My computer constantly freezes up and then goes to a black screen that says "system failure." Today, the screen went completely black and I had to reboot several times to get it working again. I am clueless! Any suggestions?
2007-04-29 15:31:33 · 5 answers · asked by Surf Forever 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You may have fd up some of the system files somehow. Clicking around and deleting unknown things? Take it to an Apple "Genius" and find the problem. Did anything spill on it? Short?
2007-04-29 15:38:32 · answer #1 · answered by A... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't mention which version of the operating system. OS 9? OS 10.2? OS 10.4? If you can "get it working again", then maybe the freeze is not constant. How long can it work fine? One minute? Ten minutes?
Start it up while holding shift the entire time and watch carefully for "Safe Boot" words to appear. See if it will run correctlt in that mode. If not, either the drive has corruption or the system has corruption or missing files.
Assuming this is some version of OS X, boot to the install disk. Don't reinstall. Click on the "Installer" menu or it might have "Utilities" menu. Open Disk Utility. Don't repair permissions. Repair the drive. If it shows anything except "Appears to be OK" at the end, repair again. Quit Disk Utility, quit the installer and restart. Still not fixed? Boot to the install disk again and do an archive install, saving users and network settings.
2007-04-30 15:12:56 · answer #2 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 02:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by durrell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have the original Install Disks, boot from it and check your hard drives S.M.A.R.T. status from Disk Utility. If it shows something other than Verified then your hard drive is failing. You can try repair it, even if it does say it's Verified. If any errors show up, keep hitting Repair Disk until all errors are gone.
Troubleshooting guides
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/faqs.html
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2004011205473937
http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=7269
2007-04-29 22:29:28 · answer #4 · answered by Elbert 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download Norton, AVG , Avast which are free antivirus software. They do protect your computer and you can keep updating them once in three days or so. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2007-04-30 22:51:51 · answer #5 · answered by Geresemi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋