It might also be worth looking up the fix online like at ifixit.com or similar since repair costs so much.
On Dec 22, 2008, at 10:23 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: > Well if you can't access the hard drive through firewire from > another mac, then I think it is the hard drive cable. I have the > exact same laptop and I think it is worth fixing. How much does it > cost? > -Jonas > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:00 PM, nestamicky <nestami...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > jonas ulrich wrote: >> >> 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 > I've done this, using T at startup, but I can't access the HD on > this powerbook. >> >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:57 AM, nestamicky <nestami...@gmail.com> >> 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
