On 5 Feb 2008, at 16:15, Lloyd Smith wrote: > TiBook, 400 MHz, 10.4.10, 640 MB SDRAM > > Unless the reset button is depressed, no boot. > Suggestion appreciated. First, nice to see that there is life in the old List ! Second - I have never seen, heard or read of a situation like yours....... The only thing that I do (correction, did, as it no longer works in Leopard) in any problem situation is restart in single user mode (Apple-S on start up) and run APPLE JACK. In your case, after using your paper-clip/reset step. I do not hold out much hope of it helping you, but it does fix a few things that might possibly help you. regards, Trevor