First time post to this list. Brief introduction, my name is Scott Thurmond (Scott was already taken by someone who describes himself as the list mom) and I'm an FDA toxicologist (not drugs folks, foods), and long time Mac user (although the FDA insists on running Windoze). Anyway, I have an older desktop G4 500 Mac (forgot when they came out, but bought mine shortly there after) that has been working well until yesterday when I rebooted (Mac OSX, the last iteration of the original OSX). It got past the initial boot sequence and stopped (producing a nice blue screen, not what I was looking for, but pleasant all the same). Ran disk utility and the boot disk seems fine (although I realize this is a basic check). I'm unable to get past this pleasant blue screen even after reinstalling OSX and restarting in safe mode. Any suggestions for diagnostic software, or for other uses for this boat anchor? Thanks.
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"Blue screen of death" on a Mac (not related to Boot Camp)
- Thread starter Thane
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Rewritten post ...
'I have an older desktop G4 500 Mac ... that has been working well until yesterday when I rebooted .... It got past the initial boot sequence and stopped (producing a ... blue screen ...). Ran disk utility and the boot disk seems fine .... I'm unable to get past this ... blue screen even after reinstalling OSX and restarting in safe mode. Any suggestions for diagnostic software ...? Thanks.' - There are 'TechTool Pro' and 'Disk Warrior'; in addition to, the UNIX 'diskutil' command.
'(Mac OSX, the last iteration of the original OSX)' - which is 10.0.4. Is the 500 MHz PowerMac G4 running MacOS X 10.0.4?
'I have an older desktop G4 500 Mac ... that has been working well until yesterday when I rebooted .... It got past the initial boot sequence and stopped (producing a ... blue screen ...). Ran disk utility and the boot disk seems fine .... I'm unable to get past this ... blue screen even after reinstalling OSX and restarting in safe mode. Any suggestions for diagnostic software ...? Thanks.' - There are 'TechTool Pro' and 'Disk Warrior'; in addition to, the UNIX 'diskutil' command.
'(Mac OSX, the last iteration of the original OSX)' - which is 10.0.4. Is the 500 MHz PowerMac G4 running MacOS X 10.0.4?
'... could it possibly be a bad memory module?' - yes, it is possble.
Missing version number:
MacOS X version.
Select '<apple symbol>, About This Mac' menu item. Beneath 'Mac OS X' will be the complete version number.
Additional information needed:
Next, click on the 'About This Mac's 'More Info...' button. - 'System Profiler' will open (launch, run).
Click on 'Hardware' (under 'Contents'). Reply with the information under 'Hardware Overview:'.
Under 'Hardware' click on 'Memory'. Reply with the information under 'Memory Slot'.
Under 'Hardware' click on 'ATA'. Reply with the information under 'ATA Bus:' (right side, bottom panel).
Missing version number:
MacOS X version.
Select '<apple symbol>, About This Mac' menu item. Beneath 'Mac OS X' will be the complete version number.
Additional information needed:
Next, click on the 'About This Mac's 'More Info...' button. - 'System Profiler' will open (launch, run).
Click on 'Hardware' (under 'Contents'). Reply with the information under 'Hardware Overview:'.
Under 'Hardware' click on 'Memory'. Reply with the information under 'Memory Slot'.
Under 'Hardware' click on 'ATA'. Reply with the information under 'ATA Bus:' (right side, bottom panel).