[SetBGS]

Hi. I got an Ibook G3 700Mhz 512 Mb Ram, and for unknown reasons my computer doesnt start like always. Since yesterday, when i press the On button the first screen i see is like a menu to choose the booting device (startup manager?), it got a reload button and a next arrow button. First i choose my harddrive and press next but my ibook keeps in the spinning circle all the time and it doesnt started. Then i inserted my macos x intallation CD, i choose the CD in the menu (initial one) and hit next.. nothing happends.. Then i tried to reset the PRAM and PMU pressing the shift+ctrl+option and press the power on button.. it doesnt work also.. i´m thinking in a HD problem... i dont know what to do... any ideas??

Thanks.

[ghporter]

It sounds like a bigger problem than just your hard drive. If it were just that, you'd be able to boot from the CD and reinstall the OS-or have the installer tell you that the hard drive is faulty. It looks like you have a more complicated problem. Have you tried unplugging the iBook and removing the battery? If you let it sit for a while that way, then try to reset the PRAM again, it may work.

Good luck.