From: Perry Holcomb <hpholcomb@yahoo.com>
Date: May 17, 2008 3:16:26 PM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Sorta OT: Powerbook G4 won't startup
Tim,
OK, that, at least, proves the remainder of the
hardware in your 'pooter is working OK.
It's having a problem finding an OS to start up with
as indicated by Mr. Question Mark.
Have you got another startup disk of any sort??
By chance, are you using Startup Disk #2 instead of
#1?
What OS is on the startup disk, and what OS were you
working with?
Perry
--- Tim <tjp314@pacbell.net> wrote:
Okay guys, this is interesting...
I took out the hard drive, put a battery back in and
connected the
power adapter. Now, when I turn the computer on, it
immediately goes
to the "folder with a question mark" icon and spins
up the startup
disk. But it keeps spinning up the disk and
spinning it down again.
It never boots off it.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Mark Gaffney
<markgaffney@...> wrote:
One thing they didn`t supply for the Mac Mini
which it was recommended
be obtained at the local hardware was a "grouting"
knife for levering
the case open. I thought, "where am I going to lay
my hands on a pair
of anti-static gloves readily in outback
Australia"... and took it to
the local Apple centre! (90 kms distant). Use of
the gloves may have
been over-precautious though! Good Luck, Mark.
On 18/05/2008, at 6:01 AM, Tim wrote:
Well, I'm not afraid to take these things apart
- been doing so for 20
years now.
My wife had a "toilet seat" iBook that got a
broken LCD when Southwest
made her check her bag (and she forgot the
computer was in it!). I
bought a new replacement that was a much nicer
screen. I remember it
being kind of strange and complicated to swap
out, but I didn't have
any real trouble, just had to be careful of
where all the parts were.
-Tim.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Mark Gaffney
<markgaffney@>
wrote:
Hi Tim, When I bought a new DL DVD burner for
mine it came with
tools,
instructions, everything but I baulked when
they talked about the
necessity for anti-static gloves etc. without
which you can damage
the
innards and handed it over to the technician.
Mark.
On 18/05/2008, at 5:48 AM, Milton Aupperle
wrote:
Hi Tim;
Another step by step guide for replacing the
drive is shown here..
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/PowerBook-G4-Al-15-Inch-1-1-5-GHz-
BT-1-1/HD-Replacement/54/9/
TTYL..
Milton Aupperle
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