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iBook G4 acting real goofy, diagnosis?
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<blockquote data-quote="motomotard" data-source="post: 861514" data-attributes="member: 106207"><p>hi,</p><p></p><p>this is my first post, have a question bout my G4. </p><p></p><p>was working fine the other day and then froze up and died. will power up and battery still charges, but the OS wont load. when i start the computer it will go to the white screen with the apple and the loading circle thingy will just keep turning. if i let it sit like this it will every ten minutes or so shut down and come back on doing the same thing. </p><p></p><p>here is a pic of screen it will get stuck on</p><p><img src="http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z286/hhelberg0001/DSC_0006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>im running 10.5.7. the HD has died twice in the past and been replaced each time, but when that has happened before ive gotten the little folder with a sad face or question mark on it. </p><p></p><p>any ideas? is this a hardware or a software problem? dont wanna buy another HD until im sure thats the problem this time. </p><p></p><p>thanks for any help</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="motomotard, post: 861514, member: 106207"] hi, this is my first post, have a question bout my G4. was working fine the other day and then froze up and died. will power up and battery still charges, but the OS wont load. when i start the computer it will go to the white screen with the apple and the loading circle thingy will just keep turning. if i let it sit like this it will every ten minutes or so shut down and come back on doing the same thing. here is a pic of screen it will get stuck on [IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z286/hhelberg0001/DSC_0006.jpg[/IMG] im running 10.5.7. the HD has died twice in the past and been replaced each time, but when that has happened before ive gotten the little folder with a sad face or question mark on it. any ideas? is this a hardware or a software problem? dont wanna buy another HD until im sure thats the problem this time. thanks for any help [/QUOTE]
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