On 04/07/2005, at 12:09 PM, Robert Howells wrote:
On 04/07/2005, at 11:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi guys,
I have an interesting problem. I have a 500mhz G3 Powerbook that
I have been running OS 10.3.x on for several months without any
problems. All of a sudden it stopped booting up. The screen
would turn from grey to blue and then back to grey and stop
booting up at that point. I booted from a OS 10.3.x install disk
and did a disk repair and permissions, etc... with no effect.
Eventually, I had to erase the whole hard drive and start all over
again. I loaded system 9.2.2 and then tried to load system 10.2
but every time I tried to boot from the OS 10 install disk the
powerbook would freak out and start creating lines and shapes on
the LCD screen. I updated the firmware and updates to system
9.2.2 and tried again, with no success. I also tried the system
10.3.x install disk and the same thing happened.
So right now I have a computer that refuses to run on anything but
system 9! :-( What happened to all of a sudden cause this? help!
Others will know a lot more than me ,
but some faulty Ram will run OS9 but bomb out on Panther.
Bob
That would have been my first port of call too Bob. Try another
stick of ram. OS X is quite finnicky about ram :-)
Seeya
Rod!
