Re: G5 iMac Problems...


Snit wrote:
> "macsucks3737@xxxxxxxxx" <macsucks3737@xxxxxxxxx> stated in post
> 1133199974.357788.103410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 11/28/05 10:46 AM:
>
> >
> > Sniper wrote:
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> I have had my imac for about 6 months now and have encountered
> >> no problems until Yesterday. When I turned the computer on it wouldnt
> >> get past the opening loading screen (grey apple icon and spinning
> >> circle) and the fan started blowing really loudly. I have tried
> >> restarting the mac, unplugging the cords and reconnecting etc but no
> >> luck. I have also tried leaving the mac on for about 1 hour but it
> >> never gets past this screen and i have tried all the solutions in the
> >> user manual but with no luck. I assume this is some sort of hardware
> >> problem any ideas on what might be the problem?.
> >>
> >> Any ideas/input would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> > Why, you must be making this up.... Apple hardware never fails, and
> > Macs never crash.
> >
> > In all seriousness though, you might try starting in safe mode (hold
> > down shift) or boot from the OS X DVD and run the disk repair
> > utilities. You can also simply perform an archive install from the OS X
> > DVD if that does not work. I usually reinstall OS X every few months as
> > it becomes unstable over time.
>
> Good advice with the exception that there is no reason to have to re-install
> every few months.

In my experience, once you start having problems like those described
above the OS will become increasingly unstable until a reinstall is
performed. Of course it is possible that with my being new to OS X
there are other steps I could take besides reinstalling, but when all
else fails it is a viable solution. Only takes about an hour to run.

> There is a need, however, to run utilities that Apple
> does not include a good GUI for - this is a pretty big weakness of OS X.
> There are several good programs that will do this, I prefer one called YASU
> (Yet Another System Utility).

Thank you for referring this... I have been looking for some automated
way to run those utilities without using the Terminal.

.

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