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Snow Leopard startup hangs on blue screen

but works in safe mode. Would prefer not to have to re-install. Ideas for a soliution would be welcome!


Etrecheck report follows:


Problem description:

Startup on Snow Leopard sticks on Blue screen. Works in safe mode.


EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated 17 March 2015 22:50:35 GMT

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

iMac (20-inch Late 2006) (Verified)

iMac - model: iMac5,1

1 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

3 GB RAM

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM1

1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n


Video Information: ℹ️

ATY,RadeonX1600 - VRAM: 128 MB

iMac 1680 x 1050

spdisplays_display_connector


System Software: ℹ️

Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Time since boot: 8:11:59


Disk Information: ℹ️

WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0 disk0 : (465.76 GB)

- (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Snow Leopard (disk0s2) / : 499.76 GB (111.74 GB free)


USB Information: ℹ️

Micron Built-in iSight

Canon iP4900 series

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard

Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse

Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard


Firewire Information: ℹ️

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro unknown_device 400mbit - 400mbit max

- (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

OWC SL CLONE (disk2s2) /Volumes/OWC SL CLONE : 550.00 GB (176.64 GB free)

OWC SL BACKUPS (disk2s3) /Volumes/OWC SL BACKUPS : 1.45 TB (721.51 GB free)


Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Application Support/Roxio

[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) [Click for support]


/Library/StartupItems/BRESINKx86Monitoring

[not loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) [Click for support]


/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.hzsystems.driver.CDSDAudioCaptureSupport (1.5) [Click for support]


Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist [Click for support]


Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.machangout.glims.agent.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.machangout.glims.loader.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] cinemapro1-2_enabler.plist [Click for support]

[unknown] cinemapro1-2_enabler.sh [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.extensions.updater69337.agent.plist [Click for support]

[unknown] com.extensions.updater69337.ver [Click for support]

[unknown] Safari Security [Click for support]

[unknown] UpdateDownloader [Click for support]


User Login Items: ℹ️

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.1.2 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version

Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 8.0.0 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 3.0.40818.0 [Click for support]

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Translate

YouTube5

Add To Amazon Wish List

Ghostery

ClickToPlugin

ASCPowerTools

Incognito

Google Translate

Adblock Plus

Translate


Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️

iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Adobe Version Cue CS3 [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]

Perian [Click for support]


Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

10% WindowServer

2% Finder

1% fontd

0% SystemUIServer

0% coreservicesd


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

380 MB Safari

155 MB SystemUIServer

90 MB Mail

64 MB Finder

42 MB WindowServer


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

1.67 GB Free RAM

990 MB Active RAM

244 MB Inactive RAM

313 MB Wired RAM

24.27 GB Page-ins

10 MB Page-outs


Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Mar 17, 2015, 02:46:43 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/helpd_2015-03-17-144643_[redac ted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 02:40:11 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-17-144011_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 02:40:11 PM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-17-144011_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 02:37:17 PM Self test - passed

Mar 17, 2015, 02:35:51 PM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-17-143551_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 02:35:51 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-17-143551_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 01:57:11 PM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-17-135711_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 01:57:11 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-17-135711_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 01:50:09 PM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-17-135009_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 01:50:09 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-17-135009_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 12:48:13 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iPhoto_2015-03-17-124813_[redacted].hang

Mar 17, 2015, 03:51:56 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PerianUpdateChecker_2015-03-17 -035156_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 03:12:09 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PerianUpdateChecker_2015-03-17 -031209_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 01:42:11 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PerianUpdateChecker_2015-03-17 -014211_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 01:01:02 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PerianUpdateChecker_2015-03-17 -010102_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 12:14:34 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PerianUpdateChecker_2015-03-17 -001434_[redacted].crash

Mar 16, 2015, 11:48:59 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PerianUpdateChecker_2015-03-16 -234859_[redacted].crash

Mar 16, 2015, 09:05:28 AM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-16-090528_[redacted].crash

Mar 16, 2015, 09:05:28 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-16-090528_[redacted].crash

Mar 16, 2015, 08:53:47 AM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-16-085347_[redacted].crash

Mar 16, 2015, 08:53:47 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-16-085347_[redacted].crash

Mar 15, 2015, 10:08:34 PM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-15-220834_[redacted].crash

Mar 15, 2015, 10:08:34 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-15-220834_[redacted].crash

Mar 15, 2015, 07:37:47 PM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-15-193747_[redacted].crash

Mar 15, 2015, 06:29:01 PM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-15-182901_[redacted].crash

Mar 15, 2015, 06:29:01 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-15-182901_[redacted].crash

Mar 15, 2015, 04:57:52 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-15-165752_[redacted].crash

Mar 15, 2015, 04:57:52 PM /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchctl_2015-03-15-165752_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 08:26:06 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PerianUpdateChecker_2015-03-17 -082606_[redacted].crash

Mar 17, 2015, 02:21:52 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PerianUpdateChecker_2015-03-17 -022152_[redacted].crash

Mar 15, 2015, 07:37:47 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchctl_2015-03-15-193747_[redacted].crash

20" iMac Intel 2.1 GHz, Core 2 duo-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Mar 17, 2015 4:02 PM

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Posted on Mar 18, 2015 6:49 AM

[not loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist [Click for support]


SIMBL is a sytem hack. Try removing it.


SIMBL Uninstall


SIMBL Uninstall (2) See solution posted by Linc Davis .

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Snow Leopard startup hangs on blue screen

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