[iBook] ibook g3 600 mhz (2002/late 2001)

[Wilfred Reimer]

Thanks Bill, I'll check out the power cable first.


On 10/16/07, Skygram <skygram at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wilfred,
>
> It still sounds like one of your problems is a dodgy power cable. Check
> that
> out. Bring it to another iBook and remove that iBook's battery and hook up
> your power cable to it. Actually it might be safer to borrow someone
> else's
> power cable in the event that yours might damage another iBook.
>
> The question mark issue is another matter.
>
> I have cut and pasted this from a web page that I saved a few months back
> for someone else. It is from the Ohio State University support page.
>
> Bill
>
>
> Mac Won't Start Up: Flashing Folder with Question Mark
>
> There is a condition that may occur on some Macintoshes where the system
> will not start up after the power has been turned on. The machine will
> give
> its normal system chime indicating that the system has passed some
> preliminary tests, but then the screen will show a folder with a question
> mark in it and the computer will not start up. There can be several
> reasons
> for why this may be happening.
> The directory database, which keeps track of where files are stored on the
> hard drive, may have become corrupted. The corruption can often be
> repaired
> by utilities such as Disk First Aid for Mac OS 7-9 and Disk Utility for
> Mac
> OS X, which can be found on most system software install CDs. To initiate
> a
> repair, insert the system software CD into the CD drive of the affected
> computer and turn the system off. When the machine has shut down, turn it
> on
> again and hold down the 'C' key on the keyboard. The computer will
> automatically boot up from the CD, allowing you run the disk repair
> utility
> from the Utilities folder on the CD. On a Mac OS X system software
> installation disk, you will need to select Disk Utility from the Installer
> menu. Occasionally, it may be necessary to use a third-party disk repair
> utility such as Norton Disk Doctor, which is part of Norton Utilities, or
> Diskwarrior from Alsoft.
> Another problem that can occur is the driver on the disk itself can become
> corrupted. If this is the case, the hard disk (HD) will not appear in any
> disk repair utility. This is a problem because you will need to
> reinitialize
> the HD, which will cause all the data on the HD to be lost. If the
> computer
> has a built-in Firewire port, it may be possible to boot it in Firewire
> Target Disk Mode on another Firewire-equipped Macintosh and copy the
> important files before reformatting the disabled HD.
> The last sort of problem is the most severe: The hard drive's mechanical
> parts may have failed, which means the data on the drive is completely
> inaccessible. There are companies that will (for several hundred dollars)
> attempt to recover the data of such drives, but for most people the cost
> is
> prohibitively expensive. The best solution in this case is to have and
> maintain a current backup of important files.
>
>
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Wilf
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