There are some simple tests that you can perform. Get a firewire cable and connect to another mac. Then from the other mac boot into the powerbooks hard drive. If you still just get the grey screen than it's probably just the hard drive cable.-Jonas
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:57 AM, nestamicky <[email protected]> wrote: > Some of you may recall the thread I started about this Powerbook G4 17" > 1.67 Mhz, with a Superdrive and a stick of 1GB RAM. I still have it. And the > problem still exists, as is recorded here. > > But in summary, it it starts, bongs/chimes and gives grey screen. > > http://tinyurl.com/4x29ks > > Do you good folks think changing the cable for the hard drive would get > this working? > > Thanks for reading, thinking and responding. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
