Hello, I have a 17" Powerbook, 1.67 high resolution model. The hard drive died so I put a new one in.
Since putting the new one in the computer hangs when booting off either the Tiger dvd or the hard drive. The only way I could install the os was via target mode. The computer will start up and show the startup screen and go past the login screen, the cursor arrow appears( but cannot be moved,) but hangs before the hard drive icon appears on the desktop when starting off the hard drive. It gets to the blue screen after the welcome screen when booting off the dvd. Things I have tried: ram removed, reseated and tried in both slots. different hard drives reset pram, power manager, open firmware reset all boot with hard drive disconnected boot off panther cd run disk utilities with no problem reformat drive and write zeros before os install All of these with no progress. Also I have tried to post this message to the G4 book list but it won't show up there, which I can't figure because as far as I can tell I am a member of that list as well. If anybody has further suggestions, I would really appreciate it. Also if it isn't breaking any rules if someone who is also a member of the G4 books list could paste this and post it to that list. Thanks for any help, Richard Jepsen [email protected] -- 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/
