DiskWarrior

DiskWarrior can usually fix this error. If you have the latest version, give it a try.

iBook (dual usb 600, 10.3.9) exhibits since Sunday an odd behaviour: When waking it up from sleep, a gray layer appears over the complete screen, with a multilingual warning that I must restart. Nothing else but that will do, password-entering or any other action is disabled. I tried the first lines of defense: • repaired permissions with DiskUtil and Applejack....

chunk indicative of a dead hard drive. Plus Diskwarrior seemingly repaired it properly, so I don't think it's a dead drive. ...

You hard drive may have went south for good. Follow these steps to see if the hard drive went: 1. Get you original OS X install disk and boot with that disk (boot with the DVD by holding down the 'option' key and selecting the DVD for the boot up disk. 2. Once the first install screen comes up don't go through the install process. Select Disk Utility and run the Repair...

Sometimes it also happens when I am in the "Open File" window. I have tried repairing disk permissions and also rebuilding the directory using DiskWarrior and still I get the same problem. ...

In addition to what you have done, do you have an advanced utility like DiskWarrior or TechTools. These can literally clear crap up and get your system running trouble free. ...

mes send mail using Apple Mail but only through my .mac account when this happens. Then, as suddenly as it started it goes away. Machine is up to snuff... ran Diskwarrior over it last week, plus ran Maintenance 3.5 and Applejack and all is well. ...

My system seems to be running slower than it used to, but I have also loaded in DiskWarrior and have been storing more data on the computer, but I am nowhere near maxing out the harddrive. ...

DiskWarrior should fix the leaf problem. For the PMU error, you can try Reseting the PMU, but it's most likely the Logic Board or Power Supply.

All I could find was the full version of DiskWarrior. Is there a trial version so that I can just diagnose the hard drive this one time? I just bought $400 in books for school today, so spending another $100 here isn't really an option.