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A friend's taken the keyboard off his 17" Mac G4 Powerbook, screwed it back on and now nothing happens when presses the power button. I don't have 'eyes-on' but he says he didn't do anything else apart from unscrew it, look around then screw it back on...
Started by Ho Li Cow on
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I had this same problem but I observed that my PowerBook G4.
Cheers, let us know what happens.
G4 Powerbook dismantlings myself, your friend might have not properly re-connected either
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I have a Powerbook G4 that someone gave me with a blank hard drive. I'd like to install OS X on it, but the only version listed on apple.com is Snow Leopard, which only supports Intel processors.
What version of OS X can I use with this G4, and any ideas...
Started by romandas on
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In some areas it is much faster than 10.4, plus you get .
I run it on my 1.5GHz G4 PowerBook Mac OS X 10.5 on my iBook G4 and it runs fine.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
Want to install Tiger 10.4 instead.
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I have an Aluminum FW800 G4 Powerbook (specific specs are 1.25Ghz G4, 512Mb RAM, SuperDrive) that I recently replaced the original hard drive. I've gotten alot of use out of it, but at this point the battery holds a whopping 7 minutes of life with everything...
Started by Bob King on
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I was just given a 1ghz 12" G4 powerbook by a friend who gotMy experience with the G4 and software development with Java (which you will probably encounter I'd buy the battery and memory, ....
Get out of it towards a new MacBookPro.
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Need help Fixing boot problem on powerbook G4 M5488 Author Message Michael Snow Post subject: Re: Need help Fixing boot problem on powerbook G4 M5488 Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:44 am MacOSG Technical Assistant
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I see them.
Uhm i have a Powerbook G4 M5884 model i can get it to boot in safe mode only A lot of what you can" For this PowerBook to be even minimally useful to you, you really need a legitimate installation disc.
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Hello guys, just question
Can my old PowerBook G4 500 MHz and 512 MB SD RAM run os x 10.5 ?
I have os x 10.4 but apple not support now ! And many programs not work !
Cheers guys !
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[OS X] Booting from CD on powerbook G4 Anyone know how to boot from the CD? I held down the option button but all that shows up is the main drive but when I get into os x the contents of the cd shows.
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If it's a newer PowerBook
I booted a Ubuntu cd yesterday on my ....
Amazing if you consider the things are 10+ years old .
I have a bunch of G4 PowerMacs I am slowly formatting and donating, 10.4 seems to run OK....
Party repositories, etc).
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Ok everyone I tried to turn on my powerbook g4 the other day and it came up the gray screen with the faces and question mark flashing. I figured the hard drive went bad on it so i ordered a new one already preloaded with tiger(the operating system that...
Started by e123pedro on
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Have you tried booting from a FireWire external HDD or a OS X CD? Also, which PowerBook do you have.
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Hey all, I recently acquired an old 12" Powerbook G4 right and I noticed something peculiar. (Its the 1.5Ghz model, this one has 1.25GB RAM and a 40GB HDD)
Imprinted on the underside, there's the usual Certifications and copyright information. What's ...
Started by Hallivand on
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Bought this Powerbook G4 1 1/2 in a 1.5Ghz mobo into....
I Myself think it's most probably a rebuild rather than the above .
I did a rebuild of a Powerbook G4 1,67.
Should clear that up) and crummy battery its a real joy to use .
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Hi,
My old PC started playing up and I recently bought a new/old stock Mac Mini 2009 model. I had thought of converting to a laptop but do a lot of photography and need a large screen anyway.
Long story short, I thought I'd buy a s/h laptop just for web...
Started by Mightyquin on
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I also....
I knew it was an older model bought this Powerbook G4 "from a shop")...is that you may have paid wayyy too much for it...considering on something.
A shop yesterday and saw a Mac laptop, turns out its a Powerbook G4.
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Hey all,
I just searched around for a bit but couldn't find anything helpful. I recently got a 12" PowerBook G4 as a project and it's been going well, however I was wondering if there are any High-Resolution displays I can transplant into it... The current...
Started by nickXedge on
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I think he put an SSD in, spent the thread:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...=powerbook+ssd I doubt there are many (if any at all) 12 on my 12" PowerBook....
Their Powerbook screen for a new screen, along with a ton of other upgrades.
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