How to upgrade PowerBook G4 1.67Ghz to 10.5.8?

So I just bought the last PowerBook model made, the awesome 1.67Ghz with 128mb vram, bluetooth, airport extreme, ect. I bought it for $75 and when I got it OS 10.5.1 was installed. I decided to update it to the latest version of leopard. When I try installing through the upater, it just freezes right away. Then I tried downloading it not through the updater and installing it that way, but that didn't work either. It got stuck at the same screen. So I am wondering what I have to do to get this thing running 10.5.8??? I have heard this is a common problem with this model. Should I install an earlier update like 10.5.6 and then try going to 10.5.8? Also, the laptop will freeze up often. It stays cool with the fan I bought for it, yet it still does it. Should I run disk utility to check the HDD? Other than that the machine is in pretty good condition. Just put 2GB of ram in it! Help is appreciated!

The Combo update for Leopard 10.5.8 should be all you'd need to update
an OS X 10.5.x from any step to the last update step; as that had been
a consolidated Combo to include earlier fixes & patches. Then, after a
Combo update, restart, repair disk permissions in Disk Utility, than then
run Software Update again.
Two things, one is: compatible quality RAM tested on Mac computers
and specificially for Macs running OS X. Secondly: hard disk drive free
or unused capacity, since OS X in a PowerPC relies on Virtual memory
that's free space used as swap file temporary read-write system memory.
Sometimes, the applications + OS X need more RAM than is physically
possible to install; and it may not use what it has efficiently.
•Problems from insufficient RAM & free HDD space:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/lackofram.html
•Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
This is slow enough, so if the hard drive has little free space and not
necessarily in a large block, the OS X has to hunt and find the scattered
places it can use to write temporary VM files to. At hard drive rates of
speed, so that is also slow.
•Mac Performance guide - thesafemac:
http://www.thesafemac.com/mpg/
•The X Lab: X-FAQs:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/faqs.html
Do you have an externally enclosed hard drive in FW400/800 case, with
its own power supply? With oxford-type chipset... suitable for OS X clones?
You could clone the system to an external, if you may want whatever is on it,
then be sure it is a bootable clone by starting up the Mac from it; then go in
and erase/install (over-write drive at least 7-pass) to test the HDD and see if
it really should not be replaced with a new one. HDDs fail after a shorter time
span in a portable, than a desktop. Yet new models can fail in short order.
If temped to try an SSD, see what OWC has in the way of Legacy SSDs for
older portables, as they are most compatible with the hard drive data rate
and the ATA/IDE (PATA) specification. Certain rules tend to apply to using
a solid state drive, instead of a platter & styli hard disk drive.
Hopefully if you have the original grey-label install-restore disc DVD set,
you could run the Apple Hardware Test on the bootable disc, to see if
there is any hardware reason why it could be acting up.
Check to see if there are any "previous system" folders in the Mac,
since they can't be used to run it, but they do take up space... Trash
old previous user-created content, but not system parts, if the HDD
capacity is near too-full. See the link above about freeing space.
Checking Console (utility) for Clues:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/checkconsole.html
Not sure what else to say...

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I don't think of it as an either/or question. If your internal HDD is sufficient for needs at the present time, you don't need to upgrade immediately. The rule of thumb is that you should have 10% - 15% of available space on your HDD. My rule is 20% of free space. OS X needs space for virtual memory, temporary caches etc. A too full disk runs the risk of directory problems which can result in data loss and eventually a HDD crash. So long as you are in the safe range, you don't need to upgrade your HDD immediately.
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*Ever since i upgraded to Leopard, i have noticed tremendous latency / pinwheel issues in many areas such as:*
1. Switching between running applications hangs up sometimes as long as 15 seconds
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Mike
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Hi,
Just to chime in, I am running a PB G4 1.67, and I am running Leopard (10.5.4) on it just fine. In fact, I am *more than* pleased with the fantastic performance. I am a very very heavy user (enterprise software developer permanently running 101 things simultaneously on his machine) and I have no problems.
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