At 4:39 PM -0600 10/6/2010, Matt Rhinesmith wrote:
733 MHz DA, running Leopard 10.5.8.

I was [doin Stuff to the hardware then lost power]. Now, I can't get it to boot at all, and the only way I can get it to even power on is to put one of the AGP 8X video cards (sans tape) into it. If pins 3 & 11 are taped or I use the original card, nada. When it powers on, I get no disk activity and no video (even from the card that just displays gibberish). Help, I need this machine for school!

When it does power on, do you hear the "self-test completed" bong, or perhaps individual beeps or an odd chord?

Try a hard reset: Disconnect all unnecessary peripherals and cards. Unplug the computer. Reset the Power Manager (PMU) by pressing the CUDA button ONCE -- *or* removing the PRAM Battery for a minute then reinstalling it. Then plug the computer in, wait about 10 secs, then try booting it. If that still fails to boot, then try zapping the PRAM (hold down cmd-opt-p-r while booting).

PS. I posted a topic in the G-Books group about AirPort on this iBook, but still have no replies, I'd appreciate it if someone would give me some help.

I didn't receive that post and I'm too lazy to go into the web interface to browse around for it; could have been eaten by the Googlehole. Try re-posting.

- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

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