iMac G5 - grey screen on boot up

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CB2011


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Hi everyone,

I have an iMac G5 running OS X 10.4.8 that can't get passed the grey screen with the apple logo on start up. The fans also ramp up to full blast after a couple minutes. I'm looking for any suggestions. Here's what I've tried:

Unplugged all peripherals
Safe boot doesn't work
Reset NVRAM/PRAM
Reset SMU
Ran Disc Utility - Hard drive had no errors, there were some permissions errors, but these have been fixed and still no improvement.
Apple Hardware Test - no errors found in extended test.

I am totally stumped because this Mac does not have access to the internet, and no software or hardware updates have been made. Any ideas? Thanks.
 
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CB2011 said:
Hi everyone,

I have an iMac G5 running OS X 10.4.8 that can't get passed the grey screen with the apple logo on start up. The fans also ramp up to full blast after a couple minutes. I'm looking for any suggestions. Here's what I've tried:

Unplugged all peripherals
Safe boot doesn't work
Reset NVRAM/PRAM
Reset SMU
Ran Disc Utility - Hard drive had no errors, there were some permissions errors, but these have been fixed and still no improvement.
Apple Hardware Test - no errors found in extended test.

I am totally stumped because this Mac does not have access to the internet, and no software or hardware updates have been made. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Thanks for responding indychris. This was a work computer, and they just opted to replace it altogether. I was able to boot it up in target disk mode and get all the data off that I needed.
 

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