Reassembled 24" iMac, Minor Problem
After experiencing numerous overheating problems with my 24" iMac, I went ahead and disassembled it and blew all the dust out. While I was in there, I upgraded to a 2TB hard drive. I put it back together, and everything seems to be working properly. Well, except for one minor problem. There appears to be a very narrow strip of cloth blocking the RAM slot screw. I don't know where it came from or how to get rid of it/move it out of the way. I really don't want to fully disassemble the thing just to get get the RAM cover back on. Can I get rid of it with a few strategic cuts of a razor blade? Has anyone else who has disassembled an iMac seen this before? Thanks... -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Incorrect Number Of Thread Records
At 4:45 PM -0700 9/15/2011, Jasiu wrote: 17" g5 iMac which worked fine til this morning. It shut itself down Was there some sort of power failure? Were things running hot? Has a sudden shutdown happened previously? and when I went to restart I got a reassuring BONG Ok. So your CPU, memory, and buses are probably ok. and the blue background of the desktop popped up sans icons. Mouse doesn't work Perhaps a HD failure. Ran Applejack from Open Firmware No. You ran AppleJack from the root account of OS X, while booted into Single User Mode. and it said something about incorrect number of thread records, invalid volume file count. The files system on your HD has been corrupted, perhaps the data areas also. It also says that there is a missing directory record and Applejack was not able to fix the disc. AppleJack is simply a shell script that runs various utilities. fsck, aka Disk Utility, was unable to repair the disk volume. Any idea of what to do? As others have said, try a different tool. You can try booting on your OS X DVD, or an external drive, and running a Repair Disk pass with Disk Utility -- but I doubt that will work, as fsck has already failed. The next best tool is DiskWarrior. Fsck tries to repair the file system in-place. DiskWarrior is a bigger hammer - it will try to rebuild the file system from scratch, making a whole new one. Of course, this doesn't say much toward the actual cause. If your HD is failing, then the only point of doing the repair work would be to get it to the point you can make a backup... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Incorrect Number Of Thread Records
On Sep 15, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Tina K. wrote: > On 2011/09/15 17:54, Jim Scott so eloquently wrote: >> Sounds as if you've got either a hard drive problem or a directory >> problem, or most likely the latter caused by the former. >> >> I would boot from the OS X install disk and run Disk Utility>First >> Aid>Repair Disk until it has fixed everything or until it says it >> can't fix it. >> >> If Repair Disk fixes everything, then your machine should boot from >> the hard drive. If it doesn't, then beg, borrow or buy a copy of >> DiskWarrior that's appropriate for your version of OS X. DiskWarrior >> is absolutely superb at fixing the type of problems you report. >> >> If DiskWarrior doesn't fix the problem, then you very likely have a >> failing hard drive, a not uncommon problem. > > If it is indeed a failing HDD, shouldn't the first step be to back it up > before trying to repair the directory? > Normally, you would be correct: back it up first. However, in the case in this thread, that is not possible because the user can't even boot from the hard drive. Jim Scott -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Incorrect Number Of Thread Records
On 2011/09/15 17:54, Jim Scott so eloquently wrote: Sounds as if you've got either a hard drive problem or a directory problem, or most likely the latter caused by the former. I would boot from the OS X install disk and run Disk Utility>First Aid>Repair Disk until it has fixed everything or until it says it can't fix it. If Repair Disk fixes everything, then your machine should boot from the hard drive. If it doesn't, then beg, borrow or buy a copy of DiskWarrior that's appropriate for your version of OS X. DiskWarrior is absolutely superb at fixing the type of problems you report. If DiskWarrior doesn't fix the problem, then you very likely have a failing hard drive, a not uncommon problem. If it is indeed a failing HDD, shouldn't the first step be to back it up before trying to repair the directory? Tina -- iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForceFX5200 Ultra 64MB VRAM 10.4.11 PB G4 15" HR-DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB VRAM 10.5.8 Mac Pro Mid-2010 2.8 GHz QC 6 GB RAM Radeon HD 5770 1GB VRAM 10.6.8 -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Smart Copy?
Hmm. I must have had Speed Doubler at some point, because I used "Smart Copy" often. Then over the years, I lost it and miss it! I could not remember that it was once part of Speed Doubler. Is there something out there currently that will do the same thing in OS X (10.5.8, PPC)? Apple seriously needs to add it to the Finder! On 9/15/11 7:32 PM, "Andrew Liu Anderson" wrote: > Hello All, > > There was a sub-utility, I think it was part of Connectix Speed Doubler > I think it was called "Smart Copy" and would allow you to, for example, > drag the entire contents of a folder, group of folders,group of files, > or even an entire drive to another drive. It would compare the files of > the source and destination discs and only copy files that are new or > updated. It may also have had the option of deleting files that are no > longer on the source disc. > > "Normal" copy doesn't do that. The only optons are to replace all, or > cancel... Or go through the painstaking task of answering "replace > file?" (or folder) for each and every file. > > Is there a good utility for X that works like "Smart Copy?" Being that > Speed Doubler worked on OS 8, I can't imagine it requiring OS 10.Jillion > to work in X. > > TIA > Drew -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Smart Copy?
On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Andrew Liu Anderson wrote: > Is there a good utility for X that works like "Smart Copy?" Being that Speed > Doubler worked on OS 8, I can't imagine it requiring OS 10.Jillion to work in > X. Carbon Copy Cloner's backup routine works like that. So does Time Machine, for that matter (which I've not had any problems with on any of my Macs or the 10 or so Macs I have using Time Machine here in the College. One thing that's critical for trouble-free TM operation: good quality external drives. I've had the best luck with Seagate and Buffalo drives and the worst with WD and el-cheapo third party enclosures. -- 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 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Incorrect Number Of Thread Records
On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Jasiu wrote: > i have a 17" g5 iMac which worked fine til this morning. It shut > itself down and when I went to restart I got a reassuring BONG and the > blue background of the desktop popped up sans icons. Mouse doesn't > work > > Ran Applejack from Open Firmware and it said something about incorrect > number of thread records, invalid volume file count. It also says that > there is a missing directory record and Applejack was not able to fix > the disc. > > Any idea of what to do? > Sounds as if you've got either a hard drive problem or a directory problem, or most likely the latter caused by the former. I would boot from the OS X install disk and run Disk Utility>First Aid>Repair Disk until it has fixed everything or until it says it can't fix it. If Repair Disk fixes everything, then your machine should boot from the hard drive. If it doesn't, then beg, borrow or buy a copy of DiskWarrior that's appropriate for your version of OS X. DiskWarrior is absolutely superb at fixing the type of problems you report. If DiskWarrior doesn't fix the problem, then you very likely have a failing hard drive, a not uncommon problem. Jim Scott -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Incorrect Number Of Thread Records
Insert the DiskWarrior CD, then boot up holding down the "c" key. On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Jasiu wrote: > The Imac wont boot into OSX. As far as I can go now is a white screen > with the grey Apple logo and thats it > > On Sep 15, 7:47 pm, Art wrote: >> DiskWarrior? >> >> On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Jasiu wrote: >> >>> i have a 17" g5 iMac which worked fine til this morning. It shut >>> itself down and when I went to restart I got a reassuring BONG and the >>> blue background of the desktop popped up sans icons. Mouse doesn't >>> work >> >>> Ran Applejack from Open Firmware and it said something about incorrect >>> number of thread records, invalid volume file count. It also says that >>> there is a missing directory record and Applejack was not able to fix >>> the disc. >> >>> Any idea of what to do? > > -- > 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 > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Incorrect Number Of Thread Records
The Imac wont boot into OSX. As far as I can go now is a white screen with the grey Apple logo and thats it On Sep 15, 7:47 pm, Art wrote: > DiskWarrior? > > On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Jasiu wrote: > > > i have a 17" g5 iMac which worked fine til this morning. It shut > > itself down and when I went to restart I got a reassuring BONG and the > > blue background of the desktop popped up sans icons. Mouse doesn't > > work > > > Ran Applejack from Open Firmware and it said something about incorrect > > number of thread records, invalid volume file count. It also says that > > there is a missing directory record and Applejack was not able to fix > > the disc. > > > Any idea of what to do? -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Incorrect Number Of Thread Records
DiskWarrior? On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Jasiu wrote: > i have a 17" g5 iMac which worked fine til this morning. It shut > itself down and when I went to restart I got a reassuring BONG and the > blue background of the desktop popped up sans icons. Mouse doesn't > work > > Ran Applejack from Open Firmware and it said something about incorrect > number of thread records, invalid volume file count. It also says that > there is a missing directory record and Applejack was not able to fix > the disc. > > Any idea of what to do? -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Incorrect Number Of Thread Records
i have a 17" g5 iMac which worked fine til this morning. It shut itself down and when I went to restart I got a reassuring BONG and the blue background of the desktop popped up sans icons. Mouse doesn't work Ran Applejack from Open Firmware and it said something about incorrect number of thread records, invalid volume file count. It also says that there is a missing directory record and Applejack was not able to fix the disc. Any idea of what to do? John -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Run Time Machine at Shut Down
On Sep 15, 3:41 pm, Ashgrove wrote: > Al, > > Personally, I gave up on Time Machine a long time ago. It was nothing > but trouble. Perhaps most of its old kinks have been already ironed by > now, but I see from your posts that it's still buggy --three OS's > later. Hi Felix: This is not about fixing bugs; it's about enhancements. I love Time Machine. I am not an early adopter and did not use Time Machine until I picked up an early model Time Capsule on close-out. This saved my bacon several times, within minutes of stupid mistakes. I use CCC weekly to a separate drive. I do not use a third-party TM scheduler simply because the ones I know about do not have a feature I would use. Al -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Smart Copy?
Hello All, There was a sub-utility, I think it was part of Connectix Speed Doubler I think it was called "Smart Copy" and would allow you to, for example, drag the entire contents of a folder, group of folders,group of files, or even an entire drive to another drive. It would compare the files of the source and destination discs and only copy files that are new or updated. It may also have had the option of deleting files that are no longer on the source disc. "Normal" copy doesn't do that. The only optons are to replace all, or cancel... Or go through the painstaking task of answering "replace file?" (or folder) for each and every file. Is there a good utility for X that works like "Smart Copy?" Being that Speed Doubler worked on OS 8, I can't imagine it requiring OS 10.Jillion to work in X. TIA Drew -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Run Time Machine at Shut Down
Al, Personally, I gave up on Time Machine a long time ago. It was nothing but trouble. Perhaps most of its old kinks have been already ironed by now, but I see from your posts that it's still buggy --three OS's later. I depend on good ole SuperDuper for my backups. Both my working Macs get backed up once a day, in the wee hours when everybody but the cats is asleep. They wake up, get backed up in perhaps five minutes, and go back to sleep without so much as a hiccup. And the backups are bootable, which is a plus for me. Don't get me wrong, I understand the advantages of Time Machine, but are they worth the aggravation? Best of luck, Felix On Sep 14, 8:41 pm, Al Poulin wrote: > I am looking for a Time Machine scheduler which can run a backup upon > Shut Down and upon putting the Mac to sleep from the Apple menu. Does > such a thing exist? > > It appears that neither TimeMachineEditor nor TimeMachineScheduler can > do this. > > Many Thanks, > Al Poulin -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
