Re: Powerbook G4 17 1.67 Mhz HD cable
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Powerbook G4 17 1.67 Mhz HD cable
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 mailto: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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Powerbook G4 17 1.67 Mhz HD cable
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Powerbook G4 17 1.67 Mhz HD cable
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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Powerbook G4 17 1.67 Mhz HD cable
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
