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Ibook g4 Acting Up

Mar 15, 2007 4:44AM PDT

hello im new here, ive had my ibook for about 2.5 years and its been acting up recently, first it just started freezing up, usually with cpu intensive tasks like editing audio but the other day it froze while watching a youtube video, and today i go to turn it on and it freezes in the middle of the os x start up screen. i dont know what to do, im thinking it could be the hard drive but i dont know...can anyone help me out??

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A few details
Mar 15, 2007 4:48AM PDT

What version of OS X are you running?
How much RAM is installed.
Do you have any Disk uttility programs?
Have you run First Aid on your drive?
Can you boot into OS X, successfully, using the OS X installation disk?

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k
Mar 15, 2007 4:52AM PDT

im running the latest os x upgrade
i have 516mb ram
i ran disk utility a few weeks ago and it was fine
i ran first aid also and it claimed to repair anything
at present i dont have the osx disk with me but will be trying that later on today

thanx, hope this helps

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OK
Mar 15, 2007 8:16AM PDT

As this is an old(er) machine, perhaps you could be a little more specific about the version of OS X you are running.

I have two machines here with the latest OS X upgrade and they are both running 10.3.9

Are you running 10.4.9 on that machine?


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so
Mar 15, 2007 8:23AM PDT

last time i checked it was 10.4.1

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So, bring it up to date
Mar 15, 2007 10:01PM PDT

run Repair Permissions, Disk First Aid when booted from the OS X installation disk and see if that makes any difference


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hey
Mar 18, 2007 9:01AM PDT

thanx for the tip, i tried it out but it didnt work, sux

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Time for more serious stuff
Mar 18, 2007 10:01AM PDT

You say that running Disk First Aid from the installation disk did not indicate that there were any problems with the disk.
As you only have 512MB of RAM, the minimum for that machine when it was first released, there is not an easy way to check for a faulty SODIMM. Unless you have a software utility that does that for you.

So, the next step is probably an Archive and Install.

Boot from the installation disk and choose Archive and Install from one of the VERY early options. This is preserve your data and put a new system down on the disk. On completion, it will put your data back where it should be.
Do not proceed with the installation unless you have chosen Archive and install. Failure to do so will result in ALL your data being deleted.

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