CaptainValor
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This issue has been bugging me for about a week now with no resolution as of yet. First, here is the problem...
Whenever I attempt to start up Mac OS X 10.4 on my 15" Core Duo MacBook Pro, I get through the regular grey Apple logo spinning wheel portion, and then right as grey-blue background comes up (and just after the cursor is displayed), the system just stops. I don't see the "Mac OS X Starting up" box or any progress indicator, and the hard drive has no activity. Sometimes I see a very faint image of the standard "You need to restart your computer message box", that's how I know this is a Kernel Panic.
Here are the steps I've gone through to try to remedy this...
- I can start up successfully in Safe Mode by holding Shift at startup
- I have used my install disc to run a Disc Repair and no problems were found
- I have booted into Single User mode and run fsck, no problems found
- I have used multiple utilities, such as Tiger Cache Cleaner, to clean my system cache
- I have removed all items from all my StartupItems folders
None of these troubleshooting steps had any effect. At this point I believe the problem is related to the Kernal Extension Cache file that OS X loads at a normal startup, but not during a Safe Mode startup. However, I don't know why TCC is not clearing this cache file or even if it can be cleared. Also, I might have some 3rd party KEXT causing a problem, but since my panic.log file does not show any information for these crashes, I cannot isolate which one.
Help me, people! Thanks in advance
Whenever I attempt to start up Mac OS X 10.4 on my 15" Core Duo MacBook Pro, I get through the regular grey Apple logo spinning wheel portion, and then right as grey-blue background comes up (and just after the cursor is displayed), the system just stops. I don't see the "Mac OS X Starting up" box or any progress indicator, and the hard drive has no activity. Sometimes I see a very faint image of the standard "You need to restart your computer message box", that's how I know this is a Kernel Panic.
Here are the steps I've gone through to try to remedy this...
- I can start up successfully in Safe Mode by holding Shift at startup
- I have used my install disc to run a Disc Repair and no problems were found
- I have booted into Single User mode and run fsck, no problems found
- I have used multiple utilities, such as Tiger Cache Cleaner, to clean my system cache
- I have removed all items from all my StartupItems folders
None of these troubleshooting steps had any effect. At this point I believe the problem is related to the Kernal Extension Cache file that OS X loads at a normal startup, but not during a Safe Mode startup. However, I don't know why TCC is not clearing this cache file or even if it can be cleared. Also, I might have some 3rd party KEXT causing a problem, but since my panic.log file does not show any information for these crashes, I cannot isolate which one.
Help me, people! Thanks in advance