Rick Nagtegaal

Q: PowerMac G5 sticks on blue screen when it's starting up

Hello everybody,

 

I have a PowerMac G5 ( 1.8 Ghz, 1.25 GB RAM 10.5.8 Leopard )

 

if I turn the machine on it's starting up normally with the apple logo and spinning wheel

but when that finished it sticks on the blue screen you see before the login menu.

 

I don't know what to do,

 

 

I hope to hear soon.

 

greetings, Rick

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), early 2009

Posted on Jan 12, 2016 7:56 AM

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 12, 2016 10:23 AM in response to Rick Nagtegaal
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    Jan 12, 2016 10:23 AM in response to Rick Nagtegaal

    Hi Rick, start with this & let us know the outcome please.

     

    If 10.7.0 or later...

     

    Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partition & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions.

  • by Rick Nagtegaal,

    Rick Nagtegaal Rick Nagtegaal Jan 12, 2016 11:28 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 12, 2016 11:28 PM in response to BDAqua

    my powermac is running 10.5.8 leopard it can't be updated because it's a powerpc machine

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    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 14, 2016 5:11 AM in response to Rick Nagtegaal
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    Jan 14, 2016 5:11 AM in response to Rick Nagtegaal

    Ah, sorry, I got confused with the Yosemite tag!

     

    "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 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, (not Repair Permissions). 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 & clear caches.)

     

    If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

     

    Tough without the Install disc, but some things to try...

     

    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

     

    If none of that works & it's not 10.5.x Server edition we have something else to try.

  • by Rick Nagtegaal,

    Rick Nagtegaal Rick Nagtegaal Jan 14, 2016 12:31 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 14, 2016 12:31 AM in response to BDAqua

    thanks for this reponset

     

    I think I will try the single boot modus and if that don't fix the problem I will give the Install discs a try

     

    You will hear when I tried it

     

    greetings Rick

  • by Rick Nagtegaal,

    Rick Nagtegaal Rick Nagtegaal Jan 14, 2016 6:51 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 14, 2016 6:51 AM in response to BDAqua

    the problem is become bigger!

     

    I wanted to try your solutions but when I start up the powermac it gave two beeps and than the fans blowed hard and the light is flikkering.

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    Rick Nagtegaal Rick Nagtegaal Jan 14, 2016 8:14 AM in response to Rick Nagtegaal
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    Jan 14, 2016 8:14 AM in response to Rick Nagtegaal

    No more worry about the 'bigger' thing

     

    I fixed it myself ( the RAM was placed wrong, my fold )

     

    but the blue screen isn't fixed yet so now I am gonna try your solutions.

  • by Rick Nagtegaal,

    Rick Nagtegaal Rick Nagtegaal Jan 14, 2016 8:29 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 14, 2016 8:29 AM in response to BDAqua

    The single mode was working the machine is running well again

     

    very very thank you for your help

     

    Rick.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 14, 2016 9:54 AM in response to Rick Nagtegaal
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    Jan 14, 2016 9:54 AM in response to Rick Nagtegaal

    Ah, good to hear!

     

    Does it work in regular boot now also?

  • by Rick Nagtegaal,

    Rick Nagtegaal Rick Nagtegaal Jan 14, 2016 11:18 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 14, 2016 11:18 AM in response to BDAqua

    yes everything is working fine

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 14, 2016 1:11 PM in response to Rick Nagtegaal
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    Jan 14, 2016 1:11 PM in response to Rick Nagtegaal