GarageBand 08 not working on PowerPC

Hi,
I have a refurbished G4 iBook with PowerPC that I purchased online and GarageBand has never worked properly on my iBook. The OS is Leopard 10.5.8 and GarageBand is 4.1.2. I downloaded the 4.1.2 update and reinstalled it (already had it) just to check if it was my installation. I did not receive installation media with my iBook.
Magic GarageBand does not work. If I select Magic GarageBand, I get a starting screen for it that is not completed. Some of the words are printed over other words. The window is mainly gray and black and white. The buttons are white with no words on them. The buttons click but don't do any action. If I don't try Magic GarageBand and just have the starting screen with the Grand Piano track and try to click Track Info, sometimes it doesn't resize the display to the left and show (what I think is) the Track Info panel at the right. When it does, nothing appears in that panel. The panel is gray. The "wood" frame appears consistently at the right of the window. It seems that I always get a crash when exiting after trying Track Info.
Many people have reported the same kind of error, especially Magic GarageBand 08 on Leopard using PowerPC. I have not seen any mention of the issue with Track Info.
I can record in the Grand Piano track using a music keyboard and a USB cable or using "music typing" where I can type with my iBook keyboard, but I cannot use Track Info with that track (as far as I understand). I've tried clicking the Track Info button and it will sometimes result in a "ding" and GarageBand will crash after that. I can use the Show Track Info button and it doesn't seem to get the "ding" but GarageBand will crash after exit.
I think I spent most of yesterday researching this (and had probably researched it before) and deleted the two often-mentioned GarageBand preferences files. I repaired permissions. I also deleted the emusicusbmidi driver. I created a new user account and tried to use GarageBand there, same errors as in my admin account. I do not think I have the other programs that are sometimes mentioned as conflicting with GarageBand. I looked through my Spotlight search and/or through the Applications folder and did not see them.
My crash report file seems much like others I've seen posted in forums. (I was probably reading forum notes from 2-5 years ago.) I looked through the file for plug-in or font and did not find font. Only one plug-in was mentioned. It did not seem to have error info near it in the listing. Do the "???"'s in the display indicate an issue? I see them most often near what seems to be one of the dynamic function calls.
I'm somewhat a new Mac user, though I have not used my iBook very extensively, mainly to access email and watch online webstreams. I usually accept the software updates that are offered (I think I always do). I think there was a major update I received after I got the iBook probably in 2009.
Does anyone have recommendations, including where else I might check for information? I've searched Google and Apple Support and Discussions. I am planning to also see if Google Groups is searched in a different way that just Google. I may also ask at a local store that specializes in Macs.
Have a nice day
John Paul Fullerton
[email protected]

(NOTE: I posted this on another thread which appeared to describe the same problem)
I had this problem, and it is now resolved. I got memtest, booted into single user mode and started the test. I realized that it told me I had an amount of memory that was much lower than what I expected (I have 8 GB). I canceled the test and shutdown the machine. I then half ejected each memory module on the side closest to the front (it's a quad g5) and re-seated the modules. I've had this problem once or twice in the past and each time pushing on the modules or re-seating them fixed it. It is a wonder I don't notice losing 2 GB of RAM especially since this machine is used for heavy-duty scientific calculations by me and my research group (I also use it to make podcasts of my lectures, hence GarageBand).
I then started the memtest again, but it was clear that it was going to take forever, so I decided to just see if the GarageBand Memory Test would be sufficient (i.e. try to make GB actually work). It did. Since my symptoms were so similar to those mentioned by others, I would certainly recommend just re-seating the memory. It is possible the modules just loosen themselves or that slight oxidation of the contacts leads to poor conduction. In any case I'm back in the garage!
First check: in About This Mac, see if you have the amount of memory you should
Second check: remove the modules and put them back
Third check: test each module using memtest (find with google)
This should solve the particular problem we have been having. It is strange that the problem seemed to be correlated with both Leopard updating and iLife 08.
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