I have an iBook G4, 1.2 ghz with 768 mb RAM and a Superdrive. This machine has been booting off an external firewire drive for almost a year and is running Leopard since the internal drive failed.
After power on and the grey Apple logo the computer goes to a black screen with multiple languages and says you must either hold the Power key down for several seconds or press the reset key. Is this the dreaded Kernel Panic? Not knowing where the reset key is on this machine (if it even has one) I have only been able to try the power key. The iBook restarts, and just repeats the same failure mode over and over again. I need guidance in trouble shooting this machine. I am guessing the hard drive has not totally failed because I am not getting a blinking folder to indicate that it can not find an operating system. Is that logic correct? I hope to find my Leopard discs by tomorrow - they were moved from the normal storage place. Then I can try booting from the DVD. Unfortunately I probably won't be able to work on this machine for a week. Thanks for your help - Marty --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
