Q: 2003 Powerbook g4 17" - 1ghz/512mb/60gb hard drive upgrade to 250gb but wont read OSX disc..
hey.. im new to this but anyways.. i got a 2003 Powerbook G4 from my buddys uncle.. it has a 1Ghz/512mb/60gb.. (yeah pretty out dated)... he had said that the original hard drive (60gb) had fail and that i needed to get a new one.. he of course didnt have the original install cd.. lost it... no biggie i thought.. picked up a new hard drive (WD 250gb/8mb/5400 rpm ata).. installed it.. pretty simple.. i got a Mac OS X install disc from my buddy who had order it from apple..
I turn on the Powerbook.. slip the cd in.. and it didnt load.. google some info.. some said to hold down "C" and power it up and it should load but instead.. it didnt.. it gave me a gray screen with some type of error scripture... and in the background of that.. it said to restart the computer and so forth... did that and nothing.. same issue..
In another tread.. someone had said to hold down the "OPTION" key and turn on the computer.. I did that and it showed an icon of the OS X Cd in the middle with a "REFRESH" icon on the left and another icon on the right side of an "ARROW" pointing to the right to the next step.. click the arrow.. NOTHING again.. it return me to the same error issue i had when i held down the "C" key..
does anyone know what the issue is???.. do you think that the OS X Cd i got from my buddy is too new?.. would i need to get Snow Leopard 10.5 from what i have read on line due to the fact that my Powerbook is 2003 and is super old?.. or is it the hard drive that i picked up the issue?.. i have no idea what i got myself into..
HELP PLEASE!!!!! PPPLLLLEEEEAAASSSSEEEEE.... =(
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Posted on Aug 4, 2011 12:29 AM