[iBook] Re: New, Old iBook - how to access hard drive to change it

[George]

Whoops! The option, shift and control keys don't work no more. Neither 
does the clicker.
Is there a simple solution?
Thanks
George

On Thursday, February 9, 2006, at 05:40  PM, George wrote:

> Yes, I had forgotten about formatting. I tore the iBook apart to 
> install a working HDD. Ended up with several extra screws and the 
> click function not working. Have to use a USB mouse. (I will try to 
> fix the original HDD using a 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch IDE adapter inside 
> my G4 Sawtooth that has all the SW goodies installed (TechTool, > etc.).)
>
> The combo Jaguar update (10.2.8) did not fix the clicker, so it must 
> be my handiwork.
>
> It's a battered old iBook that I got for free on freecycle. It has 288 
> MB Ram. The screen is ok for a 1999 model. I need a take apart 
> schematic with both positions of and types of screws. This is the 
> trickiest laptop yet (I've done a WS and a 3400 many times)!
>
> I also have a chance to buy a D-Link USB 802.11b wireless adapter that 
> works on a white iBook using OSX. Will it work on this clamshell?
>
> Thanks to William Duquet and Clark Martin for their assistance!
>
> George
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> On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at 07:00  PM, Clark Martin wrote:
>
>> At 5:00 PM -0500 2/8/06, George wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> This is a clamshell Tangerine model, family M2453, @1999. The 
>>> currently installed hard drive has OSX but an OEM Jaguar install CD 
>>> cannot repair the drive (which is not mounted or mountable).
>>>
>>> How to access the hard drive to change it?
>>
>> Have you tried reformatting it?  The Apple disk utilities aren't that 
>> powerful and it's often the case they can't fix a problem 
>> non-destructively.  But they can reformat which will often fix the 
>> problem
>> -- 
>> Clark Martin
>> Redwood City, CA, USA
>> Macintosh / Internet Consulting
>>
>> "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
>> .