Trying to Upgrade to 10.5 and BSoD
Okay, so I went to my local Apple Store, and asked one of the people that worked there if I would be able to update my iBook G4 from 10.3.9 to Leopard and he said yes, but I can't remember if they get paid for their sales so I don't know if I should trust them. But I digress. When I got home i popped the disc in and opened the application and pushed the restart button. My stuff closed down and it began to restart like normal. The gray Apple screen popped up like it usually does, but then it all went down hill. A blue screen appeared and then it went gray but my mouse showed up so I had some hope. It was doing that rainbow, spinny, thing it does when it's busy, So I left it for a few hours thinking it was just updating stuff. I checked back after like 3ish hours and it was still doing that. I figured oh well and just left it on over night. The next morning I woke up and it was still doing that. So I just left it doing that and it did that for 2 days with no change. I restarted like normal and held the option key and chose it. But all the same.... Is there something wrong with my computer or the disc? Is there anything I can do? I'm really hopeless because the apple store doesn't allow open-box returns.....
To rule out hardware problems, boot the machine with the Apple Hardware Test disk that came with it and run the extended tests. If it passes, then download and run Rember and check out the RAM. If it passes, then try booting with the Leopard install disk, ensuring that there's no grime, grease, or scratches on it. If it works, continue; if not, return the disk, since it appears faulty. I don't buy the open-box limitation you cite since there's no way to ascertain whether a product is good or bad unless you open the box!
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