I have just bought a iBook G3 which had the infamous logic board problem which I mended with a hot air gun. My hopes were high when I started it and the screen lit up. However there was the folder with flashing mac face/question mark. I tried to boot with alt pressed down but the hard drive didn't show up. Since I don't have the OS X disc I put i a Yellow Dog Linux CD (which I have installed on a iBook G4 several times) but it couldn't be read and the tray was ejected.
My first thought is of course that the hard drive is faulty but I'm a little concerned why the optical drive can't read from CD. Could there be any other possible explanation? Is there any other infamous logic board fault with this symptom? I'm a little afraid I have ruined something when torching the GPU. What would be my next step?
My first thought is of course that the hard drive is faulty but I'm a little concerned why the optical drive can't read from CD. Could there be any other possible explanation? Is there any other infamous logic board fault with this symptom? I'm a little afraid I have ruined something when torching the GPU. What would be my next step?