PowerBook g4 will not boot up

Pete Murszewski · Pete Murszewski #1 (**permalink**)

12-25-2011, 07:14 PM

Hello everyone,
I have a PowerBook G4 15inch 167mhz. It's pretty old and no longer has apple care. Within the last year the battery has lost all ability to charge and would heat up so I just removed it until I could get a new one. Recently my screen has started to freeze up and sometimes afterwards the computer would not reboot. Today it will not give me any chime or visual (not even the grey apple screen) as I attempt to start it. Any ideas? Willing to try almost anything before I buy a new one (it's tough being a student). Thanks

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

12-25-2011, 07:53 PM

have you still got the original restore disk, you could attempt to boot up from that

Pete Murszewski · Pete Murszewski #3 (**permalink**)

12-25-2011, 08:06 PM

It booted up with the restore disc, thank you. Any ideas on why my screen would be freezing up?

Pete Murszewski · Pete Murszewski #4 (**permalink**)

12-25-2011, 08:53 PM

Right before it finished booting up with the restore disc the screen froze up again and everything stopped spinning. Now it won't boot at all with the disc

chscag · chscag #5 (**permalink**)

12-25-2011, 09:09 PM

It sounds like the hard drive died. Do you have another that you can try in its place? Or, you can try removing the hard drive and see if the PB will boot up from disk that way.

Pete Murszewski · Pete Murszewski #6 (**permalink**)

12-26-2011, 09:02 AM

I'll give it a shot without the hard drive. Would the hd failing cause the screen to blank out, I also lost all sound (speakers/headphones) a few hours before it started freezing

louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,653 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	12-25-2011, 07:53 PM have you still got the original restore disk, you could attempt to boot up from that Member of the Month September 2008 & August 2012 \| Found advice useful? – use the rep system
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chscag #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,986 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	12-25-2011, 09:09 PM It sounds like the hard drive died. Do you have another that you can try in its place? Or, you can try removing the hard drive and see if the PB will boot up from disk that way. Community Guidelines
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Pete Murszewski #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 25, 2011 Posts: 4	12-25-2011, 07:14 PM Hello everyone, I have a PowerBook G4 15inch 167mhz. It's pretty old and no longer has apple care. Within the last year the battery has lost all ability to charge and would heat up so I just removed it until I could get a new one. Recently my screen has started to freeze up and sometimes afterwards the computer would not reboot. Today it will not give me any chime or visual (not even the grey apple screen) as I attempt to start it. Any ideas? Willing to try almost anything before I buy a new one (it's tough being a student). Thanks
	QUOTE Thanks

Pete Murszewski #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 25, 2011 Posts: 4	12-25-2011, 08:53 PM Right before it finished booting up with the restore disc the screen froze up again and everything stopped spinning. Now it won't boot at all with the disc
	QUOTE Thanks

Pete Murszewski #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 25, 2011 Posts: 4	12-26-2011, 09:02 AM I'll give it a shot without the hard drive. Would the hd failing cause the screen to blank out, I also lost all sound (speakers/headphones) a few hours before it started freezing
	QUOTE Thanks

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