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<DIV><SPAN class=028114312-22072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a G4 DP 500
Mhz., 512 mgs. Ram, ATI Rage 16 mgs. video card, an IBM 30 Gig 7200 rpm primary
HD and a Western Dig. 20 Gig secondary drive used for capturing small video
projects. OSX 10.4.9 was installed along with "bonus" software when I bought the
machine off eBay last year. Recently, just out of nowhere a dialog boxed popped
up asking for a password to my system. Not having one, I contacted the previous
owner who couldn't come up with anything that worked. So, I bought a retail
version of Tiger 10.4 (eBay) and began reinstalling OSX and that is when various
problems began. First of all, the OSX disc didn't want to install an
older version of the OS and several tries later, it finally accepted a
reinstall onto the secondary drive. I went online and updated it to 10.4.11
along with other files Apple included and thought I was nearing
completion. When I next tried to install the OS disc on the primary
drive, using Erase & Install, then trying Update several
times, the machine kept blowing out the install after almost
completing the process. (I let it check the install disc for errors just to make
sure the disc wasn't faulty.) The install OSX disc puts up a
message to the effect of 'try the installation again' with a "Restart"
button flashing on & off. Just to check things out, I ran a "Command - V"
request at startup and found a message of the "ATI Rage ndrv old" and
said it 'referred to the registry for updating'. Also, a "Apple PMU::PMU forced
shutdown, cause= -122" was revealed...So, after checking the meaning of
this error message through Apple's online support, it looks like the power
supply MAY be starting to fail. Is it feasible that small voltage
fluctuations could cause OSX system instabilities?...Are there any more tests I
can do to check the power supply? I was hoping to reinstall the OS and upgrade
to a faster machine. Any help would greatly
appreciated. TIA! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Terry </FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>