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10.5 iBook G4 Freezes after turning on

Hi everyone,

I recently posted something this on another discussion but had said I was using Tiger instead of Leopard. I have an iBook G4 with 512 MB RAM. It is running Leopard and I do not have the install discs. My problem is that a few minutes after turning on the computer and using programs, I am either stuck in a program and cannot open others, or when I close a program the top menu bar disappears and I cannot open others, meaning I have to restart. I can still move the mouse when this occurs, however. I have reset this to factory settings, reset the SMC, PMU, PRAM, you name it, I've done it. Hard drive is in good shape, however the disc drive is not. No clicking noises at all. If anybody can help, I would gladly appreciate it.


Thanks!

Posted on Jun 7, 2015 5:45 PM

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Jun 7, 2015 9:13 PM in response to Joey5802

Hello,


Have you blown the dust out lately?


Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...


http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html


Also...


One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...


PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive


Reboot, test again.


If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts (Users & Groups in later OSX versions)>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed. Or an errant process eating up RAM.


Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.


Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...


/private/var/run/StartupItems


/Library/StartupItems


/System/Library/StartupItems


/System/Library/LaunchDaemons


/Library/LaunchDaemons


10.5 iBook G4 Freezes after turning on

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