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iMac12,2 wont start after the last SU. HT starts but loops. Start from CD seems also broken/irregular

Hi !


I made the last SU for 2 or 3 days and I worked also a while. When I go for a longer pause I started the screensaver.

When I was back I found the screensaver freezed and no option to wake it (sometimes I had with another Mac screensaver freezes that I solved with putting in sleep with the power button and waking after a lot o seconds).

After the usual force to go off and restarting on singleuser i cannot execute a regular fsck -fy or an applejack AUTO restart because the first command seems not to work and the applejack.sh was not found.

Than I tried to start with the Installer DVD (first 2/3 times without success) and also with the Hardwaretest (HT) DVD.

The HT comes to start but loops/freezes after the 1 Step (Checking the System) before the Test begins.


I have also made a reset of PowerManagement with command+option+p+r


Now I want to connect per FireWire the iMac to my G5 but I see not only the FW Symbol on the monitor but also a (?) Power Symbol (a grayed Circle with a flash) and the iMac do not appears on the Desktop as a "slaved" FW Disk


Is this Problem known?

How to workaround?


Every help is welcome


Massimo

Posted on Aug 1, 2012 5:01 AM

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Aug 1, 2012 4:46 PM in response to Massimo Lombardo

UPDATE:

I also tried a safe boot and now after inserting install DVD and pressing the option (alt) I choose the DVD-Install disc to boot but after 30-45 seconds appers on the grey boot monitor from "behind" the Terminal panic message:


panic (cpu 4 caller 0xfffffff80002d1208): Kernel trap at ...

...

...

Error code: 0x0000000000000000


Debugger called: <panic>

Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Adress

0xfffffffff8153283600 : 0x8000204d15

...

...


BSD process corresponding to current thread: ReportCrash


Mac Os version:

10J4139


Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.4: Mon Apr 18 21:24:17 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.14.12~3/RELEASE_X86_64


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How can I solve this, any Idea?


THX

iMac12,2 wont start after the last SU. HT starts but loops. Start from CD seems also broken/irregular

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