OS X :: G5 1.8 Wont Start - HardWare Test But The CD Tray Wont Come Out?
Oct 24, 2009
have a Power Mac G5 1.8 Tower. I get it when they first came out in 2003. Now, This morning I went to log in and the cursor just spins. The system comes on like regular, it shows me the log on screen, the back ground and everything but when I put in my password nothing happens. The pointing cursor just spins and it does not leave this screen. I don't think it is a Hard Drive problem because then I would not even be able to get to this screen, I been trying this for hours now. I even tried to do the Hard Ware test but the CD tray wont come out.
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Mar 10, 2012
I have an iMac 20
2.66 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 800 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
Running OS X - 10.7.3
Lately the machine is not detecting wireless keyboard, trackpad, and mouse unless the iMac is restarted. I tried to run the AHT using the restart and holding the D key but this doesn't seem to work I'm not sure how to run the AHT using the original DVDs, especially if the original OS was Leopard or Snow Leopard.
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iMac (20-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 22, 2012
My computer started having problems some two weeks ago.First it was very slow then it blocked during the use of Photoshop.At that stage I used Apple jack to test and solve the problem and it worked.But two days later the problem came again as a verry slow start-up.I checked the disk and there was no problem signaled.I tried to boot the computer on the installation disk in order to execute the Hardware test...The test gave the folowing error code: 4HDD/11/40000004:SATA(0,0)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6)
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Feb 3, 2009
recently I bought WD6400AAKS hard drive. I made to partitions (1st for OS and applications, 2nd one for photo files). I also did fresh OS install and loaded basic applications. Strangely I didn't notice any speed boost while booting and to be honest I feel like all applications (photoshop for example) are also starting much slower than on original hdd.
Is there any way to test hard drive if it performs as it should be? I also have 2 more older drives installed. is it possible that one of them would slow the system down?
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Jun 25, 2012
My son's 17" imac PPC G5 was not booting up. After a trying a couple of things I got it to boot using Disk Warrior and reparing the file directory. At that time I also ran DW's hardware test which said the drive was fine. My son hard restarted it shortly after I fixed it and it wouldn't start up again. Just a gray screen, no apple logo. When I tried to use DW again it told me there were problems with the hard drive and it couldn't fix the problem. I tried to fix the hard drive in target disk mode using Disk Utiltiy and Drive Genius. No luck. So I pulled a working drive out of my Mac Pro and reformatted it and swapped the internal drive of the iMac with it. There were no DIP switches to set. Started up the imac with a Leopard retail disk thinking I would just install a fresh system onto the replaced internal drive of the iMac. Disk Utility on the leopard disk didn't see the hard drive. Now I'm beginning to think it's a logic board problem but I can't find the original disks to do a Hardware test with. Is there some other way to test a logic board? Or some other idea that I'm not thinking of that could be wrong with the machine?
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), ATI 1900, 8GbRAM
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Feb 27, 2008
if you recall a thread I started trying to get help on why the Mac Pro was crashing... I finally narrowed it down.After speaking to about 4 different people at apple.... they had me run the Apple Hardware Test off the boot CD.I took out EVERYTHING except the 2nd DVD burner (Apple Branded Superdrive from my old 2.5 Dual G5)... and ran the test.The Hardware Test ACTUALLY FROZE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAM TEST.I thought I had bad aftermarket ram... as it wasn't playing nice with the Apple ram when I added them together.Looks like I had fine aftermarket ram... the Apple ram was bad.I REPLACED the Apple Ram with the Aftermarket Ram... and the Hardware Test completed fine.So, now I'm going to be calling them again in the morning and letting them know what happened. I wonder if they'll just let me RMA the bad ram, or if I'm going to have to lug this dang thing down to an apple store.I WONT BE HAPPY IF I HAVE TO DO THAT.Oh, and no more lockups since switching out the ram... and all the other quirks (not able to burn CDs in Windows, sloooow Internet page draws, etc...) are all but gone now.
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Apr 9, 2012
I have a 17" unibody MBP (early 2009, specs below). It was running hotter than usual the other day, so I F2 booted into AHT to run a diagnostic. The status box within AHT showed 1 second into the 1st pass, and never got beyond that. Several seconds after that status message was displayed, the cursor froze. The time counter never advanced after that, and although I waited a long time, nothing happened. The test froze.
I've tried it several times more. It once worked, but every other time has frozen. Checking the "extended test" box, or trying to run in loop mode has made no difference - still freezes at "1 second".
I've had this machine for 3 years, OS's Leopard through Lion, and this has never happened before. I last ran a test, successfully, in January. I've not changed any components or suffered any damage since then. Memtest (ver 4.22) says my RAM is fine. (I ran this because the first portion of the AHT is the RAM component.) Aside from the aforementioned overheating episode, which disappeared, my machine's been fine.
early 2009 MBP unibody 17"
2.93 Core 2 Duo
8 GB RAM
750 GB HD
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jan 1, 2011
my first question is: where can I get a quick start to "take control" of my brand new used G5 late '05 2.3 dual core Power Mac? I'm accustomed to going to device manager to check on things, update or disable drivers, partition, reformat, set selective start-up, you know; all that. I bookmarked something like Switch 101 and am left shy of the depths I wish to go.
I've fiddled with an acquaintance's MacBook Pro and found it somewhat intuitive, so navigation in and around the apps won't be too difficult to switch over to but how can I do something like pick and choose what I want to show up in my task bar or whatever the Macquivalent is.
And secondly, F12 opens the Dashboard not the DVD tray. Option F12 doesn't help. Unless I need to literally "hold F12 until the open tray appears..." or something like that. That hasn't worked either.
I'm sure I won't regret the switch. I've been threatening to for the last three or four years; five of which is my level of PC-ing.
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Jun 21, 2010
I spilt coffee on my keyboard and after cleaning it the "space bar" will not work and the "Z" key sticks, so I am now using an old iMac keyboard that doesn't have a Volume or Eject button. So how do I open the DVD tray ?
is there an icon that can be place up the top right hand corner like the volume control ?
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Mar 13, 2008
my friend just got a mac pro today, how do you open the disk tray? i have a macbook so mine's just a slot.
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Dec 25, 2009
My CD tray is stuck in my powermac G5, I keep pressing the button to eject it on my keyboard but nothing happens, I've tried restarting it. Unfortunately there isn't a CD in the drive so I can't drag the icon to the trash which is what the apple support site said, but I just want to open the drive to put a CD in? All the keys on my keyboard work fine except that bloody eject button. Its one of the older keyboards, not the flat ones that you get now, its the version before that.
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Mar 16, 2012
Just today, my TSST DVD writer tray will not stay closed during or after booting my G5. The "Eject" key will operate it normally, but a few seconds after I close it the tray will open again... and stay open. Same thing happens if I manually close it. No disc is in the tray. This problem is 100% repeatable. I reset the PRAM in my G5. I have "Patchburn v 4.0.5" software for the TSST CDDVDW SH-S222L installed, and I re-installed it but with no effect on the problem.
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PowerMac Dual 2.7 GHz G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Desktop G3 (1997) upgraded CPU, RAM, Hard Disks
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May 13, 2012
My cd tray will not open the only way I can open it is by using the terminal commands "drutil open" and "drutil close"
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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4)
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Dec 5, 2010
For future reference: what is the best way to get open the CD tray (if installer disc needs to be put in) if your system won't boot? I thought I would ask in case this situation arises. I'm not using a Mac keyboard and there is no eject button on my keyboard. It's a G4 with mirrored doors but I don't see any buttons to eject the tray.
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Jan 1, 2007
I did a search for this but turned up nada. How do I open the tray for the CD drive on an i-Mac G4?
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Sep 12, 2008
I've been looking and looking and couldn't find anything. The DVD tray is stuck in the open position and won't retract. When I hit the eject button, it moves like it's trying, but only travels about 1/4". I tried gently nudging it in, and that didn't work, so then I tried a bit firmer and combos of that plus tilting it. Nothing's working.
Also, I figured that maybe it just crapped out on me, so I'd get a new one, but I don't think you can get the drive out if the tray is open, because you just pull the housing straight out, right?
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Mar 19, 2009
I've searched the forums pretty thoroughly, but no one has listed these exact symptoms.
I've got a PowerPC G5 running 10.4. After four years of dedicated service, my Superdrive gave out, so I bought a Sony drive (SONY DVD RW DRU-842A in profiler) to replace it.
Here's the trouble:
Any time the machine goes to sleep with a disc in the drive, it won't eject when I wake it up. I have to restart, then eject. Other than that, the drive works beautifully. If this question has been answered elsewhere, please redirect me there, sorry for the repost.
Speaking of sleep, when I put the machine to sleep through the menu it goes fully to sleep (no fan/other noise). But when it goes to sleep on its own, I can still hear the machine churning away. My roomate has a newer Mac Pro that doesn't do this.
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Jun 8, 2009
I bought this MacBook on eBay a week or so ago, it's showing as ~8 weeks old right now and it was new in box with all the wrappings when I first bought it. I haven't used the SuperDrive at all until today when I installed Microsoft Office and the Garage Band sound pack. I'm positive I didn't cause this damage; one because I have taken care of this MacBook like it was my baby, and two because I don't see how this would have been possible by me. The picture is kinda hard to see, sorry it was difficult to try and get a good steady shot of it. I'm clueless as of what to do about this.
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Aug 13, 2009
I am looking for a keyboard tray. I need one that will attach to the bottom of a wooden (or fake wood possibly) ikea desk. I don't care about ergonomics, I just want my keyboard a few inches lower (and hiding it away will be nice) to fit the aluminum apple keyboard w/ numeric pad and possibly a mouse.
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Apr 10, 2010
I have been browsing the WWW for information on the Hard Drive Tray in a Mac Pro. I cannot locate the dimensions of the tray or locations and spacing of the hard drive mounts.
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Jun 24, 2010
I can't get the mac icon to come up in the window's tray. Everything else works fine. anyone have an idea?
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Apr 15, 2012
I've tried to open this a million times, it seems hardware related, As a matter of fact, the performance of the tray opening has been declining recently. It reads and writes just fine, I hate to relace this unit if its a simple rubber band issue...
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Mac Pro 8 Core
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Nov 1, 2007
I use a G5 Powermac at work that is hooked to a KVM switch that seems to render the eject key inoperable. Is there another way to open the drive tray so I don't have to unplug the KVM switch and hook the keyboard directly to the mac every time I need to insert a CD?
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15" Powerbook G4 1.67mhz, 2g RAM, 128mb VRAM); 4gen iPod (40g); Airport Extreme
Mac OS X (10.4.3)
1.67mhz, 2g RAM, 128mb VRAM
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Mar 25, 2008
This is a case where that extra few millimeters in tray position meant the drive was physically incompatible with the Mac Pro. Before I go shopping for a new drive, I'd like to find out if you guys have recommended brand/models that you KNOW fits into your Mac Pros (because you installed it and it works, duh).
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Mar 23, 2009
Apple thinks there is no need for a button on the tower. Now I can't open or close the CD tray without the mouse. Via right click I can open it at least but to close it, I have to push the drawer, which I'm not a big fan of, as the machine is brand new and cost me 4k.
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Nov 9, 2009
Now I have a problem with my other iMac. I had this problem once before. The first time, I was moving it to connect an ethernet cable to it. I unplugged it, moved it, connected the cable and a mouse, and plugged it back in. I fixed this by unplugging the cable and the computer. Then I plugged it back in and it worked. This time, I moved it, connected the cable, a keyboard and mouse, and nothing, other than a slight light dim and the crt "tink". Now I cannot get it to even turn on. Nothing. I press the power button, nothing. I have tried 3 cables and four different recepticals, nothing. HELP!!! Now both of my g3 iMacs are down....
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Mar 28, 2012
I can't eject the CD from my iMac. There is no icon representing the CD on my desktop and the CD is spinning constantly
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iMac, iOS 5.1
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May 31, 2012
If you can't eject a CD or DVD or open the drive tray
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1.1
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Jul 6, 2012
I'm a Mac newbie and wanted to know how you make a 'stack' on the icon tray at the bottom of the screen. If someone could make a short list of what to click that would be amazing!
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Oct 23, 2010
Does anyone know of any trays or mounts to hold the Wireless Keyboard and Magic TrackPad so I can use them from my sofa?I've seen this one [URL] but I'm looking for something a bit smaller and streamlined.
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