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cannot get past a "restart your computer" screen.

got a square on my screen telling me i need to restart the computer. i did and still have the square asking me to restart. what do i do now?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), just replaced the video card

Posted on May 22, 2013 10:13 AM

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May 23, 2013 7:05 AM in response to BDAqua

ok, got past the restart the computer screen. now have apple and spinning circle which seems to time out and the computer turns off. same happens in safe mode. went to single user mode and ran fsck. final line says, the volume macintosh HD could not be repaired. does this mean i need a new computer????

May 23, 2013 4:46 PM in response to annqp

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 the 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 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.)

May 24, 2013 10:44 PM in response to annqp

Hmmm, does it shw in isk Utilty???


. 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 the 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 Utility checks and repairs the disk."


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

cannot get past a "restart your computer" screen.

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