Turns on to a please restart screen

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hawkgrl59

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I have a powermac g4 M5183 that was recently given to me, It worked for a while but then it started sending me to a screen that says "please restart" reguardless of how many times I have restarted it. I was wondering if there was either a way to fix this or since I have no files that I'm concerned about saving if there was a way that I could just purchase the newest OS X program and restart everything. Or if the whole thing is a mess and to give up. I would much rather fix this though.

Please and Thank you!
Michal Bowers
 
When it says, "please restart" does it look like the picture on this page?:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392

if so, it is a kernel panic. Kernel panics are usually caused by a hardware problem, such as a cheap USB hub, bad RAM, or some other peripheral that your Macintosh is not getting along with.

This page may help you track down and fix the problem:

Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060911080447777
 
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