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Powerbook G4 Titanium - stays at Apple boot screen
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It boots up to a screen with an apple in the middle and stays there. I have reset the PMU as suggested ,to no avail. I reseated the memory chips, same result. .was working the day before.
Any one out there that can help ?..thanks, Ira
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main thing would be to boot off the OS X install disk and use Disk Utility to check the HD. If the HD checks out OK, then do an archive and install.
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Thanks, I will try that. The only thing is that there is a CD in that I can not eject.
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Start the PowerBook up while holding the trackpad button and the CD will pop out.
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Tried That, Is There Any Other Way To Get The Cd Disk Out? Thanks For The Getback. Ira
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Try powering it up and holding the trackpad button right after the chime.
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I usually hold the space bar instead of the trackpad button. Does it make a sound like it is trying to eject?
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"angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress"
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yes it does make noise like its trying to do something but it just whirs for awhile....
thanks for the getback..Ira
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People have tried various ways to get CDs to eject--and this one is the weirdest, but might actually work for you: Hold the laptop completely upside down while holding the trackpad button down during a startup.
Also, you can try booting into open firmware and ejecting the CD. You startup and immediately hold down the command+option+O+F keys, all at the same time, and keep holding the down, until you see text onscreen. Then you type:
eject cd
and hit return. Note the space between the 2 words.
Then you type:
macboot
and hit return, to do a restart.
Also, try resetting the PRAM. You do a restart and immediately hold down the option+command+P+R keys and continue holding the down through at least 4 chimes. Then release the keys and see if a restart proceeds normally.
Good luck.
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Hooray,your first suggestion worked. The HD turned out to be bad. I replaced it and it works fine. Thanks for all the help.these forums are great when people can get help like that. One final question. How much ram can a G4 titanium take? Once again, thanks. Ira
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Max RAM for the titanium models is 1 GB according to MacTracker.
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thanks for the getback. Ira
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Originally Posted by Ira Feinberg 
Hooray,your first suggestion worked. The HD turned out to be bad. I replaced it and it works fine. Thanks for all the help.these forums are great when people can get help like that. One final question. How much ram can a G4 titanium take? Once again, thanks. Ira
Wow! You mean my advice on "holding it upside down" actually worked? How's that for weird Apple tech support? Sometime way in the future, I'm gonna watch a movie on my laptop in the headstand position...
HDs do go bad. At least with a PB it's easy to replace.
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