Question Mark of Death on Mac Mini (mac)

I booted my Mac Mini G4 (PPC) the other day & it didn't boot the os, it showed a grey screen for about 15min, and then it showed the "Question mark of death".
What do I do? Please I need some help.



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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Mac-Mini
• G4
• Grey
• Screen
• MacOs10.3
• PPC

[poiiihy]

check your cables connecting your hard drive. My powermac g3 had that problem and i found that the end of the ribbon wasn't fully attached. I attached it and it worked!

[simdude2u]

@poiiihy thank you that worked.

[thelocasass]

OK well u got two options. The first one is simple, just insert one of the CD installation that came with ur mac and on the top of the menu click disk utilities and repair from there ur hard drive. If u dont find the hard drive on the repair mode, that means that your hard drive is already broken. This will produce the second option. If uve warranty go with apple, if u dont i dont recommend u apple and go with a mac specialist and ask him for hard drive prices.

[simdude2u]

Thank you for the information this will help me a lot.

[kidcouger]

lol finder has gone on vacation

[chngngsldr54]

Whenever mine does this, I hold down the alt key while booting and select macintosh HD. Hope this helps.

[bammjjj]

@bigshotbob77 i have a mac book pro not sure what model its a unibody ino dat osx lion and yeasterday it was fine then i restard my laptop then the icon apperd and i was like wtf so i went 2 skwl got back turned my comp on and boom its still there plzzzz plzzz plzz tel

[tinbed11]

@bigshotbob77 Hi:I have the same problem as you with the g4 17".Whats the cure.Thanks John

[bigshotbob77]

it means the hard drive is loose. take out the battery and push the hard drive back in place. if i helped you please subscribe thanks!!!!

[nabetseh666]

@bigshotbob77

hi i have the same problem with a powerbook g4 17¨.

please how to fix that?

[tunjelow]

Thanks it hepls me as well.

[EEEE1110lol]

No that means it cant find an os and you need an compactable os with that mac

[sonic1st1]

I have the same problem.I have opened the mac OS 9 and checked all the wires but it looke ok.I have to mac installation cds.One says install and the other says restore.I put one of the discs inside but nothing happens.Please send me a message if you know what to do.

[sonic1st1]

@Monkey7339 exactly.Where is it.I have the same problem if any one knows how to start up from an installation cd for the imac OS 9 please message me.Thanks.