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Que P · 10-11-2009, 09:11 PM

I have a question. I have a mac G4 osx and when starting up my system I have a screen that pops up in various of languages that states to restart my mac...Never had this problem. What should I do?...

shuuhen · 10-12-2009, 04:31 PM

What exactly does the message say (the English part of the message)? Do you know what version of Mac OS X the machine is running?

sinclair_tm · 10-13-2009, 12:16 AM

Sounds like a clean kernel panic. Most times it is a hardware issue when you get that window instead of a screen full of text, kind of a BSOD, only not as informative. Have you made any hardware changes recently? Have you tried booting from an OS X install CD?

Que P · 10-13-2009, 08:43 PM

Thank you for the various response. I never had any changes made to this Mac. However, I did leave it for awhile at an angry, misrable roomate house for a couple of weeks until I moved out. What changes could have been done out of spite?...This is a mac G4 OSX. Haven't used it long enough to know all about it. I purchased it because I engineer and produce music but I needed to get more memory installed before I did any musical work. What shaould I do?...

sinclair_tm · 10-13-2009, 11:27 PM

You need the CDs that came with the Mac new, as one will have a hardware test CD that you should run. Also, you'll need the OS restore/install CD incase the OS is bad.

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Que P Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: win xp and mac osx	Start up... I have a question. I have a mac G4 osx and when starting up my system I have a screen that pops up in various of languages that states to restart my mac...Never had this problem. What should I do?...

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shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 988 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Re: Start up... What exactly does the message say (the English part of the message)? Do you know what version of Mac OS X the machine is running? __________________ Has it been a few days since I replied to your thread? Don't panic! I'm a busy college student and may forget a post if I'm extra busy (or it might just take me a while to be able to do a decent reply). If you still need help and are awaiting my reply after a few days, PM me about it. When posting what errors you get, please give the full message. It makes helping you much easier.

10-13-2009, 08:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
Que P Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: win xp and mac osx	Re: Start up... Thank you for the various response. I never had any changes made to this Mac. However, I did leave it for awhile at an angry, misrable roomate house for a couple of weeks until I moved out. What changes could have been done out of spite?...This is a mac G4 OSX. Haven't used it long enough to know all about it. I purchased it because I engineer and produce music but I needed to get more memory installed before I did any musical work. What shaould I do?...