Q: retail version of 10.5 won't run on AGP with an OWC mercury G4 1.4 Ghz processor, 1 Gb ram, 32 mb vid card; was running 10.4 no problem
i have no idea what's happening, the machine ran fine with 10.4, after i installed 10.5 over the 10.4 on a 60 gb hdd it wouldn't run, I start the machine up, get the chime then the Apple logo and then the machine abruptly shut off after 35 seconds. installed a new hdd, an 80 gb, formatted it using the 10.4 install disk and partioned it into 2 40gb sections and then installed OS 10.5 onto the 1st partion, get the same result. the OS seemed to install OK, but as before the machince was shut off when I returned, and behaves exactly the same way, 35 seconds and shuts off. the Leopard 10.5 is a retail version, have NO idea what is happening. i read what the requirements for this OS and think I have met them. shutting down so soon into the startup makes me think its a hardware problem. do have a Logitech marble mouse and a non-Apple usb key board, but as noted had no problems with OS 10.4
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5)
Posted on Jan 3, 2014 3:10 PM
i did a clean install of the 10.5 OS on a virgin hdd, that i partioned using the 10.4 install #1 cd.
Try it with the 10.5 Install Disc... what is the 2z691-****-A number on the 10.5 Disc?
1. Insert the Mac OS X 10.5 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 Erase tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Highlight the drive, select Partition Tab, then Format type... MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Security Options button, choose Zero Out Data, Erase, one pass... after completion hopefully you'll be able to get a good install.
Oh, does it run forever whilst booted from the Install Disc?
Posted on Jan 9, 2014 12:21 PM