[pcalvert23]

So my MacBook (Running 10.4.11) is freezing at the grey and blue screens the story goes as follows;

1- I turned off my computer (Using shutdown not actually just pressing the button) and realized I actually wanted to do one more thing on it
2- I turned it back on and it took about 5 minutes to load past the grey then blue screen finally bringing up my wallpaper and but with nothing else. I.e. no dock or any icons. At this point I manually shut if off and turned it back on
3- Now whenever I try to turn it back on it takes about 4-5 minutes to load past the grey screen then gets stuck at the blue screen.

I have NOT installed any new software

Any ideas as to why this is happening or how it can be fixed?

[vwgtiturbo]

Sometimes, my laptop would do this with Tiger and Leopard. Not very often, but it does happen. Normally, I would follow a three step process, and everything works great afterwards:

1. Download Onyx and run it's automated maintenance tasks
2. Shutdown. Remove battery. Press and hold power button (they say for 10 seconds, but I do it for 30 just to make sure no caps have any residual charge).
3. Upon next boot, hold down Command-Option-P-R until you hear the 'gong' twice, then let the machine boot. This first boot will be a little slow, BUT the next boots will be back to normal.

[pcalvert23]

Can I do it without DLing that program? I cant even get to desktop bc it takes so long to load...

[vwgtiturbo]

I'm sure that you could (it is merely a frontend for things that are built into the OS) but honestly, I haven't been using Macs long enough to know how. I DO know that you would have to boot into single-user mode (hold Command-S at boot), but past that, I couldn't tell you. I would just turn it on, and go do something else. After what seems like a few millenia, it may at least be usable so you can D/L Onyx.

[Chuckit]

Does it still happen if you boot up while holding in shift?