can somebody please help me out im about to lose it

[lacussumok]

hey guys well heres the story i have an imac running 10.6.3 that will not boot up in normally i can only use it in safe mode when i try to just boot normally i get a error message saying i need to restart

i got the original 10.6.3 disc and i ran and installed everything worked good but it still will not load up unless its in safe mode so i got a copy of snow leopard 10.6.7 and i was going to install that but whenever i try i get a error message saying mac os x cant be installed on this computer

im stuck the 10.6.3 disc is not letting me boot normally and the 10.6.7 cant be installed

heres my imac specs


Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac9,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.36f3

is there a way i can do a fresh wipe before installing 10.6.3 maybe that will get it to startup normally


any help would be greatly appreciated thanks guys

 

[stockscalper]

Sounds like you may have a bad stick of ram. First, reseat the ram and see if that helps. If not, then take one bank out at a time and see if you can isolate which stick is bad.