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  • From: zman <zman AT gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>
  • To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] hey all you Mac people
  • Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:50:36 -0500 (EST)

i would actually do both suggestions. First pull the power cable and make
sure all lights are out, then follow Steve's suggestion. My Cube didn't
want to boot after 4 days with no power, I pulled the power and rebooted.
Came up fine, then I ran the Disk Utility just for giggles...


On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 burnett AT pobox.com wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Sarah Ovenall wrote:
> > I didn't know there were so many Mac users on this list. My G4
> > (running system 10.1.5) has been acting weird since the power came
> > back on: When I shut it down, the light on the front of the computer
> > stays on. Then the only way to restart it is to reset the UPS -- the
> > buttons on the monitor and the computer do nothing. When it starts
> > up, it makes a loud beep and then starts in Open Firmware. Then I
> > type "mac-boot" and it starts up normally.
> > I tried resetting the PRAM, which didn't help. That's about the
> > extent of my troubleshooting abilities :) Any OS X guru who could
> > help me out?
> I'd suggest booting from the OS X System CDROM that came with your G4 and
> running the Disk Utility's First Aid function first and see if that helps.
> Then I'd suggest running the Hardware Test CD and seeing if it reports any
> hardware problems.

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