Powerbook g4 dead?

Yesterday, while in the middle of sending an email - my computer froze. It does this from time to to time. I shut the computer down with the power button and since then I can't get it to reboot. When I try to turn it on - the fan noise comes on and is followed by three beeps - not even the turning on chime.
I have tried all of the troubleshooting stuff - including many combinations of keys to boot up safe and resetting the PRAM (I think that is what it is called) and nothing has worked. Is this thing totally dead? Any other suggestions other than taking it to an apple store?
Thank you so much for any help you can give me. I am freaking out a little here since I haven't backed up the files in a few months and I can't afford a new computer.

You may have a bad logic board which is the one that is "dead." Your hard drive should be (90% sure) safe at this point. If your hard drive was bad, it would startup okay, but then search for a startup disk and just "hang" there.
But, since yours won't turn on at all, it seems to point to the logic board or something else. Your data will remain intact. You'll be able to take your hard drive out and recover data, or, just use it as is and place it into another PowerBook.
Here's the diagnosis on the beeps:
[http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547]

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My Powerbook is dead, now what?

I bought my Powerbook in June 2002. I have used this computer for so long but it started acting up and so for Christmas, "Santa" gave me an external drive and I backed everything up.
This week, my laptop died. In a really horrible, nasty way. I started up in single user mode and did "fsck" and got a "hard drive can not be repaired". Took it to the Apple store and they confirmed, definitely a dead hard drive and I would have to replace.
Now, before I do anything, I want to understand my options. I use this computer for iTunes (20GM iPod), storing Photos, email, web, Word, Excel, etc (basic stuff). I do want to use it to start working on digital scrapbooks with Adobe Photoshop Elements. This means a lot of .jpg files will be open at once and playing around with them. Probably while I go online to read how someone did something.
I upgraded to Tiger (I am not sure what version what the last I was up to because I have automatic updates). I upgraded the memory but I can't look at all my specs right now (obviously).
One thing I would like to have is wireless capability to use in places like coffee houses so I don't have to take the work junk computer I have to surf remotely.
Should I go ahead and replace the hard drive to put this computer back together as my primary computer (and if so, how big)? Should I add a wireless card too? Or should I get a desktop and then keep this laptop around and maybe replace things when I have a little more cash? OR, realize that I am going to eventually have to buy a better computer and get another laptop? If so, what to do with this one?
I am not a complete idiot when it comes to computers but I am certainly not up to speed right now on what's out there. I do need something in the next few weeks though because my iPod is the DJ for my wedding on April 1, 2006 and right now, that is not looking so good!
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Hi again, jenninbel. There is always a chance that more than one thing is wrong with a computer, but the gradual decline and failure of a hard drive would certainly explain, all by itself, what you've experienced.
A 7200-RPM drive will be noticeably faster reading and writing large amounts of data than a 5400-RPM drive. Opening and saving ordinary small files is so fast in either case that you'd probably never notice a difference, unless you work normally with applications that routinely read and write hundreds of megabytes, or even gigabytes, of data. You currently have to pay a sizable premium for 7200-RPM drives, particularly those of 100GB and more. If you do a lot of heavy image-processing, professional audio, or digital-video work, a faster drive may be worth paying for. But if your work involves a lot of that sort of thing, your Powerbook's internal drive will never be large enough to serve as your primary drive for long, and your Powerbook's processor won't be fast enough to serve your needs for long, either.
As to brands, you'll hear different things from different people. Look at the manufacturer's warranty, above all. The chief advantage of buying and installing a drive yourself instead of having Apple install one for you is that you'll get the original manufacturer's warranty of 3-5 years on it, rather than 90 days (which is all you'd get from Apple, even if Apple were installing exactly the same drive). Given a long warranty, it may matter a lot less what brand you buy than how good your backup strategy is and how religiously you use it. Any drive can fail, and used long enough, every drive will. You don't want to lose your data, whether your drive fails after seven days or seven years. The only brand I urge you to avoid is Western Digital, which just doesn't have a very good reputation for longevity, warranty or no warranty.

Powerbook (A1138) Dead to the World

I read the other posts on this topic and was looking for a little bit of clarification,
I'll explain my laptops recent history:
Had to wiggle the adapter around to get the green/amber light to come on and power it up and charge battery. After going through two adapters that kept bending out of shape, the last of which was causing some smoke and I am guessing sparking, I threw laptop in a draw for 3 months.
Now armed with a new adapter, surprise surprise the laptop is totally dead. Green light won't even come on. I fiddled about with the DC port and I can get the green light to come on, but it won't charge the battery. I've managed to rig up my old 17" to charge the battery, but when put back into machine still no startup.
Even if I had a faulty DC board shouldn't the laptop still start with a fully charged battery plugged in? Would the sparking and smoking have caused damage to the logic board, and if so can this be repaired? As I'm sure you will appreciate the cost of replacing this is beyond my means.
Any thoughts or comments greatly appreciated
FYI I have tried unplugging and plugging back in PRAM battery, and the power reset.

Hi, Citygirlnz, and welcome to Apple Discussions. As you probably realize, adapters don't "keep bending out of shape" — people bend them. The traditional way to wreck an adapter's plug and/or cord is to trip over the cord, jerking the plug sideways, bending its cylindrical collar, and often breaking the solder joints between the DC-in port to which the plug connects and the DC-in board to which the port is supposed to be firmly attached. There are also many other ways to accomplish the same thing. I don't know which methods you've tried, but they've worked: both your adapter and your DC-in board seem to be ruined. You must immediately stop using the adapter that's sparking: it has broken wires in its cord that are shorting out, and it's a real fire hazard. The wires are thin, and when you jerk the cord hard enough to bend the plug, you're apt to stretch the wires past the breaking point too. Third-party AC adapters can be had for as little as $25-40 USD from Mac resellers and online vendors; Google "Powerbook G4 AC adapter" for starters, then scan the hit list for vendors in the UK.
Get a new adapter, reset your Powerbook's Power Management Unit, and if the new adapter still doesn't charge the battery, the next thing to replace is the DC-in card. To see what's involved in doing it yourself, go to this page, choose your Powerbook model, and look at the instructions for changing out the card. Good luck!

10.4.7: powerbook battery dead after update

Just updated from 10.4.6 to 10.4.7 on my 12.1" PB G4 using the automatic Software Update application and my battery is dead. I tried resetting the PMU but no luck. The battery worked fine yesterday but I can't power-up today. The charging light integrated in the plug remains green but the battery strength only shows 1 rapidly blinking green led.
Coincidence? Anyone else have power/battery problems after this update?
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No problem with my 12" G4 or 17" G4 updating to 10.4.7.
Battery life remains the same as before, machines work on mains power and on battery power.
Note that before updating I logged out, to ensure that no applications were running and all other discs and devices were 'unmounted'; then I logged in again and "Repaired Permisions", using Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility; then did a Restart, and held down Apple+S to start in "Single User" mode, and ran "fsck" to check that all was OK with the hard disc; then rebooted and ran "Permissions Repair" again ..just to be prudent and to be satisfied that the machine was all in good order before applying the system software update.
I'll report back later and tell you if all went well with my Mac mini and G5 quad, but I've never had any problems with any OS update yet - all the way from 10.1 (..and System 8 and System 9 before that..)
Maybe I'm just extra careful.
P.S: Maybe you could try resetting your Power Management Unit ..but note that you'll need to reset your time and date afterwards, otherwise any files you create after that reset will have the wrong time and date, and may not appear correctly in Spotlight searches, amongst other things.

PowerBook G3 - dead as a dodo! Please help - any suggestions?

My friend hates all things computer.
She bought in 2001 a state-of the art brand new Powerbook G3 (best spec), I think, used it once and put it in the airing cupboard for 6 years!!!!!
She now needs to use it! So out it came and was dead, deader than a dead thing and brought it to me.
I plugged it into the mains - nothing.
Tried the three keys (ALT CONTRL DELETE - apple version) and nothing
Tried PRAM reset thingy
Took out battery tried all of the above
Tried reset key
Tried a different battery (one in the box)
Tried all of the above
Nothing, no light, no flicker, no alarm, nothing,.......
Now I wondered whether it needed a PRAM Battery? I saw one mentioned on Google. Could this be the problem? Where do I get another?
If we got the thing working, could she upgrade it to OSX? It is currently not running OS9.
What else can you think of that I could do to this dodo?
Thanks
Frances

Frances,
Your friend probably has the Powerbook G3 FireWire M7572, a.k.a. Pismo.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24604
What often happens when a powerbook is stored for any length of time is the power manager becomes corrupted and a normal power manager reset will not correct the issue. There is a simple fix, however.
- Remove the main battery, optical drive module, and disconnect the power adapter. Place a support behind the display so the 'book does not tip backwards.
- Lift off the keyboard and lay it face down on the palm rest; do not disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable.
- You will see two round, brown batteries in a black case between the HD and palm rest...these are the internal rechargeable backup batteries a.k.a. PRAM batteries. You will also see a red/white/black pigtail wire running from these batteries to the logic board. With a pair of needlenose pliers, carefully disconnect this wire from the logic board (pull up on the white connector).
- Now connect just the power adapter and try starting up; if successful, press/hold the power button until it shuts down. Remove the power adapter, reconnect the wire, then plug in the power adapter and try starting again. If no start, disconnect the PRAM batteries and leave disconnected until you get a replacement; the batteries have failed and probably have an internal short which is preventing startup. You can reassemble the 'book at this point and use the powerbook until you get a replacement battery. It will run fine without this battery.
- If the 'book will start with the PRAM batteries reconnected, reassemble the 'book and you should be OK.
After you lift off the keyboard, this is what you will see (enlarge bottom picture):
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/PowerBook-G3-Pismo/Keyboard-Page-1-Keyboard
If the main batteries have been left discharged for 6 years, they will be shot. The PRAM batteries can easily be replaced if needed; they are rechargeable but again, the discharged state may have killed them. You can test them after following these instructions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30580
You can find batteries at many vendors, but here is a very good company:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/batteries/
You can also run the latest version of OSX, 10.4.9, very nicely on this machine with additional memory and possibly a larger HD.

Powerbook's dead after Hard DRIVE is replaced.

Please help. I was about to sell my 17 in since I bought the mac book pro and I wanted to keep my 100 gig and put the original 80 back. I opened it (following mac fixit guidelines) but after closing everything. I have NO power. I re did every connection including putting the 100 gig drive back, still no luck When I hit the power button I dont' hear anything. Machine doesn't make any noise and is totally dead.
The trackpad connection (I think that's what it is) the one under the ram which you have to remove before you open it seems loose.
Could that be doing it ? The plastic connector there came off and its now just resting in the groove.
What can I do? Is the machine a total loss now but for parts?
It was working totally fine till an hour ago.
Please Please help.

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Powerbook G4 dead or dying.

It froze up..very rare. Shut down with the power key. Has not booted since.
Sometimes I get a whirring noise. Sometimes I get the grey apple screen. Sometimes I get a tone and three beeps (and the little light flashing at the bottom of the display). One time I got to the log in and it froze when I typed password and hit log in button.
I did the PRAM and PSU proceedures. Tried with battery in and out.
Your thoughts, please.

jc wrote:
It froze up..very rare. Shut down with the power key. Has not booted since.
Sometimes I get a whirring noise. Sometimes I get the grey apple screen. Sometimes I get a tone and three beeps (and the little light flashing at the bottom of the display).
3 beeps should mean all RAM is bad:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547
Can you try each stick by itself in each slot?
And do you have a titanium or aluminum Powerbook G4? The titanium has the sleep light at the base of the display and the aluminum does not.

Is my old PowerBook G4 dead?

I'm on a trip in the U.S. now and left my older PowerBook G4 with a friend so we could iChat while I am away. He said it wouldn't start up and I got him to startup with the original MacBook G4 install disk by using OPTION+start and he is seeing the message shown in the screenshot here:
http://lerner.net/doug/PowerBookG4Error.jpg
Is there anything that can be done?
Thanks,
doug

Yes, I agree I am confused.
Sorry - I get mixed up with the names.
Here are the computers and discs in question.
(1) My 17" MacBook Pro from late 2006 that I am using even as we speak while on travel in the U.S. It's also my main work computer. The original install discs are there in my house in Tokyo and I have the retail version of the 10.5 discs with me in case of an emergency. This is an Intel MBP.
(2) My older 17" PowerBook G4 that my friend is using while I am gone to contact me by iChat. That's the one that seems to have broken. We don't know where that computer's install discs are. That is a PPC model.
(3) An even older 13" Mac of some kind. I don't think it's a G3, but maybe it is. I think it is a G4. It was more or less contemporary with the 17" PowerBook G4. That computer is on loan to another person so it is not available. But the install discs for that computer are what my friend found.
So both (2) and (3) are PPC. But I'm not sure of what OS X version is on the install discs for (3) or whether it will install on computer (2).
doug

Help! powerbook went dead for no reasons

Hi there,
Yesterday i was just doing my regular maintance routine for my powerbook. Repair permission, run system janitor. After that i just use my powerbook to play music, and i fall asleep. after i woke up, the music no longer running, and the spinning wheel displayed. I notice there was a very loud spinning noice comming from inside of the powerbook. Before the hard crash my powerbook didn't make such noice. I tried to get in the (forgot the name, but it's the place where you can see how many application your system are running and kill the application at will), but i can't even get into that application. so i restarted.
Now my powerbook just got to the grey apple logo with the spinning wheel. it no longer doing anything. I tried to use the installation disk but the screen kind of flahes two or three times, and end up at the grey apple logo as well.
I back my my system regularly with a Lacie External drive, but i forgot how to switch to boot with the lacie drive instead. i am afraid it was the hard drive that failed. I had the powerbook for around 3.5 years. If my powerbook's hd does failed, can i use my Lacie to boot and work? I need my powerbook to do most of my work. Please help, kinda freaking out here... thanks alot!!!

More than likely it does. Can you verify the S.M.A.R.T. status of your drive?
It is good that you have a bootable clone with a relatively recent backup. You can try replacing the drive yourself, if you feel comfortable with the tools, but only you know your capabilities.
Joe

Is my Powerbook finally dead?

I have a Powerbook G4 that is many years old and I think it has died. It boots okay, then all I get is a spinning beachball. It slowly opens a few items like "about this mac" and "system profiler", then just spins. The screen saver does come on but that is about it. I can't open the harddrive, I can't open it as a target disk for my macpro, I can't boot from a install and restore disk.
It's speed has been deteriorating for awhile and has been very sluggish of late until today when it appears to have finally collapsed. I've repaired permissions within the last week or so, but that didn't help with the speed.
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You may have multiple problems.
Ordinarily with most of those symptoms, I'd say the hard drive has gone bad. But if it won't boot from the OSX install DVD, that is something else, maybe a bad optical drive as well. Perhaps the main board or RAM slots have developed intermittant faults.
If you want to pursue it, you need to determine what's bad - the logic board, the HD, the optical drive - any or all of the above. This can be hard without replacement parts handy.
IIRC, a bad HD can also affect the optical drive by corrupting the ATA bus. If you are a gambler, I might try replacing the HD and retrying booting from the optical drive. I always have a clone of my HD (everyone should, IMO) available in a Firewire enclosure, so this costs me nothing but my time. Sorry, I cannot remember if you can just remove the HD and still operate the optical drive. Booting from the optical drive proves the main board and o-drive are viable.
Additional thought: What is your RAM configuration (how many DIMMS in the 2 slots)? If one or 2 slots go bad that could cause abnormal operation.

I think my PB G4 is dead, what can I do with hard drive?

I'm convinced my Powerbook G4 17" 1.5GHz OS 10.4 (let's call him "Mr. Dead") has died...maybe you can verify my diagnosis near the bottom. Since I think he's dead, but I think the hard drive might be fine, I'd like advice on what I can do with the hard drive (for recovering data & looking at how I had the old system setup).
RESOURCES: I have a new Macbook Pro on order ("MBP"), and access to 2 Powerbook G4 17" 1.67GHz, one running 10.4, the other 10.5. The G4 10.4 is an sometimes-used system (let's call him "Useful"), and the G4 10.5 is one that's freshly-installed but no one is using currently (let's call him "Idle").
I thought of 2 basic options here. Bear in mind I'm not a hardware guy. I've installed RAM, that's it. Though I expect I can manage to follow online instructions on how to pull a hard drive from a Powerbook. My main worry is buying the wrong thing, which I think would be easy to do, since I don't know much about hardware tinkering.
SOLUTION 1) Put Dead's hard drive into a Firewire enclosure, then he can at least be a data drive to pull stuff off of. Would I also be able to boot off of his install? What do I need to know to buy the right enclosure? Does anyone recommend any?
SOLUTION 2) Put Dead's hard drive into one of the other Powerbooks, perhaps only temporarily. Then I can boot it, look at it, put that Powerbook into Firewire Target Disk Mode, etc. Will that work? Is it hard? Are there any issues with the dissimilarities between Dead and the other Powerbooks (the other 2 are faster chips, and one is already at 10.5)?
Are there pros/cons to solution 1 vs 2?
DIAGNOSIS: Why I think Dead has died:
He's been acting weird the past 2 days or so, freezing, requiring hard shutdowns. Then Monday, he wouldn't boot...what I could most often get out of it, after resetting the PMU, is to get the POST to give me 3 beeps (bad RAM). But I've tried the RAM modules from Dead in the other Powerbooks, and the RAM is fine.
Every once in a while it ALMOST acts like it wants to boot...I get a chime, or a chime with a burst of static, but even then, the hard drive then quiets down, the screen stays black, it goes silent, and the system remains dormant.

My recollection is the bad memory slot issue only affected the 1.5 and 1.67ghz PowerBooks with 15-inch displays. However, BGreg's suggestion of RAM swapping should reveal if it somehow affected a few 17s.
Every once in a while it ALMOST acts like it wants to boot...I get a chime, or a chime with a burst of static, but even then, the hard drive then quiets down, the screen stays black, it goes silent, and the system remains dormant.
That does sound like a dead hard drive but my 17-inch 1Ghz has, like almost every other PowerBook, a dead PRAM battery and they are nearly impossible to find other than as "used/pulled." Sounds like buying used chewing gum to me!
If I let the main battery (which is an original Apple replacement and still good) run down the computer will not start from the A/C adaptor alone. If I hit the start button when the main battery is flat, I get similar noises that you describe but it goes nowhere. If I walk away, leaving the charger plugged in, the computer will boot 5-10 minutes later.
So if your are living with a dead main battery and we accept that nearly every PowerBook has a defunct backup (PRAM) battery, you won;t get far without replacing the battery. Apple no longer sells PB batteries so that throws you into the third-party pool where not all batteries are created equal.
If you want to get an new main battery, I'd try these guys first as they are an established Mac equipment vendor with excellent customer service:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple_laptop/batteries/PowerBook_G4_17
Pricey for a pre-2006 machine that may have a dead hard drive.
One old trick is to turn off the computer, remove the main battery and leave the PB on the A/C unit for 24-48 hours, then reinstall the main battery and try booting. The theory: the backup battery is rechargeable and there is the off-chance that it will get "pumped up" enough during that it will help with the next boot. It's a good step in that the only cost to you is 24-48 hours of time.

Dead Airport Express? Try this to bring it back to life

I have owned many and followed all the failed wireless G models of the airport express, most of them had internal part failures.
Therefore ymmv,
I own many of the newer wireless N models.
I always have one sitting in a drawer just in case
Sometimes it sits there for months at a time never to see ac current.
Now this has happened twice over extended non-uses
The Airport express would fail to power cycle when plugged in
Not even a flash of the led light.
No matter how long left plugged in, it would never power cycle and start working, it would always stay cold to the touch as well.
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try an extension cable.
I think if these are left over time without ac current applied to them, the internal capacitor drains and they fail to power cycle & boot.
They will not recover if just left plugged in, kind of like the old powerbook pismo, dead pram battery meant you could not power it on, disconnect dead pram and it would power on, reconnect battery once on and the pram battery would once again take charge.
whereas each time you plug the express in, it takes a very small charge, keep doing it then she will have enough current to cycle on and boot.
Sorry for the long winded & off topic powerbook example
No a soft or hard reset will not help if the express fails to power cycle, tried it, never works, that only works if the express accepts the ac current.
Sorry for the long winded & off topic powerbook example
Since we have apple care, Apple is sending a replacement.
Maybe this will help a few that have no apple care
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To enter recover mode:
1. Turn your phone OFF. If you can't turn it off, FORCE a turn off by holding down the Power and the Home buttons together for 5 seconds.
2. While your phone is turned OFF, HOLD DOWN the Home button. Keep it held down.
3. Connect your phone to the USB cable on your computer. KEEP the Home button held down during all this time.
4. Keep holding the Home button down until you see the iTunes/restore screens appear on your computer and your iPhone.
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I just did the latest security update, and now my Powerbook is dead. When it tries to boot up, I hear the Superdrive make a whirring noise and then nothing...no startup tone or anything else. It just sits there with a black screen and makes no noise. I have powered it down several times and then turned it back on...the same thing happens. What can I do? My whole life is on this computer, I can't afford to go a day without it.

ok, i ended up taking out the ram and trying to boot. with one piece of ram in it made the chime but wouldn't boot. then i put both back in and no chime. then i started swapping the positions out but no boot. finally, i put the ram back in the original locations and it booted up perfectly fine, recognizing the full 1GB of installed ram. i am so thankful that I was at least able to back up my files. any ideas on what is going on here?

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I wanted to move some files from my G4 AGP to my faster G4 Powerbook. When I try to start the G4 Powerbook in target mode I get the t on the screen and then see a bar along the bottom center of the screen which contains a little red bar and then it shuts down.
When I try to restart, the Powerbook is dead and I have to reset the PMU. It will then start up normally.
There is currently no battery for the Powerbook and I am running with the power adapter only. Could this be the problem?

The 15" Powerbooks have two batteries. One is the one you can remove from the bottom of the machine without any screws, the other you need detailed instructions of the computer's interior and special parts to replace. The user accessible battery will only impact Target Disk Mode if you have no A/C power to connect to the wall outlet, and it also is out of juice. The non-user accessible battery if it gets more than 4 years old, can impact Target Disk Mode accessibility even if you are plugged into A/C power from the wall outlet. If your power brick is frayed, it may not be giving power to the computer, or if the power manager is damaged it may not give power to the computer. See my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/frayguide.html
Consider how old your machine is, and likelihood of one problem versus the other. If you are in the U.S., these places may be cheaper to replace the non-user accessible battery than Apple or other authorized service technicians:
http://www.dttservice.com/
http://www.powerbookresq.com/
http://www.microdocusa.com/
http://www.macspecialist.com/
http://www.techrestore.com/
If you feel up to the challange, you can order the parts and replace that battery yourself with instructions from http://www.ifixit.com/
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Swapping a powerbook G4 harddrive with a ibook G4

My 15" powerbook is dead but the hard drive is still only a few months old. My wifes ibook seems to be having what looks like eventual hard drive failure. Can I just drop the powerbook drive right into the ibook and power up as if nothing happened?? The OS is the same on both drives.

The Powerbook's drive is physically the same as the iBook's and will, as you say, "drop in" nicely. But the OS installed on it may not support all the iBook's hardware features properly, as different drivers may be required. You would do better to clone the iBook's drive to an external drive, then replace it with the Powerbook's drive and clone the external backup onto the "new" internal drive. That way everything that was on the iBook before the swap will be on the new drive, and you can then use Migration Assistant to bring additional files and settings from your backup of the Powerbook drive — assuming, of course, that the Powerbook drive is also backed up before the swap.

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