My ibook wont start..HELP

my ibook wont start up properly it either tells me to restart or the screen freezes so i have to restart it never makes it to the login screen...what should i do??

Hello Isabel,
If you have any additional RAM installed remove it and see if it will start. Defective RAM can cause kernel panics and so can a loose AirPort card. Here are the instructions for removing/adding RAM.
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/ibkg4/ibg4-mem-cip1.pdf
John

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My iBook G3 wont start-up. It was fine yesterday but today when i turned tried to turn it on it was completely unresponsive.
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This ever happened to anyone before?
All help greatly appreciated.
Daniel.

It sounds like you may be having logic board problems. Enough dual USB G3 iBooks suffered from this problem that Apple began the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program in January of 2004. Check out the FAQ page and if the symptoms look familiar (in other words, any of these things happened before it quit working entirely), give Apple a call. If your iBook qualifies, it's a free fix.
If you are past the three-year time limit, try calling and asking for Customer Relations (NOT Customer Service--they can't help you) and ask them to please make an exception to the three-year limit in your case.
If the answer from Apple is absolutely, positively, "NO!" DT & T Computer Services will do the repair for $195 plus shipping to and from Fremont, California. They offer a six-month warranty on the repair. They also do free diagnostics, in case the logic board is not the problem.
Or maybe now is a good time to be thinking about a new MacBook? They do look nice.

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Trying to start up by doing that with the disk but nothing happens, the task bar comes up so is not completely dead but seems like disk wont start. Thanks for helping ( its an ibook tangerine, not ibook g4) not very good with computers, was supposed to be a present for our daughter. Hope its not broken?!
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its just a blank screen. no sound at all.
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Hi all,
I have a ibook from early 2004 , 1.2 ghz.
Today i took it out of my bag and turned it on and nothing only the fan started up.
Ive done some reading through the forums here and read that someones ibook wouldnt start up with their airport card installed so i removed that and it started up but only for a couple of minutes, the screen then went black then red then green then blue then white.
I use this laptop to make music and have some new material on it which isnt backed up which is the most important thing for me.
would it be possible to take the harddrive out and put it in an external enclosure to get the data i want from it.
I was planning on buying a macbook soon so saving the actual ibook isnt a priority.
If anyone has any idea what could be wrong with it , i would be really grateful and if i save the music on it i might even send you a free copy of my cd.
Thanks for any help or advise in advance.

The iBook's GPU is a 9200 ATI Radeon Mobility. It is known to be problematic as it has failure rate higher that expected. This chip is not only used in iBooks it's also in IBMs, Compaqs and Sonys. This from Dale at Superior who has seen a lot of failures in these machines. I have a iBook 1.2 12" board with a bad 9200 and am looking for a replacement board/chip. Yes the chip can be replaced but it requires someone who has experience and the proper equipment.
So if someone wants to send me their board I'd be glad to accept it.
If your chip is putting out anything at all it might still be good. Try the shim fix. It's not as easy as the G3 because the 9200 is on the top and shares the heat spreader with 2 other chips. I think the best thing is to apply pressure from the bottom 2.25" to the right of the space between the monitor and headphone output. You'd have to take the bottom off:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/
There is nothing on the bottom to tell you there's a monster GPU chip above it. Try to boot as normal. If it boots properly and seems normal it might continue to work with the shim or you could send it for reball. My guy as Superior is sick so I'm waiting with anxiety hoping he gets better.
Good luck.
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Hi, honkatped -
Just happened to be around.
Okay - if it boots okay with Extensions Off, then it would appear you have an extensions conflict of some kind.
Re-installing the OS would not fix that. Instead, it will take a bit of work to find what is causing the problem - it may be an incompatibility with some 3rd-party software item.
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Once Extensions Manager opens, select Mac OS Base from the Selected Set pulldown menu near the top of the Extensions Manager window. Then continue the startup.
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Help!
First off, I am running OS X 10.4.9
Last night I was messing with widgets, and found a widget that turns off you computer from the screen. I downloaded it and wanted to test it. I pushed the restart button. Once it Restarted it would get to the apple screen and then freeze. No spinning gear. I reset the PRAM and the PMU. I then tried to do the safe mode boot. No dice. I then backed up all my files onto my external HD via the OS X Install disc 1. I tried reinstalling OS X. Still no dice. Should i try completly Wiping the HD? then reinstalling it?
Also, I just got my iBook repaired a few days ago, The DC adapter was screwed over. Is there any repair warrenty thing incase they got something in the HD that is causing it to not boot.
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IBook wont start

Have an iBook G4. When I try to turn my computer it sounds like the fan kicks on but nothing else happens. The computer does not start up and the screen stays blank. Any help appreciated!
Have bought a new computer since this has happened, anyway to transferring files from the old hard drive to the new computer without having to get the old fixed?
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Hey Nate and welcome to Apple Discussions,
Well the whirring fan sounds like this:
http://www.coreyarnold.org/ibook/
Try the shim fix described there and see if it won't boot into target mode so you can get your data off.
eMail me for instructions.
Richard

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The iBook was last manufactured in May 15, 2006 or earlier, as that's when the MacBook replaced it. Anything since then was simply overstock at the shop you bought at or used, refurbished, or demo, unless Apple released MacBooks later in Sweden. Regardless, have you tried running the hardware test that comes with the machine? Article 86287 explains how:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n86287
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http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html

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Hi Conor,
Do you remember if the battery indicator showed the battery was low? One thing that happened to my G3 after 4 years of being thrown in a back pack and brought to schools is the power imput just bit the dust. I ended up sodering a new one in, instead of paying $700+ for a new logic board. All computers that have logic board (or in PCs Mother boards) problems, the price to fix is huge, it is the computer basically. One thing that you should do is go to the nearest Apple Store and talk to a Genius. He will have some advice, send it to Apple, and run diagnostics I personally am in love with my Macs so I fix it myself (after AppleCare runs out). I hope this helps, Good Luck.
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