[G4] Can't startup in Single User mode

[Jason McClary]

Also to be safe his he plugging the keyboard directly into the back  
of the machine in USB port #1? My keyboard goes through a KVM and so  
the Mac misses initial key presses.

I like the motherboard rest suggestion too.

On May 22, 2005, at 11:00 AM, ksimones at spymac.com wrote:

> (I posted this on the x4u list also.)
>
>
> Hello all.
> I'm posting for a friend who can't startup in single user mode and  
> I don't have
> any answers for him. I thought he may have a bad keyboard, but he  
> tried a new one
> and still doesn't work (cmd+s during startup).
>
> He has a G5 1.8 1 gig ram, and says that it has always done some  
> crazy things
> since he got it that the 3 he uses at work don't do. Kernal panics,  
> all the fans
> turn on and crash the system, etc. He's booted from CD and ran disk  
> utility and
> permissions fixed 2-3 times until nothing was needed. The only way  
> he can boot
> from CD is to choose it from the startup control panel - Holding  
> down "c" during
> startup doesn't work.
>
> Here is the text he sent me:
>
>
>> Tried unplugging everything - network - no mouse - new keboard -
>> new mouse - all usb ports.
>>
>> Took out all ram tried each pair in current sockets then moved
>> sockets still nothing
>>
>> Stock system nothing added extra - rechecked all connections
>> and everything else works 100%
>>
>> Up to date on everything and firmware 5.1.5f2 most up to date
>> and reinstalled again after last system update 10.3.9
>>
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's strange that such a  
> basic level task
> can't be done on his machine.. One thing I just thought of and  
> haven't suggested
> to him is to reset the system via the CUDA button or remove the  
> battery.
> Is there anything anyone can think of for this one?
>
> TIA,
> Kevin
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