While it eliminates your hard drive it does not eliminate other possibilities such as a loose connection or perhaps a cracked circuit board. It's my understanding that Apple has a flat charge for repairing Powerbooks. If you are not comfortable doing a teardown rebuild yourself, it may pay for you to take it to them for repair. Just a thought.
Joe Ellis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan McAlpine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: Re: is my powerbook dead? > Haven't dropped it recently, but it does take its share of abuse in my > shoulder bag when I ride the subway, carry it to school / work for the > last 3 years..... > > I tried connecting and booting up from an external firewire drive and I > get the same results. This would eliminate the internal drive as a > problem, and would also eliminate kernel panics because of the OS > 10.2.8 update as the machine displayed the same issue when booting from > an external drive with a fresh install of jaguar..... > > Should I just chalk this up to wear and tear finally taking its toll? > It doesn't always lock up when I move it, and sometimes it just locks > when I am doing random things like writing an email, or unplugging the > power cord. > > argh...i wanted to wait for a G5 powerbook, but it looks like I may > have a trip to the apple store in my immediate future....anyone have > any other ideas or similar experiences? > > TIA > > Brendan > On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 02:58 PM, Joe Ellis wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brendan McAlpine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:57 PM > > Subject: Re: is my powerbook dead? > > > > > >> Did that already....still no dice. > >> > >> The machine locks up at random times, like when I plug in the power > >> cord (sometimes) or when I move the machine..... > >> > >> I think its just on its way out. > >> > >> Any other ideas? > >> > > You may have a hard drive that's going bad, have you tried booting it > > off a > > firewire drive, plugging it in, and moving it and getting lockups > > implies > > that something may be loose and floating around inside the case causing > > flakey operation, have you dropped it recently? > > > > Joe Ellis > > > > > > -- > > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > > Drives | > > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! > > | > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> The Think Different Store > > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
