Please let me know what you find out and if this behavior is an issue.
On Aug 21, 2004, at 3:55 PM, bobgir2004 wrote:
New iBook G4, 14". We decided to go for Apple Care, since it was a portable and not a desktop.
When, three weeks later, the Apple Care package came along with the Tech
Tool Deluxe disk, decided to run TT Deluxe to get a baseline, so to speak,
and see if everything passed the TT tests.
Well, well. The iBook would *not* boot from the TT Deluxe disk. The
iBook would also *not* boot from the DiskWarrior disk. The iBook *would*
boot from the Systems disk that came with it. The desktop G3 w/ G4 upgrade
and the old G3 iBook did indeed, as expected, boot up from TT Deluxe and
Disk Warrior CDs.
I have had almost no time with the new G4 iBook; it is, after all, the
wife's computer. As I sat down with it for the first time, I noticed that
when you boot up, if you watch the OS X screen as the system loads, there is
normally a string of messages which flash across the OS logo as the blue
progress bar makes it way from left to right.
I instantly noticed something wrong: the messages got only as far as
"Waiting for network initialization" and the blue progress bar only got
halfway across its allotted run before the OS X logo disappeared and the
desktop appeared. *Everything* which my wife did in three weeks of use
worked perfectly: sending and receiving mail via the airport card & base
station, creating documents, moving files and folders back and forth from
the desktop and G3 iBook using the ABS, setting preferences, downloading
using Software Updater, etc. We would not have had a clue that anything was
amiss if we hadn't tried to reboot from the TT Deluxe and Disk Warrior CDS
Called Apple Care. Fellow honestly admitted he had *not* heard of this
behavior before. Told him we had run Cache Out, Mac Janitor, checked the HD
with Disk Utility (no problems found), repaired permissions, etc. The only
thing he could suggest was an Archive and Install.
Did it. No change. iBook will still not start from the TT Deluxe or
Disk Warrior CDs and, when it boots up, it still displays that odd behavior
in that the scroll bar never makes it across its allotted space and the
messages never get beyond "Waiting for network installation".
A second call the Apple Care resulted in their suggesting that I take
the iBook to the local Apple Store.
Closed until noon on Sunday.
A direct reply from anyone having any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, bob
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