Mac OS 10.4 somehow reverted back to 10.3.9???

I recently had issues with my G5. I brought it to apple and it turned out it was a board issue and they were able to fix it. Anyhow, here's my issue. The computer was originally bought by a friend and the discs that came with it are for 10.3.5 It was then upgraded to 10.4 and and was over time updated to 10.4.11 I never did have the disc for 10.4 After I got my mac back from my board issue, my mac was back to 10.3.9 It has all my updated software on it, itunes 8, dashboard, etc, but they all won't run since the computer thinks i have 10.3.9 and not 10.4??? Help! Anyone know if my computer saved my old settings or a way to get my 10.4 back? I don't want to have to purchase 10.4 tiger again (for $129) if I had it all already.

The hardware problem may have damaged the operating system on the disk or they may have suspected the problem was software, so they reinstalled OSX. Since it shipped with 10.3, they installed that, and updated it to the latest version, which is 10.3.9
If your friend kept the 10.4 disc, then you weren't authorized to be using 10.4
If your friend isn't using his 10.4 on another computer, he should give you the disc. Otherwise you have to buy a retail version of 10.4, or get Leopard (same price, but easier to find) if all your applications will run on it.

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