[P1] iBook rises from the Dead!

[Joe Roberts]

When you mean "Software install CD," do you mean the Mac OS 9 install 
CD?  If you re-installed the system software from the CD, there might 
have been some kind of corruption in those "bootstrap" files that you 
never see but are oh-so-important in getting your Mac to launch.  A 
re-install would have taken care of fixing that problem.

By the way, did you ever try copying your old hard drive by attaching 
it to another FireWire Mac and starting the iBook up in Target Disk 
Mode?

--Joe!

On Jun 25, 2004, at 1:14 AM, Dave Wyman wrote:

> A few days ago I brought the computer out again. Like General Franco, 
> I quickly ascertained that it was still dead. But I left it sitting on 
> my desk, so after another round of failed attempts attempts to start 
> it again today, I pulled out the Hardware Test CD tonight. 
> Hmmm...everything passed the test: memory, storage, etc. Odd. So, just 
> to "think different" I pulled out the old Software Reinstall CDs. I 
> thought a software reinstall might somehow breathe life into the 
> computer. And damn if that little 'Book wasn't up and running under 
> System 9 within minutes! No way!
>
> I restarted the computer a few times just to make sure, figuring the 
> hard drive was still dead, that somehow the computer was running off 
> of internal memory. The computer rebooted everytime. I  ran some 
> programs, thinking they'd kill off the computer for sure. Nope. Then I 
> plugged in an ethernet cable and made what I knew would be a futile 
> attempt to browse the Web. But it connected immediately. No way!!!
>
> Yes, System 9 was blazing, but I'm now a confirmed OS Xoholic. So I 
> pulled out my G4 OS X installation CDs. The G3 computer had no problem 
> running the disks. Back on the Web, I downloaded the 10.3.4 upgrade. 
> No problem.

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