PowerBook will not start up

Okay, so my Powerbook recently had a heart attack on me.
I was working on my PBook, when I was prompted to update to the latest verion of Java. I accepted the update and everything went well. Later that evening I went to put in a cd into the optical drive and it wouldnt accept it. As in, it didnt register that a disk was being put in. I restarted my PBook to find that the start up would make the start up noise, and then went to the grey screen with the apple in the centre. At this point, the system completely stops, gets stuck, does not make any "thinking" noises, and will not go past that screen.
I looked for help in the support section, and I have attempted starting up in safe mode, to no avail (it just stays at the grey screen). I reset the PRAM, and nothing occurred. I then attempted to reset the PMU, and still, nothing (it will start up without or with the power adapter). Following that, I tried putting the startup disk in, but the cd drive still isnt working. Finally, I tried to start up in single-user mode, but it just tells me that...
'Extension "com.apple.driver.KeyLargoATA" has no active kernal dependency.
Firewire (OHCI) Apply ID 31 built-in now active, GUID 000d93ff fe47d2b2; max speed s800'
and then gets stuck, without letting me use the prompt to run a hard disk check. However, the Firewire bit, doesnt always appear.
Any help?

Okay, I tried to boot into safe mode again, but this time held the shift key for longer. After the computer ran through all of the 'thinking' noises, it immediately shut itself off. The power adapter was plugged in at the time, so it isn't just that the batter was low.
Any other suggestions?

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So my PowerBook is having trouble. I became frustrated with it and it's been sitting for a month or so, but here is my problem: I start up and get a light blue/grey screen with an icon of the world flashing in the center of the screen. This icon then changes to a question mark. After this is finished, I then get a black screen with a prompt that says:
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You do not give us any specs on your PB G4. Please include the processor speed in your profile, as it is helpful to us as we attempt to diagnose your issue and suggest possible solutions.
The flashing question mark indicates that your computer cannot find a bootable volume. From your description of how this came about, it is most likely a failed internal HDD. I suggest that you boot from the Apple Hardware Test disk that came with your computer and run all tests in a loop by holding down Ctrl + L during the tests. Let is run for a while as it sometimes takes hours for intermittent issues to appear.
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I was recently reinstalling the keyboard within my 17' Al Powerbook. Afterwards, the computer booted fine and worked for maybe less than an hour, and then, on a reboot, shut down abruptly before OS X was finished loading. I restarted and was able to log in for several minutes. Now, upon opening the system, I noticed while replacing the RAM door I missed the slot it should fit into and it was put into place below this (which apparently is right over the CPU)...and when I pulled this part out there was some thermal paste along the edge. Looking into this area with a flashlight, the thermal paste seems sort of messy and some is in front of the chip rather than directly on it.
How likely is it that lack/messiness of paste is what is causing this? The battery fully charges within the system and the AC light is on. When I attempt to boot the machine, you can hear the HD, fans, and Superdrive spin for a second but you never see anything on screen.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
It sounds like the directions you used weren't clear enough how to do the job right. Send it in for service at one of these places:
http://www.dttservice.com/
http://www.powerbookresq.com/
http://www.microdocusa.com/
http://www.macspecialist.com/
http://www.techrestore.com/
Sometimes there are good instructions on http://www.ifixit.com/ or http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ If you found the instructions weren't good at either of those places, please do write them so they are aware of the problem and others aren't stuck having to mail their machines to a shop.

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Same here. If I start up with the power adapter attached, it starts up fine. If I try to start up from battery only, the fan comes on, the sleep light comes on but nothing else happens. I tried letting it sit that way for about 15 minutes and nothing changed. I tried attaching the power cord while in this mode and nothing changed. I tried the PMU reset a couple of times but nothing helps.
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my powerbook g4 12" will only run off of the power adaptor. the battery seems okay. it reads as charged. and coconut battery shows a full charge (albeit with reduced capacity after 100+ cycles.) however it will not start up from the battery. and if it is running, and i unplug it at the unit, the computer dies instantly.
upon plugging it back in, it will start up fine. but my date and time settings are erased. and it runs fine on the power adaptor. but suddenly, this power issue happened, and it's like the battery is not even there.
so i bought a new aftermarket battery. everything seemed to go as normal. while doing the initial charge, the plug light on power adaptor glowed yellow. when i woke up the next morning, it was green. and after startup, the battery read as fully charged.
and then when i unplugged the power adaptor, bang! dead!
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Welcome to the Apple discussions.
The reason the date resets to ancient times is due to all power being removed from the system. The 12" Powerbook doesn't have a battery to retain those settings like the 15" and 17" Powerbooks.
There are only 4 components in the electrical circuit: Power adapter, DC-in card, battery, and logic board. From the sounds of it, your power adapter is working, the DC-in card seems also to be working since power gets to the system to run it and the battery seems to charge, the battery, especially with a new one, we'd assume is good, and that, unfortunately, leaves the logic board. There isn't a test to see what might not be working in the power circuit, so you have to eliminate things to hone in on the issue.
You can't repair a logic board, so if you need your system to run on the battery, you'll need to replace the logic board. You can take it to an Apple store, and if the case isn't bent up, they can send it to the Apple Depot, which for me was in Houston, where they'll replace just about anything needed to make it almost new, for around $350. We had a Powerbook sent off for a new logic board, and they also replaced the battery (hint, if you take it to Apple to be sent to the Apple Depot, include your oldest, even if dead, battery). If the case is banged up, they charge more since they'll replace the case. If you want the Apple store to replace the logic board in the store, that runs about double sending it to the Apple Depot. Or if you're good inside a computer, you can buy a used board and change it yourself. Took about a week to get it back from the Apple Depot, and it comes with a 90 day warranty.

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Looking at these forums, it seems to be the time for Wallstreet power problems...
Anyway, I wonder if anyone can offer any advice...I've already tried much of what is suggested here.
I have a 233MHz 15" Wallstreet. This morning, the lid hinges finally gave out, so I decided to have a look at the problem - flipped the keyboard, decided against it, put it back. Now, the machine will not start.
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opensource,
Hearing the startup chime (bong) is a good sign; this means the powerbook has had a successful initialization of the hardware necessary to boot up.
The Wallstreet can also have a long period of inactivity after the startup chime when performing a cold start. If you have 256MB of installed RAM, for example, you may wait as long as 30-40 seconds from the startup chime to first light of the display. This is normal; the Wallstreet is performing a memory test during this period. Give her a full minute until you decide there is going to be no start.
When you connect the power adapter and get the sleep light and a brief runup of the fan, this normally indicates you have a corrupted power manager. This usually happens when there is no working or charged main battery and the powerbook is unplugged from the power adapter for a period of time. The internal, rechargeable backup battery (PRAM battery) will run down and the power manager is usually corrupted.
Here is information on the PRAM battery:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30580
Please try this series of tests:
1. Connect the power adapter, then reset the power manager with the powerbook turned off. On the Wallstreet, you simultaneously press the 'shift-fn-ctrl-power' keys. If successfully done, you will see a brief flash of the sleep light.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449
2. Note if it has a normal startup.
3. Sleep the powerbook, then wake it. Is this normal?
4. Perform a restart and report your results.
If you leave the powerbook connected to the power adapter (and the power adapter is not turned off if connected to a power strip or switched outlet), does it always start normally?
Please also take a look in the System Profiler and see if it reports the 512K of backside L2 cache. You may have the 233MHz/0K CPU but I doubt it...it would be as slow as molasses.
There are other possible causes for your problems but let's see what turns up.

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Hey everyone,
I posted this on the power & batteries forum, but judging by the dates on the replies to other threads it seems like a VERY slow forum. So here goes...
Just got a Powerbook G4 17", 1.67 ghz 2gigs ram but I have a problem.
It will not start-up from the battery. The battery takes a charge & all the lights turn green when I press the test button. When I try to start I can hear the fans run, LOUDLY, but that's it.
However, if I use the power cord it works perfectly, with one exception. The date is reset to 1969.
I ran the hardware test, using the OS discs and everything passed.
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Your symptoms sound similar to my 1G 17" PowerBook I was given earlier this year. Once charged, the battery will last about 30-45 minutes, drop to zero, then recharge to 100 percent WAY too fast. I had a guy at an Apple Store look at it and he said that its failing at a specific power level each time while showing "good" health" is indicative of a bad cell in the battery. Mine was five years old so he advice was to get a new one.
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Pull the battery and let the internal backup charge from wall power for several days and don't use the computer. Then put the main battery back and see if you can get the normal sleep behavior that gives you time to reconnect AC power when the battery dies.
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Help Please...my powerbook g4 12" will not start up. when i power up, a white screen with a gray apple in the center is all that i see. i was reading some posts on this website, and found some information to bypass, and help move into safe mode, but when i get to the point where i am holding the shift key and the small gear looking thing is turning, it gets to a certain point and the computer shuts itself off. the computer was purchased in 2003, and has worked fine. the only thing i can think of that might have triggered a problem is that i just had to purchase a brand new power supply from apple, other than that there have been no changes in use. any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.
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i cleaned off my hard drive and started over...
I am not sure what you mean by "cleaned off", but if you mean an erase and install, you lose everything on the HDD. I recommend a reinstall only after we have exhausted other possibilities because it is the ultimate invasive procedure. It is also important to have a backup before attempting any major procedure.
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If you mean the OS upgrades, try this:
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Select First Aid in main panel.
Click Repair Disk Permissions.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.4.11 Combo update (PPC)
Computer will restart after installation.
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Go to Apple Menu > Software Update
Install all updates.
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1. Make sure you always have a current backup. The best way to do this is to clone your entire HDD to an external firewire HDD using a utility like SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Develop a regular maintenance schedule. Here are a couple of articles that will help:
Mac OS X 10.3/10.4: System maintenance
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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