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HELP with OS X LEOPARD START UP WITH SMILE FACE AND ? blinking

my g5 wont start up


it has a folder with smile and ? blinking at sametime instead of apple logo at start up


What do i do to fix this??? HELP!!!

Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Oct 5, 2012 4:33 PM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2012 5:18 PM

Hold alt key at bootup & see what boot choices are available.

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Oct 5, 2012 5:28 PM in response to BDAqua

Blue screen with two buttons



one with circle arrow (refresh) and an arrow button


but it doesnt say what its for, its just blank and all blue screen except that 2 black n white buttons


do i click arrow ------->? i did click the arrow but nothing happening so i click the circl arrow and a wristband watch appeared and it stopped, nothing happened either.


sorry for my bad english, not my first language

Oct 5, 2012 7:10 PM in response to BDAqua

it doesnt show up! just blank blue with two buttons


i have the os system on external hard drive is there any way i can re-erase and reinstall os and see if it will work?


do i plug it in usb and let start up, whats the trick?


it happened after i triedto time machine on my external hard drive then halfway it froze so i had to restart it that how i am having this problem

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