More experienced folk than I will probably be along soon, but here's my take:
On 4/7/10, D Stubbs wrote: > >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. If there is a folder with a question mark, it can't find a system folder. Not sure about just a blinking question mark, unless it means it can't find a useable hard disk. > >2) Inserted new Snow Leopard install dvd while it was 'on', it spun for >a bit and then it self-ejected Snow Leopard? Won't work on a G3 or G4. > >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. Sounds like the 'boot selector' screen that appears when you start up with the Option key held down. It should be showing bootable disks (or is it System Folders?). The circled arrow refreshes the screen; the arrow on the right will boot the highlighted drive/folder. Sounds like, failing to find a system (bootable by the particular hardware) on the DVD, it's going into this boot selector screen. > >4) Tried booting from a cd of disc warrior, same no response What system is on the Disk Warrior CD? Could be that the optical drive is dead. > >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'. At least it sees that a disk is present... > >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') 'no operating system installed' - That certainly would explain your item #1. >Could initalizing iBook's HD from my main computer (via firewire) be a >solution? I would certainly try that before going back to the seller, assuming that you have a system installer that is compatible with the iBook. Since your G4 tower is running a compatible system, you could clone that to the iBook drive after formatting it. Make sure you check out the optical drive, too. > >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/ -- 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.
