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ok, i have a big problem and i'll try and give as much info as possible and hopefully somebody can help me as i'm getting a bit panicy
i have a g5 powermac, it was running os x 10.4.?. yesterday i did a firefox update and then everything went a bit haywire (apps wouldn't open, text on screen went a bit crazy, etc)
i reset using the switch on the front as it wouldn't restart from the menu
on restart i noticed that the system beep didn't happen (i can't find anything anywhere to explain why it isn't beeping)
it did the grey screen with the circular loader fine
then when it got to the blue screen with the grey square with the progress bar on it did a little bit of disk activity then nothing, the progress bar did nothing
i tried the following fixes
1. reset the pram (thought i'd give it a go - it reset the resolution etc so i know it worked - basically i know the keyboard worked - this will make more sense later on)
2. tried to start in safe mode by holding shift down (it did the crazy long really loud disc activity but then after that it just went to the blue screen mentioned above and the progress bar stayed empty and the disc activity stopped)
3. tried to boot from an older 10.2.? install disc by holding c but it did nothing and went to the blue screen mentioned above again
so tonight i went out and bought a new 160gig sata and removed the old hd and put the new one in but when i turn it on and hold C to run the install from the disc (an older eMac 10.2.? disc i borrowed from a friend as my original disks are in my moms garage about 3 hours drive away) nothing happens and it goes straight to the folder/question mark icon
anyone got any ideas what i'm doing wrong? is there any reason it won't boot from disc when i hold C? because there is no system beep i just whait for a second to hear the disc spin before holding the C key. i basically want to install the os 10.2.? then when i get chance do the upgrade to my 10.4.? disc
this is the only mac i have access to so i cant do any funky slaving or anything, i'm pretty aux faix with windows stuff as i'm a windows programmer but with macs i'm pretty much in the dark
i'll appreciate any help at all so thanks in advance
i have a g5 powermac, it was running os x 10.4.?. yesterday i did a firefox update and then everything went a bit haywire (apps wouldn't open, text on screen went a bit crazy, etc)
i reset using the switch on the front as it wouldn't restart from the menu
on restart i noticed that the system beep didn't happen (i can't find anything anywhere to explain why it isn't beeping)
it did the grey screen with the circular loader fine
then when it got to the blue screen with the grey square with the progress bar on it did a little bit of disk activity then nothing, the progress bar did nothing
i tried the following fixes
1. reset the pram (thought i'd give it a go - it reset the resolution etc so i know it worked - basically i know the keyboard worked - this will make more sense later on)
2. tried to start in safe mode by holding shift down (it did the crazy long really loud disc activity but then after that it just went to the blue screen mentioned above and the progress bar stayed empty and the disc activity stopped)
3. tried to boot from an older 10.2.? install disc by holding c but it did nothing and went to the blue screen mentioned above again
so tonight i went out and bought a new 160gig sata and removed the old hd and put the new one in but when i turn it on and hold C to run the install from the disc (an older eMac 10.2.? disc i borrowed from a friend as my original disks are in my moms garage about 3 hours drive away) nothing happens and it goes straight to the folder/question mark icon
anyone got any ideas what i'm doing wrong? is there any reason it won't boot from disc when i hold C? because there is no system beep i just whait for a second to hear the disc spin before holding the C key. i basically want to install the os 10.2.? then when i get chance do the upgrade to my 10.4.? disc
this is the only mac i have access to so i cant do any funky slaving or anything, i'm pretty aux faix with windows stuff as i'm a windows programmer but with macs i'm pretty much in the dark
i'll appreciate any help at all so thanks in advance