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G4 locks up on startup
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<blockquote data-quote="DAA TRUTH" data-source="post: 355276" data-attributes="member: 28892"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>For the last couple of days, my G4 keeps locking up on startup. Here are the specifics of the problem:</p><p></p><p>-It would get to the grey apple icon with the spinning gear then it would freeze.</p><p>-The mouse and keyboard would not respond after the lockup. The light on the optical mouse sould disappear.</p><p>-Sometimes on startup, the chime on bootup would not go on and there would be not display on the screen at all. </p><p>-Some instances i would actually get to the desktop, work around it for a few minutes then it suddenly locks up.</p><p>-When i do get the point where it seems to be running fine, i inserted the install disk and ran disk repair. Then it would freeze during process.</p><p></p><p>I have never added any new hardware into the system and i ran basically the same OS (10.3) since i had my machine. At first, i thought it was hard drive issue so i ended up getting a new HD and tried installing the OS in it but still no luck. Worse case scenario is that it would be a combination of both hardware and software issues which will be a pain to fix. I've had my mac for at least 6 years now so i might even consider getting a G5 or perhaps an imac if i cannot fix my old mac.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas on how to resolve this problem is very appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Thanks a bunch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DAA TRUTH, post: 355276, member: 28892"] Hello, For the last couple of days, my G4 keeps locking up on startup. Here are the specifics of the problem: -It would get to the grey apple icon with the spinning gear then it would freeze. -The mouse and keyboard would not respond after the lockup. The light on the optical mouse sould disappear. -Sometimes on startup, the chime on bootup would not go on and there would be not display on the screen at all. -Some instances i would actually get to the desktop, work around it for a few minutes then it suddenly locks up. -When i do get the point where it seems to be running fine, i inserted the install disk and ran disk repair. Then it would freeze during process. I have never added any new hardware into the system and i ran basically the same OS (10.3) since i had my machine. At first, i thought it was hard drive issue so i ended up getting a new HD and tried installing the OS in it but still no luck. Worse case scenario is that it would be a combination of both hardware and software issues which will be a pain to fix. I've had my mac for at least 6 years now so i might even consider getting a G5 or perhaps an imac if i cannot fix my old mac. Any ideas on how to resolve this problem is very appreciated. Thanks a bunch [/QUOTE]
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