Unable to get past blue screen even after OS reload

I've not had an issue booting into safe mode, as previously noted. I see no weird or new startup items. I see no 3rd party preferences.

I reloaded the OS again last night and still have the same problem. Of course, it is keeping SOME of the settings etc from the old OS since I am not wiping the drive and reloading.

I can't verify whether or not I have some of the last group of files you say may be invisible. One thing booting in Safe Mode also appears to do is make the "find" function not work.

I can't get a normal boot to work which seems to be required to perform some of the solutions I see online.

Like I mentioned before, this happened right after I was playing with a bluetooth speaker. Could a sound or bluetooth file or preference be causing a problem. I'm getting VERY, VERY frustrated.

I've reset the PRAM and the PMU via the reset button. Still the same problem.

ALL HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. I'd even give a phone number or email if there was a way to do that and have some direct communication.

Thanks!

I continue trying things and looking for answers, but am not sure what else to do. Here is the log of a recent attempt to start my iMac that did not work. I am still only able to boot in safe mode. Again, all help is appreciated.

Oct 6 14:23:30 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us

Oct 6 14:23:30 localhost lookupd[42]: lookupd (version 365) starting - Sat Oct 6 14:23:30 2012

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 252675 free pages

Oct 6 14:23:30 localhost mDNSResponder-107 (Mar 20 2005 20: 31:47)[44]: starting

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 70

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: 88 prelinked modules

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: using 2621 buffer headers and 2621 cluster IO buffer headers

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: AppleKauaiATA shasta-ata features enabled

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: DART enabled

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: MacRISC4CPU: publishing BootCPU

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Apple ID 52 built-in now active, GUID 001124ff feca4298; max speed s400.

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start before command

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: disabled

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 52660333-8EAE-38C1-9B01-A9D5669EBC4E

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC4PE/ht@0,f2000000/AppleMacRiscHT/pci@3/IOPCI2PCIBridge/k2-sat a-root@C/AppleK2SATARoot/k2-sata@0/AppleK2SATA/ATADeviceNub@0/IOATABlockStorageD river/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/WDC WD2500JD-40HBC0 Media/IOApplePartitionScheme/Untitled 3@3

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s3, major 14, minor 2

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: AppleSMU -- shutdown cause = 1

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][start]

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: [AppleUSBHCIController][StopIsochPipeRead] - mInt1IsochInPipe = 0 - numReadsPending = 0

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: [start] 1

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost DirectoryService[41]: Launched version 1.8 (v346)

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: IOHWMonitor - no Params Version !!

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: AppleSMU:: getProperty partitionAddress or length zero on partition number 0x05

Oct 6 14:23:31 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled

Oct 6 14:23:32 localhost diskarbitrationd[36]: disk0s3 hfs 52660333-8EAE-38C1-9B01-A9D5669EBC4E Macintosh HD /

Oct 6 14:23:33 localhost kernel[0]: UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:11:24:ca:42:98

Oct 6 14:23:33 localhost launchd: Server 270b in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[42]: exited abnormally: Hangup

Oct 6 14:23:33 localhost kernel[0]: AirPortPCI: Ethernet address 00:11:24:bd:bf:d1

Oct 6 14:23:34 localhost lookupd[61]: lookupd (version 365) starting - Sat Oct 6 14:23:34 2012

Oct 6 14:23:36 localhost mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.

Oct 6 14:23:38 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware] AFH Is Supported

Oct 6 14:23:40 localhost kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][init] IOBluetoothHIDDriver 1.1.4

Oct 6 14:23:40 localhost kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][free]

Oct 6 14:23:40 localhost kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHIDDriver][init] IOBluetoothHIDDriver 1.1.4

Oct 6 14:23:40 localhost kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHIDDriver][handleStart][00-1f-5b-b2-29-96] Done.

Oct 6 14:23:40 localhost kernel[0]: ATY,Aphrodite_A: vram [98000000:08000000]

Oct 6 14:23:40 localhost kernel[0]: ATY,Aphrodite_B: vram [98000000:08000000]

Oct 6 14:23:41 localhost kernel[0]: IOHIDSystem: Seize of IOHIDPointing failed.

Oct 6 14:23:41 localhost kernel[0]: IOHIDSystem: Seize of IOHIDConsumer failed.

Oct 6 14:23:41 localhost kernel[0]: IOHIDSystem: Seize of IOHIDEventDriver failed.

Oct 6 14:23:42 mikes-imac-g5 configd[34]: setting hostname to "mikes-imac-g5.local"

Oct 6 14:23:44 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][init] IOBluetoothHIDDriver 1.1.4

Oct 6 14:23:44 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHIDDriver][init] IOBluetoothHIDDriver 1.1.4

Oct 6 14:23:44 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][handleStart][00-0a-95-41-fc-98] Done.

Oct 6 14:23:45 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link UP: "tscstuff" - 001ee5eef23f - chan 9

Oct 6 14:23:45 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][waitForHandshake][00-0a-95-41-fc-98] Unsuccessful Handshake: e00002c2

Oct 6 14:23:52 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN

Oct 6 14:23:53 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link UP: "tscstuff" - 001ee5eef23f - chan 9

Oct 6 14:23:55 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AppleSMU::PMU vers = 0x000d006b, SPU vers = 0x2b, SDB vers = 0x01,

Oct 6 14:24:00 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN

Oct 6 14:24:01 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link UP: "tscstuff" - 001ee5eef23f - chan 9

Oct 6 14:24:24 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN

Oct 6 14:24:24 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link UP: "tscstuff" - 001ee5eef23f - chan 9

Oct 6 14:24:47 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN

Oct 6 14:24:48 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link UP: "tscstuff" - 001ee5eef23f - chan 9

Oct 6 14:25:11 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN

Oct 6 14:25:11 mikes-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link UP: "tscstuff" - 001ee5eef23f - chan 9

No, it will not boot with Airport turned off.

After spending all day reading threads about this issue I found one talking about removing everything in the extensions folder that starts with ATI. After doing that, I have gotten some results. But the machine is running very slowly.

Still hoping to get some help.

Thanks

Here's the link to the thread that gave me the suggestion about the ATI extensions.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3263472?start=15&tstart=0

Any way to know WHICH of the ATI extensions may be causing the problem? Any way to know if that is really the issue? I've run a hardware test and done a ton of other things without getting any positive results.

I also notice my machine seems to run slower without these extensions.

I'm still curious about this issue and open to more input and suggestions. THANKS!!!

Thanks, BDAqua, I am still hoping to get more information about my problem, and ways to verify the exact issue as well as any possible solutions.