Comments on: Leopard installation problems – blue screen

By: E-Li

E-Li — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:10:18 +0000

Here is my machines full specs. Thanks!!

Machine Name – Power Mac G4
Machine Model – PowerMac3,6
PCU type – PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Number of CPUs – 2
CPU Speed – 1.42 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU) – 256kb
L3 Cache (per CPU – 2MB
Memory – 1.5GB
Bus Speed – 167MHz
Boot ROM Version 4.6.0f1

ATA Bus
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-105

ATA Bus
ST3120022A
ST340014A

Built In Sound Card
CODEC – Texas Instruments TAS3004
Sample Rate – 44.1KHz
Number of inputs – 1
Number of outputs – 4
Devices:
Input:
Type – Line Level Input
Output:
Type – Headphones
Output:
Type – Internal Speaker
Output:
Type – External Speaker
Output:
Type – Line Level Output

DISC BURNING
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-105:

Firmware Revision – A506
Interconnect – ATAPI
Burn Support – Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache – 2000KB
CD-Write – -R, -RW
DVD-Write – -R, RW
Burn Under-Run Protection CD – Yes
Burn Under-Run Protection DVD – Yes
Write Strategies – CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media – No

FireWire Bus:

Maximum Speed: Up to 800 MB/sec (2 standard Speed Inputs/1 High Speed Input)

Graphics/Displays:

ATI Radeon 9000 Pro:

Chipset Model: ATY,RV250
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM(total): 64MB
Vendor: ATI(0×1002)
Device ID: 0×4966
Revision ID: 0×0001
ROM Revision: 113-99702-127

Displays:

LR761:
Resolution: 800×600 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported

MEMORY:

Memory Slot:
DIMM0/J21 – 512 MB DDR SDRAM PC2700U-25330 X 4

USB Bus:

Host Controller Location: Built in USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
PCI Device ID: 0×0035
PCI Revision ID: 0×0043
PCI Vendor ID: 0×1033
Bus Number: 0×1b

BUILT-IN ETHERNET:

Type: PPP(PPPoE)
Hardware: Ethernet
BSD Device Name pppO

System Software Overview:

System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.3 (8F46)
Kernel Version: Darwin 8.3.0

DOUBLE HARD DRIVE SYSTEM:

Drive 1 -
Seagate Barracuda
Format: MAC OS Extended (Journaled)
Capacity: 111.78 GB

Drive 2 -
Seagate Barracuda
Format: MAC OS Extended (Journaled)
Capacity: 37.15 GB

By: E-Li

E-Li — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:08:14 +0000

Hi All. This damn blue screen thing is driving me crazy. Up to a year ago I was a PC man but now use Macs for ProTools etc. After installing Leopard onto my G4 Dual processor tower I encountered the “blue screen” which stayed on for three hours. I eventually had to shut down the G4 by holding the power button as nothing else would work. I was able to get the disc out. I have done the whole /sbin bla bla bla and still blue screens. I don’t have the disc for this mac as I bought it second hand. I was running Tiger Mac OS X 10.4.3 (8F46) before this problem happened. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:08:43 +0000

On a G5

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:07:43 +0000

Yesterday I tried installing Jaguar – ended up with a spinning CD for an hour and a blue screen – pulled the plug tried again – same thing.
Ill try some of the tricks on here to get the CD out – but then what? any suggestions?
The computer has been running sluggish off and on – wanna do a complete fresh install.

Thanks!!
Danielle

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:43:02 +0000

This fixed it for my system – http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1545?viewlocale=en_US

Boot mac with issues into Target Disk Mode (hold down T)….delete App Enhancer bundle, reboot.

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Dual 2 GHz PPC G5, 2.5 GB ram (some “3rd party”).

By: Tristan

Tristan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:56:06 +0000

I recently updated the software on my mac, I’ve never done this before. I restarted my computer and the blue screen was stuck on there, needless to say I was devastated. How do I fix this problem.. will it go away on its own?

By: Bob F.

Bob F. — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:49:06 +0000

What a pain in the arse!
iTunes won’t work, Mail won’t work, support tells me to clean my disc and start anew! G4 iBook. Program half installed! Message says install failed yet I have Leopard running…POORLY!
I am real disappointed here having been a big fan of apple…damn, I bought an iPhone, 2 ipods, not to mention Logic and Final Cut. Now my computer is screwed up and the best they can tell me is to erase?
Looks to me like they did not test this to see if it was tamed before they let it out of the cage.

By: Ayaan

Ayaan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:47:34 +0000

I cant beleive u had a solution for this… it happened to me a month ago…i had to re install tiger…wipe off my hard drive clean…and then install leopard again…wat a pain…

By: Rory Jarrard

Rory Jarrard — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:26:46 +0000

Dave and Carolina,

I also have the spinning wheel issue. I don’t know how to fix it. However, if you reboot while holding down the touchpad “mouse button”, it will force eject the CD.

By: dr gauravsuneja

dr gauravsuneja — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:19:08 +0000

I encountered same problema as Dave. Bought an Imac yesterday and installed Leopard but have the apple logo and spinning wheel……

Please need your help on this…. I cannot eject the DVD or anything ….