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One morning I tried to startup my Powerbook G4: I had used “startup sound control”, but this time i heard the startup sound and knew this was a bad sign. When I plug in the power adapter, the light is green at first an then goes orange. As I tried to start, I heard the sound of ejecting the CD (as usual) Then the startup sound, and then the screen goes grey… then nothing more happened… (by the way, the fan is working…) I tried to:
- reset pram
- reset vram
- start from startup disc (apple came on the sreen, then the turning wheel, but then the wheel froze and nothing happened anymore…, the same with the hardware check…)
- startup in firewire target mode, single user mode…
- startup in open firmware, worked, but I didn’t know what to do there… = ) Thanks for your help!!!
Boot up from your system installation disk (hold down the “C” key with your DVD inserted, go to the second page pull down menu to Utilities -> Disk Utility and see if the drive can be repaired. If no drive shows up, you’ll need to replace it.
