That sounds like what happened to my G5 iMac. My solution was just
to pull the hard drive and anything else I could salvage and buy a
new computer. I sold the dead iMac for somebody who could have the
time and patience to get it repaired....because I'm not that person.
Tim
On Oct 9, 2005, at 2:30 PM, John McGibney wrote:
On Oct 9, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Tobias Strohe wrote:
Dear Listas/essas,
I have been lurking mostly, but recent events warrant some verbage. I
apologize right away, if (when) this gets lengthy.
On my annual vacation this year my Powerbook G4 died (with some 500
not-yet-backed-up photos on it). Here is my story to this point
and my
request for help:
1. Powerbook died and won't go beyond a grey backlit screen on
startup
Some additional information:
12" PB G4 (bought from Apple refurb), 1 Ghz, 768 MB RAM, Superdrive,
Airport Extreme, unit has been in my possession for about 1.5
years, I
do have Applecare 3 year extension
Any help, comments, different opinions/experiences, etc. are very
welcome,
tobias
If you have a second machine with firewire boot the PowerBook in
Firewire mode (hold T key). This will allow you to connect to
another machine via firewire cable. The powerbook will show up on
the other machine as a firewire hard drive. Hopefully you will be
able to transfer your important files.
You could also try fixing the drive using TechTool Pro, DiskWarrior
or Apple's Disk utility from the second machine while the two are
connected.
John
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