TS1541: Solutions for troubleshooting installation, startup, and login issues in Mac OS X v10.5

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Connery36
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Q: I think my iMac 10.5 has crashed please Help!

My IMac has gone wrong.  I can log in sometimes but other times it asks for file vault password. It makes a strange bleeping sound. You can't open any files and if you hover over any icons it flashes on and off.  I opened up a word document and tried to make changes on it but as I did the bulletin numbers continued down the page on the next page and then it opened more blank pages.  Please help me have we broken it?????

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jul 17, 2012 10:10 AM

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Connery36

Q: I think my iMac 10.5 has crashed please Help!

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jul 17, 2012 10:42 AM in response to Connery36
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    Jul 17, 2012 10:42 AM in response to Connery36

    Hi , and a warm welcome to the forums!

     

    Could be many things, we should start with this...

     

    "Try Disk Utility

     

    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

    *Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*

    3. Click the First Aid tab.

    4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

    5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."

     

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

     

    Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

     

    (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

     

    If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

  • by Connery36,

    Connery36 Connery36 Jul 17, 2012 11:40 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jul 17, 2012 11:40 AM in response to BDAqua

    Hi BDAqua,

    I tried the safe boot as not sure where the disk is. When I rebooted the pc still made the bleeping noise and the logging screen was shaking.  I have now put the machine to sleep.

    What do you think I should do next?

    Many thanks

    Connery36

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jul 17, 2012 7:16 PM in response to Connery36
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    Jul 17, 2012 7:16 PM in response to Connery36

    What exactly is this bleeping noise? When exactly is it happening?

     

    Let's see if we can log into a new admin account OK by tricking OSX...

     

    Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD...

     

    http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/

     

    Admin Hack...

     

    http://www.hackmac.org/?q=node/4

     

    Starts up like the first time you buy a new Mac, but after filling in all that info again, you should have access to the computer and the other Users & files will still be there... give the new User a different name than an existing one.