[X4U] G5 won't start up

[zapcat]

how about booting to the OS X installer disc that came with your  
machine?

dunno if that's functionally the same as starting from the DW disc or  
not, but the idea being to determine whether it's a hosed system or a  
fried computer.

zc









On Jan 20, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Jonnythan wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I have a 4-year old G5 running OS X 10.5 that refuses to start up -  
> you get
> the Apple logo and all looks well, then it shuts down again without  
> going
> any further.
>
> This started happening shortly (but not straightaway) after a power  
> cut.
> Directly after this the Mac started up but with the fan whirring  
> madly. This
> disappeared after a few restarts and was working normally. I  
> thought then it
> would be a good idea to run fsck, and after fsck found an error  
> that it
> couldn't fix, it now won't start up.
>
> I've tried starting from a DiskWarrior cd by holding down the c- 
> key, but
> that doesn't work.
>
> Any ideas, or has the power cut fried something?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jonathan.
>
>
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