After spilling a liquid on my PowerBook I can't seem to start up normally
So earlier today I spilled water onto my 15 inch PowerBook G4 (tiger), causing the scariest feeling I've ever felt. The screen flickered black and white so fast.. and the num lock and caps lock keys started flashing rapidly... it just scared me so bad. I think it's the scariest thing I've ever encountered in my life ._.
I turned it upside down to let the water out, and set it against a fan, hoping it would dry and power could be restored. Fortunately, it worked.
But...
Now I turn it on, and it spends 3-4 minutes at a gray screen with that cycling icon. Eventually, it starts up -- but it's in Safe Mode/Safe Boot. Apple's pages says if this happens, I should be able to restart it again without it being in Safe Boot mode. But it deosn't... it keeps starting up in Safe Boot Mode. So I tried starting up from the disk, holding 'c' while I restart, with the tiger install disk inside. Still starts up in Safe Boot mode, and there's noa ccess to Disk Utility. Actually, there is, but only from the applications menu in the Utilities folder. That didn't help me. I don't think it even started up in system mode.
I have no idea what to do, and I could use some help! ;/
Restart the computer with the Option, Command, P, and R keys held down, and release the keys when you hear the second startup chime. If this procedure does not allow the computer to start up normally, you may not be able to fix the issue on your own.
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