I've been given an iBook G4 to look at. This was apparently working fine then 'died'. It is a 1.2GHz, with 256MB memory, 80GB hd and combo drive.
When turned on there is no 'bong', and no illumination of the display (although when I tried it yesterday after removing the battery for 24 hours (saw this recommended on another forum!), there was background illumination visible (a lighter shade of dark grey!), but on turning off and starting again, the display again showed no sign of life. The battery seems to charge OK I tried resetting PRAM - but presumably since it doesn't POST and bong, it wouldn't recognise the keystrokes. It won't go into Target Disk Mode, presumably for the same reason. The caps lock LED illuminates, but I imagine that's just showing that the keyboard is getting power. Just for the heck of it I plugged my first gen iPod in to see if the OSX on there would kick start it. Also I plugged an external monitor in, and no video apparent on that. I'm kind of assuming that the logic board has just fallen over and died for whatever reason. A shame because the machine is in very nice condition - indeed a lot better than my very scruffy mid 2007 MacBook, which I got for a very good price due to the optical drive being dead! I use external FW drives with the MacBook, but does anyone know if the optical drive from the iBook is physically and electronically compatible with the MacBook one? I know I could just by a new optical but I'm a guy who likes recycling where possible. Look forward to all comments and suggestions. Dan. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
