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Blue screen of death ...on a mac .....

I was just going through the installion process for a demo of ' AudioHijackPro ' which went ok .

I was about to test the app...but needed to install an extra piece of software (which came with it ) to enable an ' instant hijack' .

software installed , my mac informed me I needed to shut down( kernal panic , I think) then after trying to restart I see the grey apple screen then the ' booting to macOSX' screen, then , a blue screen with nothing...except occasionally, a cog wheel which is visable for a few seconds ...a slight change in the blue color on the screen and then ...a blue screen .

Occasionally I see what looks like a darwin screen ( black with white writing ?!) but this is only visable for 1 second and then the blue screen reapprears.

I tried resetting PRAM and unplugging for 2 mins and then plugging in and turning on at the same time etc ...to no avail .

Also repaired permissions and disc too.

anyone ?

kindest,becca

iMac 350 -9.2.x iMac 400 DV - 10.4.11, Mac OS X (10.4.11), HP c4180 photosmart, HPw20 monitor, Nano 4Gb, hp pentium3 server

Posted on Feb 8, 2008 11:17 AM

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Jeff Kelleher

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Posted on Feb 8, 2008 11:24 AM

If you boot in verbose mode (hold down CMD-V at startup) you may be able to get some clues as to what it's trying to do when it 'hangs'.

It's possible that you have a corrupted or dying HD. If it's just corrrupted, you may be able to save it with DiskWarrior (or a similar utility).

It's possible that you have some other hardware going bad (memory is pretty common).

Just curious - when you repair the disk, what procedure did you use and what were the results?

Jeff

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becca jnr Author

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Feb 12, 2008 4:47 PM in response to BDAqua

sorry for the typo BDAqua ...I meant Archive and install....you reckon that's the way to go then ?

becca

BDAqua

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Feb 12, 2008 4:53 PM in response to becca jnr

Yes, as a worst case scenario it won't help & you've tied up a few GB more on the HD, best case scenario... you're on your way again.

Just remember the Repair Permissions thingy! 🙂

Ps. Don't do a Brain Typo when using the Installer!

becca jnr Author

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Feb 12, 2008 5:04 PM in response to BDAqua

Doing it now

"Ps. Don't do a Brain Typo when using the Installer!" hahaha , exellent 🙂

Thank you , becca

becca jnr Author

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Feb 12, 2008 5:47 PM in response to BDAqua

After the 'Archive and Install' the Mac hung on a grey screen with Apple logo ( no cog wheel ) for 5 mins then the cog wheel appeared , then then Mac OSX progress bar( I'm typing this as it is happening ) .......YES ... booted , got the account login screen now 🙂

wickedly nice .

thanks BDAqua

kindest ,becca

BDAqua

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Feb 12, 2008 6:12 PM in response to becca jnr

Fantastic! 🙂

becca jnr Author

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Feb 12, 2008 6:17 PM in response to BDAqua

jsut a thought as a tool for helping 'next time '.... would it be a good idea to install TechTool pro on a partition ?

becca

BDAqua

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Feb 12, 2008 6:40 PM in response to becca jnr

Yes... almost as good as have a separate bootable backup! 🙂

becca jnr Author

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Feb 12, 2008 6:48 PM in response to BDAqua

🙂 now...how would one do that .... I dont have a hard copy of Techtool , just a download I got in a bundle from Macupdate a while back.

sorry about this
if I did partition the disc that wouldnt destroy my data , would it ?

kindest,becca

BDAqua

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Feb 12, 2008 7:20 PM in response to becca jnr

if I did partition the disc that wouldnt destroy my data , would it ?

It can be done, but not easily and not reliably, and also depends where the data is on the HD.

I'd strongly advise againt it until you have a cloned bootable backup.

Is the download an update, a demo, what?

becca jnr Author

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Feb 13, 2008 5:54 AM in response to BDAqua

No , it isn't a bootable copy at the moment , Techtool has to be either in a separate partition ( called e Drive by Micromat) or on and external HD or on DVD media for booting and recover .
None of those options seem viable to me just now...I think I will hang fire until I get an external HD and do it that way, probably the best way , no ?

thanks again .
kindest regards,becca

becca jnr Author

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Feb 13, 2008 9:17 AM in response to BDAqua

thought I would try and install the software that appeared to cause the 'issue ' I was having.

Audio Hijack installed fine but when I tried to install the 'instant hijack' extention it immediately crashed my mac ( again) and upon restart I found ( again) that the machine would hang on blue> black > blue > black etc etc screen .....I am now doing another Archive and install Grrrr

becca

Blue screen of death ...on a mac .....