hung up on pinwheel & no desktop or HD

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tugo2k1

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after updating to 10.4.1 on my powermac g4 Agp 512 RAM
and 2 restarts later all i get is the spining pinwheel and dock loads but nothing on my desktop shows up HD,folder,files etc.
If i click on something like the system preferences on the dock , it will take forever for it to open. like the computer is a minute behind everything i do extremely slow. Have tried everything reinstalled 10.4, booting from cd, disk utility repair showed HD had no problems, reseting ,vram,pram, fsck-Y , disconecting all firewire,usb stuff. I'm at the point of just getting another hardrive and doing a clean os and program installation. i read sowhere that my video card might be slowing me down but, it worked fine in 10.3.5
it's the stock ATI rage 128 pro 16mg. Anybody have any ideas ????
I cant load any third party fix /retore software cuz cd wont show up on desktop. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELp !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Try removing any third party RAM (RAM that Apple didn't put in there themselves) and try booting again. OS X is very sensitive to RAM problems, which can cause any number of weird behaviors.

also, to boot from the cd, all you need to do is instert the disk, restart, and hold down the "c" key when it chimes (and keep it held til you see the grey screen with the apple logo).
 
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