We had a power surge the other night. Now when I try to start my computer I get a message that says to hold down the power button to restart the computer and the fans start to run loudly. I tried starting in safe mode but that simply keeps the message from popping up. Ideas? Please help!!
PowerMac
Yikes, doesn't sound good at all, but hold alt key at bootup... what shows or happens?
It brought up a screen with a circular arrow, a computer icon with an x by it, and an arrow pointing toward the right. What now?
See How to reset the SMU/PMU on a Power Mac Earlier G3, G4, G5 models...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939
Cheers, Tom 😉
Thanks! Will doing this cause me to lose applications or things stored on my hard drive?
It shouldn't affect that, but may not help is all.
Do you have the Install Disc for this Mac & OS?
"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."
After power surge g5 won't start.
