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| B&W keeps going into OF when trying to load OS X |
Posted by: Maconthemove on 2007-08-07 18:16:24
Got a B&W with Sonnet 400mhz zif cpu. It would not load any system. Found that if any ram stick was inserted in a partiular slot, it would not boot.
With that slot empty, the computer installed 0S9 with no problem. Then tried installing OSX and it keeps jumping into Open Firmware. Tried Zapping the PRAM but nothing
Any ideas?
Edit: Used XPostFacto 4 Have Firewire,usb and ATTO SCSI cards installed.
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Posted by: alk on 2007-08-07 20:45:59
XPF is your problem. There should be an option to boot into OF. Make sure that checkbox is unchecked.
Why were you using XPF when that Mac supports OS X through 10.4 natively?
Peace,
Drew
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Posted by: The Macster on 2007-08-08 06:47:39
Does that Mac have a red Cuda button? Pressing that seemed to help reset it when my Beigey was booting into the OF prompt when I was trying to get OS X onto it. Removing the battery for a few minutes also has a similar effect. I think there's also a way to "reset the logic board" should that level of resetting not to do it, which is usually detailed in the service manual. But yes, you shouldn't be using XPF as it's not designed to work on B&Ws so will only cause problems, and you don't need it.
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Posted by: Maconthemove on 2007-08-08 07:57:13
Tried loading OSX 10.1 and it loaded properly. Then loaded 10.2 upgrade
and it loaded properly. 10.3 starts to load and stops at a light blue screen
with the arrow cursor. No XPF was used.
There are buttons on the front and on the board. There were pushed.
The same disks loaded onto a G3 AIO with XPF.
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2007-08-08 08:28:29
XPF is your problem. There should be an option to boot into OF. Make sure that checkbox is unchecked. I've had two beige G3 motherboards go into this state, coming up with "Claim failed" and similar OF errors; after successfully running OS X 10.2 previously, they've lost the ability to even re-install it. Yes, I used XPF on the first one, then transferred the hard drive to the new one.
Would re-using XPF and un-checking that box revive them?
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Posted by: wood_e on 2007-08-08 09:34:48
10.2 does funky things with firmware IIRC... if it's a G4 upgrade you have to run an updater on the B&W
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Posted by: Maconthemove on 2007-08-11 06:11:05
Got a OSX 10.4 dvd and loaded it with no problem. Do not know why 10.3 would not load.
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