I'e been having problems with my iMac. it's a 20" G5 2.0 GHz ALS.
It's had boot problems (abnormally long)
the fans will often come on at full speed like it's in open firmware mode
it won't sleep; just black screen and loud fans, then after a while it'll wake back up if i hit the mouse
long shutdowns
external usb drive spins down erratically but still shows up as a mounted drive
...and the weird thing is I just repaired the disk ( it said it was bad)
and archive&installed the system.
it's 10.4.11
ok, here's what I did:
i messed around with the boot order in open firmware to boot from my USB drive
...and I can't be sure that's what did it, but it could be)
also, after I reinstalled the system, it worked fine, then...
I booted up from my PowerBook in Target Disk mode (FireWire of course)
and from then on it's benn finnicky again.
Ever since I got this computer, it's just been a little...
weird.
my PowerBook is far more reliable...
anybody hav e help?
anybody have the same problem?
oh, and this iMac's originally from London, if it makes a difference.
I use a europe/USA power adapter plugin\
shouldn't make any differenc though.
thanks for any help!
It's had boot problems (abnormally long)
the fans will often come on at full speed like it's in open firmware mode
it won't sleep; just black screen and loud fans, then after a while it'll wake back up if i hit the mouse
long shutdowns
external usb drive spins down erratically but still shows up as a mounted drive
...and the weird thing is I just repaired the disk ( it said it was bad)
and archive&installed the system.
it's 10.4.11
ok, here's what I did:
i messed around with the boot order in open firmware to boot from my USB drive
...and I can't be sure that's what did it, but it could be)
also, after I reinstalled the system, it worked fine, then...
I booted up from my PowerBook in Target Disk mode (FireWire of course)
and from then on it's benn finnicky again.
Ever since I got this computer, it's just been a little...
weird.
my PowerBook is far more reliable...
anybody hav e help?
anybody have the same problem?
oh, and this iMac's originally from London, if it makes a difference.
I use a europe/USA power adapter plugin\
shouldn't make any differenc though.
thanks for any help!