Q: Gray screen when turning on iBook G4 with tiny file folder in center of screen blinking the finder icon and a question mark. Have tried several things. Any help please??
Gray screen when turning on iBook G4 with tiny file folder in center of screen blinking finder icon and question mark. I cannot figure this out. Tried everything I know. Can someone help please???
iBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Posted on Jul 6, 2012 6:06 AM
Hello,
To me is sounding more and more like the hard drive in your iBook as failed.
You can't install the iMac 10.5 disks, but you can use it to access the disk utilities. If the utilities are stating no hard drive has been found on your iBook, then we can be sure it's the drive is at fault or an internal problem.
I would keep your appointment and see the Apple shop. They can run further tests to confirm the drive has failed and maybe offer a solution. The solution would be a replacement drive, which can be costly if your not fitting a replacement yourself.
It's not that difficult to fit yourself and a replacement drive can be cheap depending on where you get one. I think the bigger issue is getting some system disk as without them you can't restore your iBook.
You will have to think about if it's cost effective to spend the money on a shop fitting you a replacement drive and replacement system disks. Would it be cost effective. It wont cost any money for Apple to run some further diagnostics on your iBook and offer further advise.
Wishing you the best of luck.
Posted on Jul 6, 2012 2:25 PM