Mac Mini startup Kernal Panic

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jaketherockjaketherock
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have a early 2006 Mac Mini, 1.83 GHZ, 80GB HD, 512MB RAM, 10.4.8

I had been having a few troubles with it, because it was running really slow for no apparent reason, So yesterday I reinstalled 10.4.5, which came with it on the boot CD. I did not do clean install.

Anyway, this morning, when I started it up, I got a kernal Panic at the boot screen, "starting mac OSX"

every time I restart the computer, the same thing happens, and when I try to hold down shift to start up, the computer displays the white screen/grey apple, but nothing more.

I reinstalled OSX again, and the same thing is happening.

I really do not want to have to perform clean install, as I have alot of unreplaceable things on there.

Any help would really... umm... help.

thanks!

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    mrtotesmrtotes Posts: 760member
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    Originally Posted by JakeTheRock


    I have a early 2006 Mac Mini, 1.83 GHZ, 80GB HD, 512MB RAM, 10.4.8

    I had been having a few troubles with it, because it was running really slow for no apparent reason, So yesterday I reinstalled 10.4.5, which came with it on the boot CD. I did not do clean install.

    Anyway, this morning, when I started it up, I got a kernal Panic at the boot screen, "starting mac OSX"

    every time I restart the computer, the same thing happens, and when I try to hold down shift to start up, the computer displays the white screen/grey apple, but nothing more.

    I reinstalled OSX again, and the same thing is happening.

    I really do not want to have to perform clean install, as I have alot of unreplaceable things on there.

    Any help would really... umm... help.

    thanks!





    Try working through this FAQ.



    Do you have another Mac? - if so you can probably recover your data before tinkering.



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