From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: May 17, 2008 3:37:07 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Sorta OT:  Powerbook G4 won't startup

Finally found the original disk!  Got blueness now!

I'm going to try to reconnect the hard drive and see if I can get it

to come up.

-Tim.\

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Perry Holcomb <hpholcomb@...> wrote:

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@...> 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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