First time poster, loved my mac till now...
I have a G5 mac pro, the one that has the small apt building for the box.
It was a computer that was used in the graphics dept where I was formerly employed and I bought it at auction when the company went bankrupt.
So there is a little background. I recently upgraded to 10.5.6 which is the farthest I can go before having to upgrade to an intel chip.
So, on Saturday, I turned on the computer and got a grey screen with the icon and the turning gear. It did not go beyond that. I tried all the recommended troubleshooting suggestions to no avail. Eventually the computer fired up and then almost immediately after the chime, it would shut off.
I tried this morning (after reading some threads here) to start it up on the install disk. It did start up and I tried to verify the disk and got the following message; "first aid failed. Disk utility stoped verifying HD because the following error was encountered. File system verify or repair failed, invalid key length, volume check failed......gulp!
That sounds ominous! Of course, the mac store no longer services these dinosaurs and the only 3rd party mac store is a pain in the neck east end Toronto foray....If I have to upgrade, I guess mac pro is the next step, because I love the apt building tower, it looks so awesome. Of course, I could sell the aluminum contained in it for scrap and pay for the upgrade.
Thoughts, feedback before I trudge downtown?
Thanks, Terry
I have a G5 mac pro, the one that has the small apt building for the box.
It was a computer that was used in the graphics dept where I was formerly employed and I bought it at auction when the company went bankrupt.
So there is a little background. I recently upgraded to 10.5.6 which is the farthest I can go before having to upgrade to an intel chip.
So, on Saturday, I turned on the computer and got a grey screen with the icon and the turning gear. It did not go beyond that. I tried all the recommended troubleshooting suggestions to no avail. Eventually the computer fired up and then almost immediately after the chime, it would shut off.
I tried this morning (after reading some threads here) to start it up on the install disk. It did start up and I tried to verify the disk and got the following message; "first aid failed. Disk utility stoped verifying HD because the following error was encountered. File system verify or repair failed, invalid key length, volume check failed......gulp!
That sounds ominous! Of course, the mac store no longer services these dinosaurs and the only 3rd party mac store is a pain in the neck east end Toronto foray....If I have to upgrade, I guess mac pro is the next step, because I love the apt building tower, it looks so awesome. Of course, I could sell the aluminum contained in it for scrap and pay for the upgrade.
Thoughts, feedback before I trudge downtown?
Thanks, Terry