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Mac G5 wont startup, freezes at startup and stays at a loading grey apple screen. Help Please!

Mac G5 wont startup, freezes at startup and stays at a loading grey apple screen. Help Please!

Posted on Dec 7, 2014 5:37 AM

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Posted on Dec 7, 2014 12:17 PM

Gulp, but some things to try...


What shows if you hold alt key at setup, & how long will it sit on that screen?


Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...


/sbin/fsck -fy


Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.


(Space between fsck AND -fy important).


http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/commandline/single-user.html

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Dec 7, 2014 12:17 PM in response to TechysTechTalk

Gulp, but some things to try...


What shows if you hold alt key at setup, & how long will it sit on that screen?


Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...


/sbin/fsck -fy


Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.


(Space between fsck AND -fy important).


http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/commandline/single-user.html

Mac G5 wont startup, freezes at startup and stays at a loading grey apple screen. Help Please!

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