Start into single-user mode by holding down the Command and S keys at startup, and when you get to the prompt, type this command:
fsck -fy
If it finds any problems and repairs th…
Thank you for a response. I got in touch with APPLE CARE and they walked me thru the above suggestions. I had to end up with an archive and install and after running TECH TOOL I re…
I have had a persistent shutdown panic ever since updating to Tiger. The log file did not show a particular application to be causing the problem. The Hardware Test Disk gave my co…
Hi John,
Thanks for that tip. I had tried everything else to resolve a similar issue on my PB 1.25 and that seems to have done the trick. I'll give it a full to see for sure. Can'…
I am beginning to wonder if there is a general problem with the Tiger install corrupting parameters. My daughter's ibook would not recognize her CD drive after updating. I used the…
Well, I've already had my first freeze of the day since running the open firmware procedure but it happened under a little different circumsttances. Instead of freezing with a kern…
I am in such deep trouble, I hope someone here can help me. I installed Tiger on my 667 G4 Powerbook (512 megs of RAM). I only had like 3 gigs of hard drive space but was still abl…
Boot from a CD using the C key.
If it won't boot from the CD, try zapping the PRAM by holding down Command-Option-P-R at startup. Then try booting from the CD again with the C key…
I have an iMac 800 w/ 512MB running OS 10.3.9. The last few weeks, expose will quit working, then sometime later the dock will quit. Usually I only have firefox, itunes, iphoto, …
Hey everybody,
Just a little update on my PB situation.
After trying everything logical from a reset standpoint, I started looking at hardware. Of course memory was one of the fi…
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Originally Posted by TerryJ
Hey everybody,
Just a little update on my PB situation.
After trying everything logical from a reset standpoint, I started looking at hardwa…
Hi xi_hyperon,
Not sure if memtest will be as thorough as AHT but it might be worth a try since you are not close to your disks right now. As I said, it took AHT quite a few loops…
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Originally Posted by TerryJ
Hi xi_hyperon,
Not sure if memtest will be as thorough as AHT but it might be worth a try since you are not close to your disks right now. As…
Well,
I have been running 10.4.1 on my PBG4 1.33 for almost a week now and love it.
I also installed PS CS2 and it seems to work great in the new environment sans an occasional,
…
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Originally Posted by Daniel Bayer
Well,
I have been running 10.4.1 on my PBG4 1.33 for almost a week now and love it.
I also installed PS CS2 and it seems to work great …
I was having constant kernel panics from the Tiger install DVD. I was worried that the
problem might be with the DVD drive (since all prior installs were from CDs), so I
put the ma…
Hi
I have a 3 month old Powerbook 1.67 MHz with 2 512 MB RAM chips and it has gotten bad in the last week. I need some help whether I can safely attribute this problem to RAM or a …
In the past hour I was forced to restart 4 times. A few moment before I need to restart the beachball of death appears and my desktop starts getting corrupted/dispalying junk pixel…
Just a quick note - I changed out the faulty memory and have had no problems since. Thanks to all who posted suggestions for determining such problems.
Hi,
My G5 has had 3 KP's lately and they have got me really worried. I have performed Extended Apple Hardware Test and Repaired Permissions, which have found nothing, and also have…
hi.
my iMac G3, OS 9, 333mhz, 160mb freezes at least 2 times a week. It used to be once a day until i made the disk cache bigger. it is normally on IE or on another browser or som…
Hello,
I recently upgraded to Tiger and now occationally have my mouse pointer freeze on me. The keyboard and applications are still functional. I am able to tab though all the …
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Originally Posted by Scott-G
Hello,
I recently upgraded to Tiger and now occationally have my mouse pointer freeze on me. The keyboard and applications are still functi…