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I have a PowerBook G4 15", 2005, 1.66 MHz. When I try to start it I get a beep that appears to be about an A#. Then the light next to the button on the front lights for about 10 seconds, then flashes twice, then repeats. Anybody got any ideas?
Have you changed the RAM recently? Also have you also done a PMU reset?
Hi Knucklesmac,
Thanks for the reply. I haven't done anything with the ram.
How do I reset the PMU?
I figured out how to reset the PMU and did it but no luck.
Any other suggestions.
Thanks so much but I found the first one. Decided I was just being lazy and looked it up myself. The main post I'm not being lazy. I'm stumped. I bought this thing cheap with the understanding that it occasionally wouldn't boot. I figured that when it was up I could troubleshoot it. But I can't get it to boot at all. I'm in a nursing home paralyzed from the waist down with no income. So I got it cheap and figured I could have a Mac again.
There's got to be something in that single tone instead of the startup tone and the way it flashes. Ten seconds on then two flashes then ten seconds on .....
Some things to consider. I hope something here will help. It could be a Hard drive or even a logic board but can't tell over the net.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1509384?start=0&tstart=0
http://tidbits.com/article/12169
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/906025?start=0&tstart=0
From this stuff it looks like it's probably the RAM and I can't afford new RAM so I think I have to give up on this for now.
beep that appears to be about an A#.
Can you describe this better?
Troubleshooting portables that won't turn on or start up
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA25686?viewlocale=en_US
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
What OS are you running? Are you trying to boot on battery power or while using the power adapter?
Try booting with just the power adapter (battery removed).
Cheers, Tom 😉
I don't know how I could describe the beep better. I even gave the approximate pitch of the beep. It's a short beep the pitch of which appears to be approximately an A#.
I'm running 10.5.8.
I have tried with and without the adaptor.
I'll have to try without the battery.
Thanks,
Jon
With the power supply plugged in and the battery removed it doesn't do anything at all.
Anybody else got any ideas?
PowerBook startup problems
