Q: Hello Apple Community. I need help with a freezing powerbook G4
Hello!
I'm new to Apple laptops. I purchased a Powerbook G4 867 MHz 640 MB used and I'm starting to have some problems with it. My powerbook freezes at random intervals and I cannot even move the mouse. I have to hold down the power button to restart it. It runs fine before every freeze and it seems like after it freezes the fan runs very fast.. it sounds like a fan at least. This Powerbook came with no CD's at all, I have been trying to download various software to fix it but that's when I run into my next issue. I receive a "mounting failed" error upon every download. When I double click on the file it says "cannot open because this file is still be downloaded."
I really like this computer and would love to get it working right. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! I don't know the most about mac os x so if you could be please be detailed as I cannot always locate programs on here.
Thank you guys!
PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Posted on Aug 6, 2012 5:38 PM