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bad news. the capacitors on the logic board were about ready to pop. i'm now the proud (and broke) owner of a new iMac. the pre-Intel processors tended to get really hot. if you take off the back of the computer and look for the chrome/silver battery-looking things that are attached to the...

bad news on my end. although the logic board passed the hardware test, the capacitors on the logic board (they look like mini batteries...?) were not all flat. because mine was a first generation iMac, it wasn't an intel processor. the old processors get really hot, and so, in time, the...

i've verified and repaired all disk and file permissions... no luck there. i have a "com.apple.SuperDrive extension has no kernel dependencies" error and a "SMU -- shutdown cause = 3 (sometimes 2)" error that i feel might have something to do with my problems. i'm going to speak with a "mac...

I'm sorry I don't have a definitive answer for you - I'm kind of in the same boat. My post is 3 newer than yours. You might try getting back in to single user mode, and then type the following commands (I don't know your level of comfort with the terminal, so forgive me if this is...

Getting right to the point... My iMac G5 (running 10.4.11) freezes at the blue screen, after recognizing the mouse, but before the login window. Some form of energy saver must be working because after the blue screen dims, moving the mouse will brighten it. Steps I've taken: Hardware...