[Ham-Mac] iMac crash

[Jack Brindle]

Chris;

He is trying to determine if the problem is hardware of the OS. By  
booting from a disk that is certain to not have any corruptions then  
it is far easier to tell. If the problem continues when booting from  
the System disk, then it is hardware. Otherwise you might want to  
consider cleaning the disk and installing a fresh OS. Even with MacOS  
X's UNIX underpinnings, it is fairly easy to get a system extension  
(KEXT) or preference that messes things up at a very low level.

On Apr 19, 2008, at 4:51 PM, EZ Rhino wrote:

> Hi Dick,
>
> I'm running Tiger on a G5.  I'm not really sure what booting from  
> the install will prove?  Maybe you can elaborate.
>
> Chris
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> On Apr 19, 2008, at 16:25 , Dick Kriss wrote:
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> Chris,
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> The first think I would do is try to boot from the Apple install  
> disc.  You
> not say what OS you are using.  Insert the CD or DVD, depress and hold
> the C key down and turn on the Power PC.
>
> Let us know if it boots from a the install disc?
>
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> On 4/19/08 4:23 PM, "EZ Rhino" <EZRhino at fastmovers.biz> wrote:
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>> Hi Group-
>>
>> I have a Power PC iMac that doesn't like to stay on anymore.  Have
>> any of you guys ever have your computer crash, and get the black
>> screen of death?  The screen gets a "tint" on it, and a black box
>> comes up in the middle of the monitor that says you will have to
>> restart now in a couple different languages?
>>
>> Also, when my computer sleeps, either by menu or by the automatic
>> timer (in energy settings), it can't wake up.  It basically crashes
>> and you have to pull the plug and restart it that way.
>>
>> ???
>>
>> Chris
>> KF7P
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- Jack Brindle, W6FB
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