G5 acting up

[loonielola]

G5 imac is acting up. I was in and out of the g5 .. logging out of user accounts .. in an attempt to clean it up before giving it away. today it boot loops over and over. i cannot get in safemode. i reset the pram, i was able to bring up the firmware and verbose ... but it just will not start up. i was able to locate the hd but i am not able to click on the icon and next the arrow. finally, i was able to see the hd in target mode. any suggestion ..... ?? oh yes, i opened it up and took out the memory sticks and switched them. thxs.

 

[maflynn]

[MOD NOTE]
Moving to the PowerPC forum as you may get more specific advice on the iMac.

 

[RedCroissant]

G5 imac is acting up. I was in and out of the g5 .. logging out of user accounts .. in an attempt to clean it up before giving it away. today it boot loops over and over. i cannot get in safemode. i reset the pram, i was able to bring up the firmware and verbose ... but it just will not start up. i was able to locate the hd but i am not able to click on the icon and next the arrow. finally, i was able to see the hd in target mode. any suggestion ..... ?? oh yes, i opened it up and took out the memory sticks and switched them. thxs.

Restting the PRAM is good and since that didn't work, first switch the RAM modules back to their original locations, clean out any dust, and then in Target Disk Mode, use disk utility to repair/verify permissions to see if that helps. If not, then you might have to reinstall the OS.

Which model of the iMac G5 do you have?

 

[MacCubed]

I would recommend d an OS reinstall, if that doesn't work, your HDD is dead

 

[loonielola]

Restting the PRAM is good and since that didn't work, first switch the RAM modules back to their original locations, clean out any dust, and then in Target Disk Mode, use disk utility to repair/verify permissions to see if that helps. If not, then you might have to reinstall the OS.

Which model of the iMac G5 do you have?

2ghz PowerPC G5 2gb ddrsdram software 10.5.8 but i do not have a disk
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2ghz PowerPC G5 2gb ddrsdram software 10.5.8 but i do not have a disk

when i start up i target mode and i see it from my macbook pro. i tried the utilities but it tells me i cannot us the disk utility as it is not same version (or something like that). why switch back the ram .. what difference would that make
in the start up or the imac ??

 

[MacCubed]

2ghz PowerPC G5 2gb ddrsdram software 10.5.8 but i do not have a disk
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when i start up i target mode and i see it from my macbook pro. i tried the utilities but it tells me i cannot us the disk utility as it is not same version (or something like that). why switch back the ram .. what difference would that make
in the start up or the imac ??

It's definitely the HDD or OS, get an image of the install DVD from Macintosh garden and make a bootable USB

 

[loonielola]

It's definitely the HDD or OS, get an image of the install DVD from Macintosh garden and make a bootable USB

ok thanks .. i will give that a go? never heard of macintosh garden.

 

[hellothere231]

ok thanks .. i will give that a go? never heard of macintosh garden.

Macintosh Garden is just a site that hosts a lot of abandonware for Macs (games, applications, etc) to download. They also have every Mac OS X install disk image up to Leopard. It's a very useful site; especially for PPC Macs.

 

[spf2]

He is referring to the website macintoshgarden.org . It is a repository for abandonware Mac software .

Edit: Previous poster beat me to it.

 

[loonielola]

It's definitely the HDD or OS, get an image of the install DVD from Macintosh garden and make a bootable USB

.. i am on mac ... garden and i really do not know what to look for. IOS 10.5.8 ... nothing comes up G5 that makes any
sense to me.

 

[hellothere231]

.. i am on mac ... garden and i really do not know what to look for. IOS 10.5.8 ... nothing comes up G5 that makes any
sense to me.

http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-osx-mac-os-10-ppc Here you go; all the disk images are on here.

 

[loonielola]

Macintosh Garden is just a site that hosts a lot of abandonware for Macs (games, applications, etc) to download. They also have every Mac OS X install disk image up to Leopard. It's a very useful site; especially for PPC Macs.

thanks for the info. i really do not know what to look for. the G5 is running 10.5.8 will i have to boot it up from an earlier
OS could you be so kind and give me the link to the download. thx you.
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http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-osx-mac-os-10-ppc Here you go; all the disk images are on here.

thanks. downloading now. thank you.