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Mac Mini G4 locks up while playing streaming audio [message #25284] Fri, 16 November 2012 16:05 Go to next message
faithie999 is currently offline  faithie999
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i have a mac mini G4 running 10.5.8. yesterday (i thought it was a fluke
at the time) and again just now, it locked up while playing streaming audio
in firefox 3.6.24. the mini was completely unresponsive, so i held the
power button until it shut down. then powered back on, got the startup
chime, but then a gray screen with no apple. i tried resetting PRAM,
letting it cycle thru three startup chimes, but same result--gray screen
but no apple.

then i decided to try booting into open firmware to see if the machine was
completely dead. this worked, and at the prompt i typed mac-boot and
immediately the apple, then gearwheel, appeared, and it rebooted fine.

as i said above, this just happened again (altho i booted into open
firmware without resetting PRAM, so that troubleshooting step had no
effect).

i know this is an ancient version of firefox, and i am now using safari for
the streaming audio, but i'm curious why after a forced shutdown the mini
wouldn't restart normally, and why issuing the mac-boot command from open
firmware made a difference.

thanks in advance

ken

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Re: Mac Mini G4 locks up while playing streaming audio [message #25285 is a reply to message #25284] Fri, 16 November 2012 18:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Clark Martin is currently offline  Clark Martin
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On Nov 16, 2012, at 1:05 PM, faithie999 wrote:

> i have a mac mini G4 running 10.5.8. yesterday (i thought it was a fluke at the time) and again just now, it locked up while playing streaming audio in firefox 3.6.24. the mini was completely unresponsive, so i held the power button until it shut down. then powered back on, got the startup chime, but then a gray screen with no apple. i tried resetting PRAM, letting it cycle thru three startup chimes, but same result--gray screen but no apple.

>

> then i decided to try booting into open firmware to see if the machine was completely dead. this worked, and at the prompt i typed mac-boot and immediately the apple, then gearwheel, appeared, and it rebooted fine.

>

> as i said above, this just happened again (altho i booted into open firmware without resetting PRAM, so that troubleshooting step had no effect).

>

> i know this is an ancient version of firefox, and i am now using safari for the streaming audio, but i'm curious why after a forced shutdown the mini wouldn't restart normally, and why issuing the mac-boot command from open firmware made a difference.


It may well be that the real problem is in why it had trouble booting and that the streaming lock up was caused by that (it MAY). For starters run Disk Utility / Disk Verify. Check the System Log, for the boot up process, when it locked up and for some time before that.

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Re: Mac Mini G4 locks up while playing streaming audio [message #25287 is a reply to message #25285] Fri, 16 November 2012 18:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bruce Johnson is currently offline  Bruce Johnson
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On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Clark Martin <cmmac@sonic.net> wrote:

>

> On Nov 16, 2012, at 1:05 PM, faithie999 wrote:

>

>> i have a mac mini G4 running 10.5.8. yesterday (i thought it was a fluke at the time) and again just now, it locked up while playing streaming audio in firefox 3.6.24. the mini was completely unresponsive, so i held the power button until it shut down. then powered back on, got the startup chime, but then a gray screen with no apple. i tried resetting PRAM, letting it cycle thru three startup chimes, but same result--gray screen but no apple.

>>

>> then i decided to try booting into open firmware to see if the machine was completely dead. this worked, and at the prompt i typed mac-boot and immediately the apple, then gearwheel, appeared, and it rebooted fine.

>>

>> as i said above, this just happened again (altho i booted into open firmware without resetting PRAM, so that troubleshooting step had no effect).

>>

>> i know this is an ancient version of firefox, and i am now using safari for the streaming audio, but i'm curious why after a forced shutdown the mini wouldn't restart normally, and why issuing the mac-boot command from open firmware made a difference.

>

> It may well be that the real problem is in why it had trouble booting and that the streaming lock up was caused by that (it MAY). For starters run Disk Utility / Disk Verify. Check the System Log, for the boot up process, when it locked up and for some time before that.


Do these things have PRAM batteries? If so it's getting on to the age where those can fail; I know non-Mini G4's have problems with this.

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Re: Mac Mini G4 locks up while playing streaming audio [message #25933 is a reply to message #25287] Fri, 16 November 2012 18:51 Go to previous message
James Knight is currently offline  James Knight
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"Do these things have PRAM batteries? If so it's getting on to the age
where those can fail; I know non-Mini G4's have problems with this."

They sure do!


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Bruce Johnson <johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu
> wrote:


>

> On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Clark Martin <cmmac@sonic.net> wrote:

>

>>

>> On Nov 16, 2012, at 1:05 PM, faithie999 wrote:

>>

>>> i have a mac mini G4 running 10.5.8. yesterday (i thought it was a

> fluke at the time) and again just now, it locked up while playing streaming

> audio in firefox 3.6.24. the mini was completely unresponsive, so i held

> the power button until it shut down. then powered back on, got the startup

> chime, but then a gray screen with no apple. i tried resetting PRAM,

> letting it cycle thru three startup chimes, but same result--gray screen

> but no apple.

>>>

>>> then i decided to try booting into open firmware to see if the machine

> was completely dead. this worked, and at the prompt i typed mac-boot and

> immediately the apple, then gearwheel, appeared, and it rebooted fine.

>>>

>>> as i said above, this just happened again (altho i booted into open

> firmware without resetting PRAM, so that troubleshooting step had no

> effect).

>>>

>>> i know this is an ancient version of firefox, and i am now using safari

> for the streaming audio, but i'm curious why after a forced shutdown the

> mini wouldn't restart normally, and why issuing the mac-boot command from

> open firmware made a difference.

>>

>> It may well be that the real problem is in why it had trouble booting

> and that the streaming lock up was caused by that (it MAY). For starters

> run Disk Utility / Disk Verify. Check the System Log, for the boot up

> process, when it locked up and for some time before that.

>

> Do these things have PRAM batteries? If so it's getting on to the age

> where those can fail; I know non-Mini G4's have problems with this.

>

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> Bruce Johnson

> University of Arizona

> College of Pharmacy

> Information Technology Group

>

> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

>

>

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