daniel_chapstick
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Hi all, I wanted to ask for some troubleshooting advice because I am losing my mind trying to figure out what is wrong with a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver I recently got.
First, this G4 came with the original hard drive installed. I decided to flash a OS X 10.4 installer to a USB drive and successfully re-partitioned the drive, installed 10.4 off USB, and then booted off of a OS 9.2 install CD to then install OS 9 on the second partition. All of this worked.
A few days later, I noticed the computer would constantly freeze upon starting up. I also noticed that when I tried to boot off USB (the same exact 10.4 image I used earlier), the computer would go to a white screen with a gray circle with a slash through it. Booting off of CD was also unresponsive, with the computer not seeming to recognize any bootable CD.
I decided that maybe the original hard drive was the issue and replaced it with an SSD. The same issues remained: the G4 wouldn't recognize the CD and booting from USB would just deliver the same error message.
I decided to take out the PRAM battery, reseat the RAM, and then disconnected the CD and hard drive one by one. Booting off USB still delivers the same issue. Does anyone have any possible suggestions for how to figure out what the exact issue is?
First, this G4 came with the original hard drive installed. I decided to flash a OS X 10.4 installer to a USB drive and successfully re-partitioned the drive, installed 10.4 off USB, and then booted off of a OS 9.2 install CD to then install OS 9 on the second partition. All of this worked.
A few days later, I noticed the computer would constantly freeze upon starting up. I also noticed that when I tried to boot off USB (the same exact 10.4 image I used earlier), the computer would go to a white screen with a gray circle with a slash through it. Booting off of CD was also unresponsive, with the computer not seeming to recognize any bootable CD.
I decided that maybe the original hard drive was the issue and replaced it with an SSD. The same issues remained: the G4 wouldn't recognize the CD and booting from USB would just deliver the same error message.
I decided to take out the PRAM battery, reseat the RAM, and then disconnected the CD and hard drive one by one. Booting off USB still delivers the same issue. Does anyone have any possible suggestions for how to figure out what the exact issue is?