We tried resetting the PRAM. No luck. Oh well. My friend however, has not tried the boot from CDR. We'll try that tonight, I guess. We'll see what happens then.
But thanks for all the great suggestions. As always, you guys rock. Muchas gracias! jan --- "Mark K. Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The first thing I always try is resetting the PRAM. As soon as you > power-on, press the following keys and hold them down until the OS boots: > > Apple-Option-P-R > > If that doesn't work, try a boot CD. Like a recovery CD. I think Macs > come with a basic diagnostics utilities on their recovery CD. To boot off > a CD, you probably need to press the following button as soon as you > power-on: > > c > > Yeah, just "c". ^_^ BTW, DON'T USE THE RECOVERY OPTION ON THE RECOVERY CD > UNLESS YOU'RE PREPARED TO WIPE EVERYTHING OFF THE HARD DRIVE! You've been > warned. > > -Mark > > On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Jan W wrote: > > > Hi all: > > > > I am a mac-clueless-type, and a friend of mine has a G4 laptop that refuses > to > > boot. He says the problem is with the display, but the LCD is just really > dim, > > there are images that come up. > > > > The problem: > > > > Power up the machine, the little apple comes on screen, with the little > > spinning icon-thing to let you know it's doing something. It never boots. > He > > even tried doing an 'option/x' (or maybe it's open-apple/x) to force a > boot, > > but no dice. > > > > Is he dead in the water, or is there some other thing I can suggest to him? > > > > --TIA > > > > jan > > > > ===== > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< > > MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we > > part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite > > society. Supportable property. > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > -- > Mark K. Kim > http://www.cbreak.org/ > PGP key available on the website > PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ===== <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
