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- Mid 2009 13" MBP, iPad2 (Wifi), iPhone4s
Hello!
I recently acquired an iBook G4, 1.33 GHz, 512 Mb on-board RAM, with a 40 Gb hard drive and no operating system (INSANELY cheap - couldn't resist!).
I had a 1 Gb RAM chip, slotted that. Had a 150 Gb SATA drive: pulled the connector off, swapped it with the 40 Gb drive's, and it fit perfectly. I went to install OS X 10.5 (retail disc) and it asked for a mouse. I figured I hadn't connected the trackpad cable, so I went ahead with the install, and when finished, I opened up the RAM compartment and pushed the cable in a little more snugly. Still no trackpad.
Not having a lot of experience with iBooks, I got a new top-case, swapped them, and the trackpad STILL doesn't work. (Because of this and the fact that I have sound, I don't think it's a hardware problem or that I ripped anything)
So my question is this: could it be because I've got a SATA drive instead of a PATA drive in there? (Ran all the software updates, verified the disk permissions, verified the hard disk - checked out OK). OR do I just need to re-install everything? (An aside - I downloaded SideTrack 1.5 but every time I try to open it in the system preferences it tells me to restart to install the drivers; I restart, no drivers.)
Any clues are much appreciated!
Amy
I recently acquired an iBook G4, 1.33 GHz, 512 Mb on-board RAM, with a 40 Gb hard drive and no operating system (INSANELY cheap - couldn't resist!).
I had a 1 Gb RAM chip, slotted that. Had a 150 Gb SATA drive: pulled the connector off, swapped it with the 40 Gb drive's, and it fit perfectly. I went to install OS X 10.5 (retail disc) and it asked for a mouse. I figured I hadn't connected the trackpad cable, so I went ahead with the install, and when finished, I opened up the RAM compartment and pushed the cable in a little more snugly. Still no trackpad.
Not having a lot of experience with iBooks, I got a new top-case, swapped them, and the trackpad STILL doesn't work. (Because of this and the fact that I have sound, I don't think it's a hardware problem or that I ripped anything)
So my question is this: could it be because I've got a SATA drive instead of a PATA drive in there? (Ran all the software updates, verified the disk permissions, verified the hard disk - checked out OK). OR do I just need to re-install everything? (An aside - I downloaded SideTrack 1.5 but every time I try to open it in the system preferences it tells me to restart to install the drivers; I restart, no drivers.)
Any clues are much appreciated!
Amy