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iBook G4 Problems
Lawful Evil
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I've had this iBook for the past 8 years, and it's only failed me now. I'm on OSX 10.4, and when ever I boot my laptop up, it gets stuck at the blue screen where the account log-in screen is supposed to appear. I've tried nearly everything. Booted up using my 10.4 cd, re-installed my OS completely, did Disk Utility, (repaired eveything) did /fsck and restarted the PRAM. All my attempts have failed. The only way I'm actually getting into the desktop is when I boot using Safe Mode.
I've gone to the Mac shop last week and they told me to re-install my OS (which unfortunately they didn't have a CD for 10.4, given how old it is), but I've done that and thrown in the kitchen sink to boot. I'm now worried that it might be a hardware issue.
Help and advice please, H&A?
I've gone to the Mac shop last week and they told me to re-install my OS (which unfortunately they didn't have a CD for 10.4, given how old it is), but I've done that and thrown in the kitchen sink to boot. I'm now worried that it might be a hardware issue.
Help and advice please, H&A?
Do not believe that the impossible exists. That is why you fail.
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When my old 15" PowerBook started to act up and do similar things, pulling one of the RAM modules solved the issue. That would be a hardware fix that would be cheap enough to try in order to salvage your iBook. I can't imagine RAM for an 8 year old computer costs very much.