Tests so far of a newly purchased (ebay) iBook, model A1134, 1.42 GHz, year 2005:
1) Turned machine on, get only the blinking question mark. 2) Inserted new Snow Leopard install dvd while it was 'on', it spun for a bit and then it self-ejected 3) Started up (with Snow Leopard dvd already inserted) with 'c' held down and got two symbols I am not familiar with: an arrow on right , and a circled arrow on left, neither were functional. 4) Tried booting from a cd of disc warrior, same no response 5) Command, Option, P, and R. to reset pram, still no change from blinking ? mark. 6) Started up with T held down, got the 'moving firewire symbol', hooked up cable to my G4 tower and got error message of " disc unreadable" It also gave me the option to 'initialize it'. 7) Started up with X held down, just get flashing question mark Sooo, am I right to presume it is likely the HD rather than some more ethereal problem? Could it be merely the HD install connections? (seller said it came with a 'newly installed' 320 Gb HD and 'no operating system installed') Could initalizing iBook's HD from my main computer (via firewire) be a solution? Looks like a nice next step-up from our 400 MHz Pizmo, sure eager to get it running. Thanks for any suggestions!, Del -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
