PowerMac G4 Quicksilver: OS Updated from 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 then hangs during boot

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PowerMac G4 Quicksilver: OS Updated from 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 then hangs during boot

Hi,

I recenty acquired PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 867 MHz/500MB/60GB/Superdrive/Modem - assembled in August 2002. The computer came with wiped out clean original Hard Drive and no Install CDs. All diagnostics show that computer runs fine. I first installed Mac OS X Leopard on it and it installed and ran fine. Then I installed OS 9.2.1 from the reatil CD and it installed and ran fine. To get this Mac going on I need to update it to OS 9.2.2, so I run Software Update and it updated fine - but during the bootin to 9.2.2 Mac hangs somewhere in the middle of Welcome screen before any extention loads. I zipped PRAM and booted with no extrentions (pressing Shift key during boot) - the same result. Updating from 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 from the separate installer which came with Final Cut Pro 3.0 gave excatly the same results. Running Macromat Drive X shows no problem with HD whatsoever. I need this Mac updated to 9.2.2 to get going further. Thank you for any suggestions!

Cheers,

Pavel.

Posted on May 7, 2012 3:17 PM

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Answer 1

May 7, 2012 4:14 PM in response to Pavel Kapinos

I have read some related discussions and made some checks, so there was a suggestions that Mac OS 9.2.2 Installer may have left an extension named PrefRestoreInit which caused the hang during the boot - I booted from the 9.2.1. CD and opened Extentions folder in System Folder on HD and there was no such extention. So that doesn't help.

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Answer 2

May 7, 2012 10:30 PM in response to Pavel Kapinos

There are some other known problem causers in 9.2.x; if you have any of these, try disabling or removing them - IdleTime (extension); N2MP3 (extension); and True Finder Integration (control panel).

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Answer 3

May 8, 2012 4:18 PM in response to Don Archibald

I have checked - the System doesn't have any of those you mentioned. One correction though - Mac freezes up during "Starting up..." screen before any extention loads.

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