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 > > > > > > 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" >> .