HELP MY COMPUTER FREEZES ON MY MAC OS X 10.4.9 TIGER...WHATS WRONG??????
Hello my name is john,
It the last couple of days..it has been showing in my display screen in several languages " shut down your computer/ restart your computer" and I tried restarting my computer but every single time it freezes during the startup showing a question mark. So Yestarday i took it to the mac genius from the apple store, they did the basic(principal) thing in the guide book...re-install the operating system but it didn`t work they tried it by using an external hard drive, but it forze several times during the installation process & must of the times it didn`t display the internal HDD drive. Today in the morning i tried re-installing all my operative system first try the classic mac os 9.1, seocnd attempt the mac os X 10.0.3, and the last try the mac os X 10.4.6 Tiger but every single time/intent did`nt work for nothing, it always display a message about a panic and showing a bunch of numbers.
If anybody has any idea, tips of what steps need to be taken...PLESASE POST YOUR COMMENTS
DOUBLE THANKS
John
Hello John
Like tjk said....replacing a logic board could be expensive.....according to a wikipedia article "Laptop computers generally use highly integrated, miniaturized, and customized motherboards(which is a logic board). This is one of the reasons that laptop computers are difficult to upgrade and expensive to repair. Often the failure of one laptop component requires the replacement of the entire motherboard, which is usually more expensive than a desktop motherboard due to the large number of integrated components.
but try this website : www.powerbookmedic.com there you could find a logic board for $ 300.00.
Good luck to you with your computer,
J.J.P.A
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