I meant that i tried running those os's. I'm currently running tiger. I tried what you suggested, but as usual it started up without safe boot but immediately froze up. -Jonas
On 2/23/09, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 23, 2009, at 9:39 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: > > > The keyboard is fine i have tried unplugging. I HAVE to boot it in > > safe mode or it won't boot at all. i hold down the shift key > > > I'd try resetting the PMU which will also reset the PRAM/NVRAM using > these instructions: > > NOTICE STEP #7, reconnect the AC power adapter BEFORE placing the > battery back into the iBook!!! > > 1)If the computer is on, turn it off. > 2)Disconnect the AC power adapter. > 3)Remove the battery. > 4)Press and release the reset button (shown below) located above the > Power button at the base of the display. Use a small, blunt instrument > such as a paper clip to press the button. > 5)Wait 5 seconds. > 6)Reconnect the AC power adapter. > 7)Put the battery back in the computer. > 8)Press the Power button to restart the iBook computer. > > If you have all those systems you listed (9.2, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4) I'd > strongly suggest limiting it to 10.4.11 and perhaps 9.2.2 if you need > it, but surely there are few reasons to have to extra OS X versions > and such a fragmented (partitioned) HD. > > If you transferred or cloned the OS X Systems from another Mac, you'll > need to trash the System>Library>Extensions.mkext and > System>Library>Extensions.kextcache files (if present) to get it to > boot correctly. > > This topic would be better on the G-Books list rather than G3-5 list. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
