On 29/07/2008, at 10:25 PM, Michael Kane Taylor wrote:
My dual 2 GHz G5 has developed problems and is currently hors de
combat. A problem which started about a week ago and was, at that
time, intermittent, has now become constant. The machine starts
normally and will function for a brief period of time before
freezing, at which time the drive is screaming and the machine
displays a greyed-out exhortation to re-start. Etc.
Before the problem became acute I was able to run TechTool Pro,
Disk Warrior and Disk Utility. No drive problems were noted and a
few files were repaired. I also replaced the directory. As I am
more than stuffed without CS3 or a machine that will drive a 30"
monitor I would welcome any suggestions.
Both drives are backed up and the main drive is cloned with
SuperDuper so I would lose only some recent installations if a new
drive is indicated. I can't keep the machine running long enough
to see if a reinstall from SuperDuper would be of any help.
I would welcome suggestions or observations regarding probable/
possible cause of the malfunction.
Michael
Do you have an external drive that you can start up from ?
It would need the same flavour of OSX ... ie to say Leopard or Tiger ,
that you are running on the G5 , and the version on the external drive
should NOT be later than what you are using .
IF you can start up and run OK from that external drive ( Firewire or
eSata )
action a combo update to the OSX you have on your G5 .
Assuming that clears the problem , follow it with Permissions repair .
I had a great day today using that technique
clearing the BLUE Startup SCREEN that hit me this morning at
start up .
Have fun
Bob
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