I have an older Mac mini (2006?) running Leopard. It has the "grey screen of death" on startup. Apple logo and spinning wheel. I've run through all the steps suggested on Apple Support here: Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
The results:
* Will not boot in safe mode
* Zapping PRAM didn't help
* Will boot from Install CD and I ran the Disk Utility. Disk Repair says disk is fine! No major errors. Permissions repair found a few things and successfully repaired. SMART status says "Verified".
* Will boot in target mode and I was able to successfully copy files via FireWire to another Mac.
* Attempted "Archive and Install" and it failed: "the installer could not install some files in /Volumes/MacMiniHD"
* I started up in "verbose safe mode" to see what was happening. I've attached photos of the screen (hope they are readable). The key things seem to be the "com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement isn't a valid mach-o" and the "disk0s3: I/O error"
So, I've backed up what I needed to. Should I try an Erase and Clean Install? Is it worth spending $100 on DiskWarrior? Any insight would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
The results:
* Will not boot in safe mode
* Zapping PRAM didn't help
* Will boot from Install CD and I ran the Disk Utility. Disk Repair says disk is fine! No major errors. Permissions repair found a few things and successfully repaired. SMART status says "Verified".
* Will boot in target mode and I was able to successfully copy files via FireWire to another Mac.
* Attempted "Archive and Install" and it failed: "the installer could not install some files in /Volumes/MacMiniHD"
* I started up in "verbose safe mode" to see what was happening. I've attached photos of the screen (hope they are readable). The key things seem to be the "com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement isn't a valid mach-o" and the "disk0s3: I/O error"
So, I've backed up what I needed to. Should I try an Erase and Clean Install? Is it worth spending $100 on DiskWarrior? Any insight would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!