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Open Firmware Password Set - What to do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ricardo-san" data-source="post: 917792" data-attributes="member: 92518"><p>I bought an old iBook G4 on craigslist last week for only $50. </p><p>The owner sent it over, nice and clean, but I discovered that the only account available is a limited user account! I can't install apps, use terminal, anything!</p><p>Of course the first thing I tried was booting into single user mode and booting into a CD, but none of them worked. Apparently the previous owner of the laptop was a art school and they set an Open Firmware password. I searched around on the 'net and found out that the OF pass should be bypassed by removing RAM, then zapping PRAM 3 times. I removed a DIMM, then booted while holding down Command + Option + P + R. I heard no chime, and when the computer didn't immediately reboot I knew something was wrong.</p><p>I really would like to do more than simply browse the web...so if anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>The operating system is OS X Tiger 10.4.11.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricardo-san, post: 917792, member: 92518"] I bought an old iBook G4 on craigslist last week for only $50. The owner sent it over, nice and clean, but I discovered that the only account available is a limited user account! I can't install apps, use terminal, anything! Of course the first thing I tried was booting into single user mode and booting into a CD, but none of them worked. Apparently the previous owner of the laptop was a art school and they set an Open Firmware password. I searched around on the 'net and found out that the OF pass should be bypassed by removing RAM, then zapping PRAM 3 times. I removed a DIMM, then booted while holding down Command + Option + P + R. I heard no chime, and when the computer didn't immediately reboot I knew something was wrong. I really would like to do more than simply browse the web...so if anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. :) The operating system is OS X Tiger 10.4.11. [/QUOTE]
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