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Mac not booting

Discodog · 2012-09-01 19:06:19

My old Powerbook G4 turns on & I get the spinning wheel. However it won't then go on to the log in screen. Eventually it goes to a plain blue screen & the spinning wheel returns. Any ideas as to what might be causing this?

01-09-2012 7:06pm

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Discodog

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My old Powerbook G4 turns on & I get the spinning wheel. However it won't then go on to the log in screen. Eventually it goes to a plain blue screen & the spinning wheel returns.

Any ideas as to what might be causing this?

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#2 01-09-2012 7:22pm

yoyo

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Moved to Mac.

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#3 02-09-2012 12:01am

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Try booting from an OS install disc and if it boots from that, use the disc utility via the top menu to check the HD.

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#4 02-09-2012 8:48am

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You could try resetting the pmu.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6787488_reset-pmu-g4-powerbook.html

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#5 02-09-2012 9:05am

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I'd say your HDD is failing

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#6 02-09-2012 5:35pm

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No it's worse than that. I managed to run a hardware test & there is a fault on the logic board so it's probably terminal.

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#7 03-09-2012 12:43pm

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Where does it fail in single user mode boot?

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#8 03-09-2012 5:18pm

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It ends with a plain blue screen

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