mac cannot start

[fimac]

Hi There,

Powermac G4 667mhz
OS Tiger,

My mac hang after start up with logo on the screen,

after sometime it turn to blue screen and stay there forever.

What could have been the caused ??


Really need your help, Thank you.

 

[quadra800]

Try a PRAM reset. Mine worked after that. When booting: Command+Option+P+R all at once. After a couple of seconds you should hear the "sosumi" again. Try doing it several times in a row if it don't work the first time.

 

[fimac]

Hi,
Thanks quadra800,
Really appreciated your reply. I tried dozen of times, but it seems not working.
But there are 'sosumi' sound repeating. Could it be a hard drive ??
Thanks .

 

[quadra800]

Is there any newly installed RAM or PCI cards in the computer?

 

[fimac]

No...no new ram or pci card.

 

[quadra800]

Check if all plugs is firmly plugged in inside the computer.

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

try and restart into Single User Mode...

Restart holding the command + s key

Don't let go of them till you see a load of text...

If you get to the prompt let us know and we'll tell you what to do from there.

regards

Ric

 

[fimac]

Hi Guys,
Thanks quadra800 and Ric,
Really appreciated for your assistants,
Ric, do you meant I have to copy all the text that appeared on the screen ?
If it is important then I'll copy all of them.
Thanks again.

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

did it boot...

Did you get to a flashing prompt where you could enter text ?

regards

Ric

 

[fimac]

Hi Ric,
Yes, there was a flashing prompt after load of texts appeared after restart in single user mode.(commad +s). Thanks.

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

When you see the prompt...

type

/sbin/fsck -fy

then return.

Then wait while it does its stuff, it may take it a while, it will be finished when the cursor comes back, then type:

Reboot

then return

Give that a go and let us know how you get on.

regards

Ric

 

[fimac]

Hi Ric,
Your magic words works.!!
you're simply the best.
Thanks & have a nice day ahead.

Regards.