[emalen]

Hey All,

So i've tried everything.... but my ibook 600 (640 ram) will not start up.

The only way it will work is if I start up with the os x CD - but when I click disk utility, the computer will not even find the HD.... what should I do? can i press something on the keyboard.. restart something?

any help would be huge.

thanks,
emalen

[pat++]

If Disk Utilities does not see the hard disk, things do not look good. You hard disk may have died.

Try this :

- boot in Open Firmware (hold command-option-O-F during boot)
- enter the following commands :

reset-nvram
reset-all

If the iBook does not start, try to run the hardware test CD and see what it says...

[emalen]

Thanks for your assistance.

hardware test doesn't work. I tried to run it, and the test freezes/ never finishes!

i'm so screwed!

emalen