perunamuusi Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 My g3 iBook wont boot up. It died a few years back but a couple of weeks ago I decided to have a look and, bizarrely, it booted up ok, but since then it's been a bit 50/50 about whether it would get past the blue background with the horizontal progress bar or not. Now it won't get that far. It opens on the grey screen with the apple logo and the spinning cog but it just does that forever. I have a the 4x OSX (10.1.2) software restore disks so I want to try a total reformat but I can't open the disk draw without it booting up properly in the first place. Can I open the draw from in the BIOS mode or whatever it's called? Also is there a safe boot mode for OS 10.1? Google is not giving me any joy. I hope I don't have to register on a Mac forum. Those Mac types can be a bit "read the rulesy" i hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ivan Lennovitz Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Try some of these: http://www.afp548.com/Articles/Jaguar/bootkeys.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eaw Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Holding the mouse button down while it starts up should open the CD tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I've had a lot of useful help from macforums or whatever one comes up first in google. And from the official support forums. My ibook G4 used to spit out the CD if you just jammed at the eject button as soon as it started up. I accept this is a poor solution but I'm doing my best and I really hope you appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigs Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 worth trying to zap your PRAM as well. if i recall you just reboot while holding command+option+p+r and wait for your computer to reboot. once you hear the startup noise again, should be golden. note this is only a fix for some things. if yer tryin to get a cd into your drive, hold down the mouse button while booting to eject, then pop yours in and reboot! if you can get any other info, i'd be glad to help further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest esquimaw Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Probably the hard drive has gone all to tits. If you boot up holding down 'T' on the keyboard it'll boot up into firewire mode, which basically turns it into an external firewire drive, which you can then try and access using another mac. First try using disc utility and then Techtool and that kind of thing to attempt disc repairs and data recovery. Rescue what you can. Then man up and put a new HD in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 worth trying to zap your PRAM as well. if i recall you just reboot while holding command+option+p+r and wait for your computer to reboot. once you hear the startup noise again, should be golden. note this is only a fix for some things. if yer tryin to get a cd into your drive, hold down the mouse button while booting to eject, then pop yours in and reboot! if you can get any other info, i'd be glad to help further. hmmm. interesting. thanks Then man up and put a new HD in it. er.... ok... er.. man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest esquimaw Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 worth trying to zap your PRAM as well. if i recall you just reboot while holding command+option+p+r and wait for your computer to reboot. once you hear the startup noise again, should be golden. note this is only a fix for some things. if yer tryin to get a cd into your drive, hold down the mouse button while booting to eject, then pop yours in and reboot! if you can get any other info, i'd be glad to help further. hmmm. interesting. thanks Then man up and put a new HD in it. er.... ok... er.. man? Man up, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 *smashes beercan on forehead* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzado Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 My g3 iBook wont boot up. It died a few years back but a couple of weeks ago I decided to have a look and, bizarrely, it booted up ok, but since then it's been a bit 50/50 about whether it would get past the blue background with the horizontal progress bar or not. Now it won't get that far. It opens on the grey screen with the apple logo and the spinning cog but it just does that forever. I have a the 4x OSX (10.1.2) software restore disks so I want to try a total reformat but I can't open the disk draw without it booting up properly in the first place. Can I open the draw from in the BIOS mode or whatever it's called? Also is there a safe boot mode for OS 10.1? Google is not giving me any joy. I hope I don't have to register on a Mac forum. Those Mac types can be a bit "read the rulesy" i hear. have you tried e-mailing these guys? http://www.techspeakblog.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 good start. now get a job, a wife, and a rugrat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest esquimaw Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 *smashes beercan on forehead* ? That's the spirit! But in all seriousness.. You may (most probably) be looking at some kind of hard disc failure, and will need to replace it in order to get the machine working properly again. Zapping your PRAM is good housekeeping practice, but it sounds like this old feller has worse problems than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBLA Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 wow... my iBook has gone to shit now and won't start up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uelogy Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 boot up in target disk mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBLA Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 it won't boot up at all. i'm hoping that the adapter went to shit, but the light is green when it's connected. so i don't think that's the case. it does make a strange noise though when i press my ear against it (the adapter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ivan Lennovitz Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 i have a 3rd party adapter that lights up even though there is no connection. you have to twist the lead between the adapter and the iBook into a very precise position for it to receive any power. i bought it cause the original apple 1 went to shit and i didnt fancy paying lining their pockets with 70 quid for another piece of shit mac power supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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