I acquired another Powerbook G4, 1.67, 17 inch laptop (I have three now!) but this one doesn't seem to want to boot.
I have tried a few things to get it booting but nothing seems to be working. I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts as to what might be causing the problem before I start dismantling it and swopping parts over - not something I really want to do if I can avoid it.
So here's what's happening -
When I press the power on button for a couple of seconds I get the startup bong and the drive spins up, fan comes on and I go to the grey screen. That then stays grey for some time, several minutes before flashing to a black screen and then back to grey and a flashing question mark in a folder icon. The keyboard does not respond to any input commands - regardless of what keyboard button I press it makes no difference - I still get the same thing. I can't reset the PRAM, I cannot boot into verbose mode.
If I reset the PMU by holding down the power button for 6 seconds I get a long beep and a few flashing lights on the sleep indicator. This is not a short beep it's one long beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. It then carries on as above including startup bong.
It won't boot from an install DVD - all I get is the same as above. The install DVD is known to be good and working.
The next step I think is to start checking cables, RAM and connections, but any thoughts welcomed.
Cheers!
I have tried a few things to get it booting but nothing seems to be working. I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts as to what might be causing the problem before I start dismantling it and swopping parts over - not something I really want to do if I can avoid it.
So here's what's happening -
When I press the power on button for a couple of seconds I get the startup bong and the drive spins up, fan comes on and I go to the grey screen. That then stays grey for some time, several minutes before flashing to a black screen and then back to grey and a flashing question mark in a folder icon. The keyboard does not respond to any input commands - regardless of what keyboard button I press it makes no difference - I still get the same thing. I can't reset the PRAM, I cannot boot into verbose mode.
If I reset the PMU by holding down the power button for 6 seconds I get a long beep and a few flashing lights on the sleep indicator. This is not a short beep it's one long beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. It then carries on as above including startup bong.
It won't boot from an install DVD - all I get is the same as above. The install DVD is known to be good and working.
The next step I think is to start checking cables, RAM and connections, but any thoughts welcomed.
Cheers!