Hey guys, could anyone point me to a iso file for a mac g4 powerbook titanium. Disconnect the ac adapter and remove the computers battery. I tried to start it without the battery, and it went well for five minutes, but then froze and the screen started to go brighter and brighter. Ive found fiddling with the memory resolves the problem, but it comes back. The apple symbol shows and the wheel turns but it never stops and nothing loads up. Mac os how to reset the power manager of a powerbook. In this video we discuss how to diagnose and repair problems with an iphone 6 plus that wont power on. Nothing will bring this thing back from its sleep mode, it seems. After some research, i found this method and it worked like a charm. Powerbook g4 powerpc wont boot up diagnosticsadvice please. Powerbook g4 wont turn on powerbook g4 aluminum 15. I just got a powerbook g4 titanium from a vice president at my office.
Ill use it like normal, and then log out of my desktop and close the lid. Discussion in apple and mac os x started by shaaz, sep 4, 2007. The powerbook g4 dvi added performance increases, a dvi video port, and a higher resolution display. No lights are coming on and i cant hear the fan or anything. I removed the battery and tried it with just the ac because i thought i read it should work without the battery, but no. I thought it needed a new battery, after the original one refused to charge, but after fitting a new one, the power cord stays lit up green, and it refuses to charge goes up about. Apple powerbook g4 wont turn on, even whe apple community. It was working perfectly fine not long ago, there was maybe a 12 hour between use, and it was off.
About a year ago i adopted a macbook pro and a powerbook g4. Simply the coolest piece of hardware apple has ever built, charles w moore, road warrior, mac opinion, 11601. Powerbook g4 titanium mercury troubleshooting ifixit. I thought it needed a new battery, after the original one refused to charge, but after fitting a new one, the power cord stays lit up green, and it refuses to charge goes up about 510mah per hour if im lucky. Mac os how to reset the power manager of a powerbook that wont boot. Powerbook g4 repair london the mac response centre support. Dec 28, 2011 my friends old powerbook g4 was working fine until a couple of days ago when she tried tried to turn it on but it won t boot.
I loved that computer, and it served me well for too short of a time. If i turn it on, i get a gray screen that usually just turns my computer back off, if thats not the case i get a screen that shows the finder icon and a question mark and then turns off. Btw, one sprint techie tried really hard to help, but was ultimately not able to give any specific answer one way or. The powerbook g4 onyx introduced performance increases over the mercury in processor, graphics, and bus speed. I know it sounds crazy that it won t start off the power cord, but mine really won t unless there is a charged battery in there. Ive wasted about fifteen cds and 6 days trying to figure this out the old macs don t seem to deal with linux. Whats the best mac os for your ibook, powerbook, or macbook. Specifically this unit has a problem with the tristar chip. We show you how to diagnose the issue and replace that chip. Rebuilding a powerbook g4 battery i do all of my mobile computing and my blogging slouched on the couch in my family room using a handmedown 500mhz powerbook g4. Dec 12, 2010 powerbook g4 ti won t power on mini spy. When i turn on the powerbook g4, the os loads normally but the screen is split and the graphics are fuzzy.
Same is going on with a external fw smartdisk cdrw and usb iomega cdrw drives. Powerbook g4 wont connect to airport with wep password. Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. What model powerbook g4 is it the titanium or aluminium model. Im about to show you how to turn that old mac hardware you have into something useful. This is the lowlevel, down in the trenches story you won t read about in press releases or on product information pages. If it wasnt for the momentary light, it appears computer is not getting power at all. Apple perfected its design with the dvi model, increasing the screen resolution, the speed, and ironing out the kinks from the first generation. Jan 26, 2010 repair a powerbook g4 that won t turn on duration. As far as i know it hasn t had any problems what so ever.
Be sure to use the method described in this article for your pbook g4. I have finally upgraded from my 2004 powerbook g4 went with a pc. Hi guys, i have a friend with a powerbook g4 15 powerbook5,8, powerpc g4 1. Nothing will bring this thing back from its sleep mode, it. As this article explains, linuxppc 2000 q4 succesfully boots on apples new pb g4. Mac os how to reset the power manager of a powerbook that.
How to calibrate a mac laptops power system newertech. I guess he has not used them for a while, and i think the batteries are dead. The computer was bought in the summer of 2004 and nothing has been done to the hardware. There seems to be something weird with the pre intel macs. I left it in sleep mode yesterday and found it turned off this morning, though it was plugged to the charger. The macbook pro now happily runs osx, when we turn it on mostly mj uses it for photo processing. No lights are coming on and i can t hear the fan or anything. Faster hdd options for powerbook g4 titanium macrumors.
Powerpc powerbook g4 turns off battery charger is unplugged. The titanium powerbook g4, aka tibook, is a terrific laptop computer, but it has one major drawback. Buying a powerbook g4, dan knight, the book page, 11801. Heres why im ordering one, and how im configuring it. Press and release the reset button located on the rear panel of the computer between the external video and modem ports. I was thinking using it as a personal music database basically a boombox. Press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds and then release the button. It did this before i got the laptop, but after a while it. Stubborn powerbook battery wont charge g4 batteries osx. Light will stay on while held down, but goes off when released. Disengage the two keyboard latches located between the esc and f1 keys, and the f11 and f12 keys. Powerbook g4 powerpc wont boot up diagnosticsadvice. Sep 10, 20 2001 powerbook g4 the first in the g4 series was dubbed the titanium powerbook, after the material used for the computers encasing.
If i go back to use it after, all i get is a black screen. Or that the original titanium powerbook g4s 64mb of ram would be incapable of booting the version of mac os current in the waning weeks of 2002. Btw, one sprint techie tried really hard to help, but was ultimately not able to give any specific answer one way or the other. The power adapter plug glows green and has glowed green even with the computer plugged in and operating with no battery, in case that helps. The titanium powerbook g4 was a landmark in computing. Ive unplugged and left unplugged for minutes, then retried. Sprint tech support and sierra tech support cantwont help.
This is my second time that i needed to reinstall the system. However when i try connecting to the same network with her powerbook g4, sitting in the same room as the airport extreme, the powerbook won t connect. I have been using it for about a year without a battery battery died and as of today it won t power on when i press the power button. I would love to change it to ubuntu but the last time i tried it wouldn t register the disc. Just got the u595 usb pcs modem, cant get it to work. I have had this problem for a few days now that my powerbook wont start up. Power light lights up, but then instantly goes out. Powerbook g4 will not fully power on or boot ifixit.
However when i try connecting to the same network with her powerbook g4, sitting in the same room as the airport extreme, the powerbook wont connect. Powerpc powerbook battery significance of levels for powerbook g4 15 nov 15, 2006 i am leaving for a week long trip and many parts of it will not be able to run the computer off of the powercord, which is a problem because i get about 40mins of wordprocessing use out of it when i run the battery alone. In spite of being quite the nice machine for 2004, the poor powerbook g4 had been long abandoned by apple due to its. Resetting powerbook and ibook power management unit pmu apple support. As expert apple mac repair specialists, we can resolve whatever issues you are experiencing with your powerbook g4 model, whether it is memory slot issues, powerbook g4 computer wont turn on, hard drive failure, display issues, kernel panics and laptop crashing, defective ports, logic board failure, liquid spill damage, non responding. It asks me for a password but i cant get it to accept the password. I was working on my g4 powermac, with only one program open when i the battery was running low. Hello, my powerbook g4 wont turn on and apples suggestions for resetting pmu are worthless as they require you to turn on the unit to do this. This powerbook doesnt turn on every now and then, regardless of how many times you press the power button. The only thing that works is the caps lock light weird. Its obviously old, but was refurbed 3 years ago and has functioned well for their needs, but i understand the battery has been terrible for a year holding only seconds of charge and requiring the ac charger all the time. Jun 20, 2005 so ive got a powerbook g4, thats 8 days past its warranty.
Powerbook g4 17inch series, it may not provide sufficient power during some. Ive just tried powering it back up with and without. Ive wasted about fifteen cds and 6 days trying to figure this out the old macs dont seem to deal with linux. Try taking out your pram battery, shown in the remove pmu guide its the big thing marked 6160114a disconnect the tri color lead from that to the pmu, start up the powerbook it should now work, then reconnect that cable and hopefully you should be left with a functioning powerbook. I need to have a charge in the battery to start it, but then i can pull the battery while it runs. Resetting the power manager also resets the date and time. Apr 04, 2005 i seem to be having avery annoying problem with my powerbook. So ive got a powerbook g4, thats 8 days past its warranty.
Faster hdd options for powerbook g4 titanium macrumors forums. Just bought a 2001 titanium powerbook g4 from one of my buddies. Most current apple support articles tend to forget about old hardware. It was the first departure from the black, plastic. I would love to change it to ubuntu but the last time i tried it wouldnt register the disc. Linux ppc boots on the powerbook g4 titanium slashdot.
Powerbook g4 wont connect to airport with wep password ask. Powerbook g4 aluminum 15inch167mhz2gb wont charge battery. Titanium powerbook g4 667 mhz to 1 ghz these are the newest powerbooks that will dualboot os x and os 9. Quote powerbook g4 and powerbook g4 gigabit ethernet 1. Titanium powerbook g4 400 to 550 mhz the first two generations of the titanium powerbook inherited the pismos 8 mb of video ram, so they wont support quartz extreme. To ensure the new battery is properly installed, turn the computer on without the power adapter connected if the computer starts up normally, the battery is properly installed and you can proceed to step 2. Just got the u595 usb pcs modem, can t get it to work.
The pmu reset differs between models some you need to hold down the power key, the other you need to flip up the keyboard to get access to a small switch. My friends old powerbook g4 was working fine until a couple of days ago when she tried tried to turn it on but it wont boot. Rebuilding a powerbook g4 battery keiths electronics blog. Powerbook g4 dvi and powerbook g4 1 ghz867 mhz if the computer is on, turn it off. I have the power line plugged in the back and it is shining orange. Hello again powerpc junkies, i want to put a faster drive in my tibook. I just got a new imac because my old powerbook g4 would not awake from sleep the hole screen like froze, i tryed just turning it off and then back on again, and now it doesnt even turn on i press the power button it makes a beeping sound like a truck reversing and its just completely black i tried reinstalling it but again nuthing happens it wont boot up, has somthing. It was given to me used, battered, and obsolete two and half years ago, and after upgrading the ram to 1g, installing os x tiger from a family license, and installing an. Powerbook g4 15 titanium with dvdrom only drive running mac os 9, mac os 10. Poor reception translates mainly into limited range. I want to clean wipe it and turn it to something useful.
Only i accidentally unplugged the power by moving the machine and pooooof. My powerbook g4 would not boot, it was completely dead. Sprint tech support and sierra tech support can t won t help. Its very strange, but i would try either charging the battery in a friends powerbook, or borrowing a charged one.
I have been using it for about a year without a battery battery died and as of today it wont power on when i press the power button. My powerbook g4 will not turn on solvedclosed report. Jun 03, 20 the titanium powerbook g4 was a landmark in computing. My mother is a teacher and has a powerbook g4 with the 1. The apple symbol shows and the wheel turns but it never stops and nothing loads answered by a verified mac support specialist. This machine has 512mb of ram, a 40gb hard drive, 400mhz g4 processor, and its running mac osx 10.
They also indicate that the internal modem and ethernet will probably work, but it hasnt been tested yet. The first of the g4 powerbooks, the mercury included a titanium case assembly and a 15. Dec 24, 2008 i just got a new imac because my old powerbook g4 would not awake from sleep the hole screen like froze, i tryed just turning it off and then back on again, and now it doesnt even turn on i press the power button it makes a beeping sound like a truck reversing and its just completely black i tried reinstalling it but again nuthing happens it wont boot up, has somthing came loose, im preety. It asks me for a password but i can t get it to accept the password.
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