If your computer is panicking: This is the more difficult situation to generalize. This could be caused by virtually any piece of bad hardware or hardware related software softwa…

What if I can't get my machine to boot to read the panic.log? or What if there isno panic.log? After you hear the chime, hold down command-v. This will boot your machine in verbo…

What if the panic is caused by the Apple ATA driver? or What if my machine stopped responding, and when I rebooted I got a blinking question mark? Suspect either failing ATA hardw…

A few final notes: Bad RAM is very common. If most of your programs are crashing unexpectedly, or you are getting a lot of kernel panics, suspect bad RAM. Keep in mind that rei…

Well, just got my fourth KP ever: Quote: Sat Apr 2 23:56:32 2005 panic(cpu 0): OSArray::_RESERVEDOSArray1 called Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0: Backtrace: …

Quote: Originally Posted by Detrius What commonly happens is that one day, the RAM stops functioning properly, but the computer keeps running. The user notices a few programs q…

I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this post, but I desperately need some help with my powerbook. I'm well-versed on handling Windows crashes, but I'm relatively new to O…

Quote: Originally Posted by Ann I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this post, but I desperately need some help with my powerbook. I'm well-versed on handling Windows c…

I had a freeze and forced shut down my ibook. When I restarted the screen that appeared was :/root# my name. I have no idea what to do but do know enough not to fool around wit…

type "reboot" and hit "enter"

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…

Quote: 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…

Quote: 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, …

Quote: 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 …