A hardware problem indeed. I found out that it was a problem with the gpu by
applying pressure below the option key to the left of the track pad, which
is right above the gpu. Searching through some forums and sites I found that
it was a common problem that the solder joints beneath the gpu would
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 22:23 -0400, Tomislav V. Butkovic wrote:
I had someone try to boot OS X tiger via firewire drive which also
froze at the 'apple' screen with a little counter that just keeps
spinning.
That it happens with OS X as well indicates a hardware problem I'm
afraid. You could
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:23:05 -0400
Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote:
Some updates:
This is a very dust free machine on the inside. No air ports are being
blocked, and I've pointed an external fan to blow at the rear vents. I've
confirmed that the internal fan still works
Have you tried booting with any live cd? Does it freeze there?
I have tried the Ubuntu 9 (jaunty) live cd which freezes before it boots the
desktop environment.
The debian install cd can be used as a live rescue cd...although it
doesn't boot up to a desktop environment.
This I will try.
Some updates:
This is a very dust free machine on the inside. No air ports are being
blocked, and I've pointed an external fan to blow at the rear vents. I've
confirmed that the internal fan still works as well. Still freezes.
I've also downloaded the debian netinstall cd, which has frozen the
Hello all,
I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the
installation process keeps freezing during various points of the
installation during various installation attempts. Most commonly during the
partintioning or during the installation of the base system. The farthest
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400
Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the
installation process keeps freezing during various points of the
installation during various installation attempts. Most
Amit Uttamchandani a écrit :
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400
Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the
Did you add the RAM yourself or was it added by your friend ? Do you
know the brand, and its age ?
same problem
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Benjamin Cama ben...@free.fr wrote:
Amit Uttamchandani a écrit :
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400
Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the
Did you add the
Hello all,
Thank you all for the timely reply.
Based on my experiences the freezing
probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is the
main cause of freezing. Do you hear the fans kick in during
installation or does it remain off?
It sounds likes the fans are on. The
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:06:25 -0400
Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
Thank you all for the timely reply.
Based on my experiences the freezing
probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is
the main cause of freezing. Do you hear the
I had an iBook with a not-working-right fan, and I found last summer that I
could prevent thermal shutdown by putting dead hard drives in the freezer,
and resting the iBook on them one at a time. I had five in rotation for
about a month until I felt confident enough to take the beast apart and
Le jeudi 18 juin 2009 à 15:06 -0400, Tomislav V. Butkovic a écrit :
To me this sounds like a faulty RAM problem. Try removing any
additionnal RAM module and install Debian the usual way.
The additional RAM module is originally installed as the sticker on
the ibook says:
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