10.4.11 (no OS disks). >> Has worked great. About two weeks ago a couple of odd things started >> to happen: (1) Outlines of boxes started to appear and disappear on >> the screen, kind of like a ghost outline of something that was on the >> screen that had just appeared; and (2) Under the Apple menu, "Force >> Quit," "Restart," "Shutdown," and "Log Out Apple User" all appear in >> the pop-up menu screen TWICE! >> >> Obvious something is going on here. Anyone know what, and what is >> likely going to happen? Drat! >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
