i have been working on a mac powerbook g4 i think it has an intel core duo 2.0Ghz and a gig of ram running at 667MHz i was cleaning it and now it is stuck in an endless bootcycle what do i do

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i have been working on a mac powerbook g4 i think it has an intel core duo 2.0Ghz and a gig of ram running at 667MHz i was cleaning it and now it is stuck in an endless bootcycle what do i do

i deleted the contents the user had in the trash minus a few files that refused to unlock now it wont boot after being shut down it just cycles itself

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 17, 2013 6:40 AM

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brenden dv

Community Specialist

Dec 19, 2013 12:25 PM in response to julieg_incolor

Hi julieg_incolor,

If you are having boot issues with your PowerBook G4, you may find the following article helpful:

Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570

Apple Support: Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417

Regards,

- Brenden

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