My iBook has lain dormant for the last 6 months. The battery of course has therefore run down. I plugged it in to power, left it plugged in overnight. But when I turn on the power switch, I heard a whirring noise, and then silence. a couple of times, it actually powered up and my desktop showed up, but then in a few seconds, it turned itself off.
Is there any way I can get the computer to tun on and stay on?
I have an iBook G3 Clamshell 466mhz SE here and had the hard drive upgraded to a Team 16gb IDE Solid State Drive by a Mac repair shop (didn't have the time to do it myself at the moment). The tech there tried to install an OS but (from the phone explanation) the drive is recognized but can't be formatted for Mac or something like that. If you need more information on anything please ask me as I haven't booted the iBook myself yet. I have already spent $150+ on the SSD and labour costs I would dearly love for it to work. To my understanding any HDD/SSD with the right interface should work (which I know it does).
View 16 Replies View RelatedI have a 4 month old iBook 12" 1.33/512/40/combo with the following problem. It went into sleep mode and never woke up. after complete reboot 1 long beep and silence. after taking the battery out and disconnect for about 4 hours I get the beep, but inbetween absolute nothing. Anyone has tips or a solution. there is no additional memory installed.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI found an old macintosh performa 5200 in the attic, and when i started it up it showed a floppy with a flashing question mark.
I heard that means that computer went to hell. Also i don't have any floppy/cd's or so (my grandpa didn't gave them along with the mac in the past).
So now i want to download os 8 and burn it on a cd to install it at the performa.
OK the optical drive on my powerbook 17 1.5 has just decided not to function. Are the drive's for the powerbooks or would I be able to buy virtually any drive and put it in?
View 7 Replies View RelatedSome of you may remember my original post about the Seagate momentus XT and how it was a Hybrid SSHDD (hybrid solid state/hard disk drive) - it had 4GB of onboard flash memory and a 500GB hard drive platter - this allowed you to combine the advantages of both (while loosing a bit of the reliability and resistance to vibration) and have a fast drive with lots of storage. What was stored on the flash memory would be managed by the drive controller to give you best possible performance.
At the time several people (myself included) wondered how much of a performance gain there was.
This video proves a lot: [URL]
So, is anyone reconsidering getting one of these. I tried to with the first batch but they were gone within about 4 hours. (edit: on newegg)
As things are going, I'm definetly planning to put this baby in my macbook pro once i order one (later this year or sometime next year)
I bought my first Mac about a year ago, a MacBook Pro, to replace my aging Dell. That said, though I do have some experience under my belt regarding Leopard I am still learning the ways of a Mac. I am very well rehearsed in using that "other OS" and repairing 'IBM compatibles' (he says as he duck), but am just now dabbling into the hardware aspect of Mac's.
OK, so onto my question....
I just successfully replaced an aging (clicking) hard drive of a friends G3 (600MHz with 512 RAM). In place of the old 40GB 5200rpm I put in a 80GB 7200rpm. The old HD had OS 9.2 on it with an OS X 10.3.9 upgrade, all on one partition. In my research I read somewhere that it would be wise to reinstall OS 9.2 first and then on a separate partition install OS X, so I did just that. Everything is working peachy and I can mount either partition/OS without issue.
Here is the problem....When I partitioned the drive into two separate areas I made each partition of equal size. Having dabbled in Ubuntu a little one would think I would have had some forethought and made the OS 9.2 much smaller than the OS X, but sadly I did not.
I did do a search here first in regards to my dilemma, but everything seems to reflect having Tiger or Leopard installed. Seeing as I am one upgrade below BootCamp is there another way that I can resize these two partitions Live, without starting from scratch again? If need be I certainly can start over, and anticipating this I have yet to restore all of the back up data I've stored on an external, but I was hoping to forgo this process again.
I have an iBook (running OS X Tiger) which is wirelessly connected to a home network via a wireless router. On this network I have a Windows PC to which a HP Laserjet 1010 is connected via USB. I would like to be able to share this printer on the Windows PC so that I can print from the iBook.I have set file and print sharing options on the Windows PC. I have then added a new printer in OS X over 'Windows Printing'. OS X sees the printer and allows me to add it after puting in a username and password (I used the 'Guest' username). However when I try and print from the iBook the printer initialises and then procedes to print "%!PS-Adobe-3.0 %RBINumCopies: 1 %%..." and then lots of random letters. I thought that this looked like the iBook wasn't using the right drivers and after checking it appears it is using Generic Printer drivers.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a G3 iBook and just the other day the display stopped working. There were no signs of the display going bad, it's just went. Am I able to boot the iBook via Target Disk Mode on my PowerBook and run the iBook Hardware Test CD on it? Also, can I reboot my PowerBook and choose the iBook as the startup volume?
I know how to do Target Disk Mode but the latter I'm not sure about.
My brother's iBook G4 (800Mhz, First Rev) has completely splattered itself and we're getting a new Macbook for him under insurance. My iBook G3 (White, 900Mhz G3..the last G3 Rev of the iBook) has a failing hard drive.
Now, could I swap out those two drives, at least to recover stuff? And is there a specific method of opening up the iBook G4 so that I don't break stuff (I've already messed with my G3..and ended up with a dozen extra screws ^_^
Mainly the aim is to salvage the hard drive and swap them out; replacing my faulty iBook G3 one with the iBook G4 one which is perfectly fine.
My iBook G4 power supply failed and I'm awaiting a replacement. In the mean time, can I use the power supply from my iBook G3 with the iBook G4?
View 1 Replies View RelatedRight now I have a G3 iBook (900 MHz, 640 MB RAM, Combodrive, 40 GB HDD). I'm looking at a G4 iBook (1.2 GHz, 768 MB RAM, Superdrive, 60 GB HDD).
How much faster would the G4 be over my G3. I figure that after selling my G3, the G4 would only be another $200ish on top of it. Would this be worth it?
I just bought a parts ibook from ebay, but I managed to fix it, except there was no hard drive. I currently have a 6 GB HD in it with OS X.3.9 on it, but I want tiger. I have the tiger family pack, so I have a license for it. It only has a CD-ROM drive, so I am wondering if I can buy a 40 GB HD, and clone the one from my G4 onto it.
SPECS
ibook G3- 500 MHZ
192 MB RAM
CD-ROM
currently has 6 GB HD
ibook G4- 1064 MHZ
1.25 GB RAM
Combo drive
40 GB HD
So, I'll spare you guys the details, haha, but I am stuck trying to decide between getting an iMac Intel or a MacBook Pro for my home use computer. What would be the advantages of one over the other? I just really love the fact that a MacBook Pro would be portable yet powerful. And yes, I have this iBook for portability to school and such, but if I want to do extensive work on the couch, I could bring a MBP vs. an iMac. What do you all think? Are too laptops redundant?
View 3 Replies View Relatedare these two LCDs swappable? Can I stick a G3 iBook Screen into a G4? I have no idea and I'd like to have some idea.
does the hinge and everything line up, too?
Will an iBook G3 keyboard ([URL]) work on an iBook G4?
View 3 Replies View RelatedCan it work? I found the part I need in my closet from an iBG3 and if it worked that'd just be great.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWill the restore and AHT discs from a 1.2 GHz 12" iBook work in a 1 GHz 12" iBook? All I am interested in is the AHT.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just did a clean reinstall on my mac and it needed to install some files and it is installing and it has been sitting on running itunes installer script for about an hour and doesnt seem to be doing much. Is this normal? I don't want to reset the computer in case something messes up
View 1 Replies View RelatediCloud: how long should it take for changes made on one device to appear in my others?
View 5 Replies View RelatedA couple of weeks ago my IMAC 24 started taking a long time to bootup, 5 minutes and 20 seconds.
It starts with a blank white screen for 1:45, then a black & white blinking world icon comes up for 2:15, then a blinking black & white Apple icon comes on for 30 seconds, then a pale blue blank screen for 20 seconds. Then the wallpaper comes on and it seems to go to a regular boot from there. Where can I access what is happening during all of this 5:20?
I am a new MBA Owner, not even a week only yet but like everyone I'm confused how I lived before without this thing, it goes everywhere with me! My post pertains to power management. I have been taking the AIR with me everywhere but just closing the lid and stowing it instead of turning the machine off. My question is how long will the AIR last in Standby mode? I understand it depends on how much you use it on a daily basis but do some users charge it in the morning and just pop it open throughout the day like a cell phone? Do some users actually turn the machine off each time?
View 9 Replies View Relatedim just curious (and maybe a slight bit worried) about how long my macbook air should last on a full battery. it seems like it gets less and less all the time. its not my primarily used cmputer (i use my iMac mostly) but i still use my MBA most days whether it be in bed or on my travels to friends' houses etc.
when i do use it ive usually got a socket handy so its always charging and when its in the house not being used, its pretty much always on charge which means the battery running out isnt a big deal but the few times i actually don't have the MBA on charge it seems to run out pretty quickly. i do tend to run a lot of programs, however.
how long should partitioning normaly take? i'm partitioning my 250 gb harddrive in my UMBP (2,4ghz) and it has been busy untill this verry moment, and I started it 5 hours ago. is this normal? would every bit of progression be lost if I quit the proces and restart it?
View 6 Replies View RelatedIn Mail, when you add an account, why does it take so ridiculously long to verify with no way to skip verification? At first I thought this was just my system but I've now had a friend ask me why it's so slow (took 17 minutes) and he's on a different ISP and everything. This means that 100% of the computers I've seen take an unacceptably long time to verify the account. This problem only appears to affect Apple Mail. I find it hard to believe that Apple could release something this bad, so I have two questions:
1. Is this normal?
2. Why does it happen?
We're all used to the idea of technology, memory, price, and TIME. But how long do you think before you can get a 512 GB SSD for around $200? I'm guessing 2 years, and by that time SSDs will become standard and everyone will be asking around that time what could possibly make Hard drives faster. It would even be perfect to replace your old hard drive instead of buying a new computer, just back up your data and re-install the OS and you practically have a brand new computer. And of course by that time there will be SSDs that surpass the current Intel ones.
View 13 Replies View RelatedHow long does your MBP battery last when your doing ur stuff like internet, gaming etc etc. and your brightness of ur screen, wifi turned on etc?
View 6 Replies View Related1. How long does it usually take to be validated? Mine hasn't yet, but no worries.
2. On the page where it shows your coverage and stuff, is the picture there supposed to be the same as your Mac? Because it shows a blackbook and mines evidently not black
Ok, I've got my MacBook Air, it's great, but, I have no plans to buy another computer for at least 2 years. So, under normal to heavy drive use, will the SSD hold up for that time?
View 17 Replies View RelatedHow long does it take to download Lion? I have been waiting over 1.5 hours. I have broadband through my university so there is plenty of bandwidth.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
