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Black Screen with Backtrace and Exceptions

Running OS X 10.4.11 on PowerMac G3. The system is constantly freezing and I have to restart. Often I get a black screen with a long list of backtrace and exceptions.

There is an extremely long stream of info on a black screen. Below I've listed one portion which differs from the rest:

Backtrace:

0x04DF358C

Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies)

com.apple.driver.ndrv.ATY.Rage128.0x4df009c(1.0.2f 47)00x4def000

Exception state (sv=0x1D20C780)

PC=0x000AF354; MSR=000081030; DAR=0E02FD000; DSISR=0x42000000; LB=0x000AC134; RI=0x0000B9E0;XCP=0x0000001C (0x700 - Program)

Can anybody help me fix this?

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How much RAM do you have?

Mar 19, 2011 by mayer

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Posted: Mar 20, 2011

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what you're getting is called a kernel panic. start up from your system installation disk, go to the second screen pull down menu to utilities > disk utility and select your drive on the left. run the repair till it runs clear. if this fails, reinstall your system. how much ram do you have?

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I've only got 288 MB of memory. I've avoided investing too much into the system since it has this problem. If I could just get it to stop freezing up, I might have a chance to get to know and love it. Then I might consider upgrading it.

Mar 20, 2011 by David

I don't have the original system disk that came with the system. I only have the OS X 10.4 installation disks.

Mar 20, 2011 by David

You're running on the minimum amount of RAM. Use the 10.4 disk for repairing the drive.

Mar 20, 2011 by mayer

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Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White)

Black Screen with Backtrace and Exceptions

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