First I'd suggest you go through a full calibration circle. The fact that the iBook shuts off without warning nor sleep seems to tell the battery doesn't know what's its charge.

Actually, macdan has a solution that does not involve finding the same hinges (all three displays use different hinges, but the same clutch). All you need to do is pop off the clut…

It's striped using Apple's drivers? I think the G5 was the first to support booting with Apple's RAID drivers. Some forum posts indicated MDD may also support this. Xserve definit…

http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/macpro/photoshop.png Thats all I could find. Click to expand... Wow, the G5 really kicks ass in the Image Resize test. Almost seems like an an…

http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/macpro/photoshop.png Thats all I could find. Click to expand... Wow, the G5 really kicks ass in the Image Resize test. Almost seems like an an…

Have you tried taking out all drives except for the optical, and then giving it a go? That way it would force it to boot off the disc, or not at all. Sometimes my b&w G3 wo…

ok thank you

I checked...it's not a recall battery....therefore, that can't be it... any other ideas anyone?

It sounds like a dead cell possibly, or the chip board for the batteries is messed up, check to see if it follows under the recall program. https://support.apple.com/ibook_powerbo…

http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/macpro/photoshop.png Thats all I could find.

PS: Can G5's boot into OS9? Not run classic in OSX, but reboot with OS9 system folder? Click to expand... Yeah, what Christopher said, No. That's because G5 is a 64-bit process…

thanks for this info, so i can just plug power supply "alone" and if i heard the noise, that means power supply works ?? i can do it with no risk to damage power supply ?? Click…

thanks for this info, so i can just plug power supply "alone" and if i heard the noise, that means power supply works ?? i can do it with no risk to damage power supply ?? i want …

Not even all the G4's could boot into OS9 directly, you just had classic support under OSX. Click to expand... I think the last gen MDD were the non OS 9.

Have you tried removing the SATA card and just using the IDE drive?

They are rare, but certainly have all the same advantages today as they had back when they were originally introduced. I would say, since you have a Mac which can accommodate one,…

The Apple II power-supply is fairly "intelligent". If it detects a no-load situation (that is, nothing is taking the electricity), it will short-circuit itself indefinitely. This w…

Not even all the G4's could boot into OS9 directly, you just had classic support under OSX.

Have you tried taking out all drives except for the optical, and then giving it a go? That way it would force it to boot off the disc, or not at all. Sometimes my b&w G3 w…

PS: Can G5's boot into OS9? Not run classic in OSX, but reboot with OS9 system folder? Click to expand... Yeah, what Christopher said, No. That's because G5 is a 64-bit process…

This thread gives details of the cells needed to replace your backup battery. They are common and cheap, I found that the soldering was not especially difficult, and the replacemen…

Thanks for the replies. I am interested in keeping up with Apple technologies but want to resort to the used market. I thought the G5's were a robust machine at a steal these days,…

Thanks for the replies. I am interested in keeping up with Apple technologies but want to resort to the used market. I thought the G5's were a robust machine at a steal these days,…

If you're really on a budget I think a G5 can be a good buy still. From the sounds of your post though, 10.5/10.6 compatibility seems like a big deal and PCI/hard disk expandabilit…

I saw go with the Intel Mac. As mentioned by others, the G5 Macs do have reliability problems. The iMac G5s were all affected by the capacitor plague, despite Apple's repair exte…