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Hello i have powerbook g4 with cpu 1.25ghz. I use to have mac os4.1.1 installed. Lately had freexing problem and as it was a very old install i tried a fresch install. I downloed os as i lost my original dvd. Tried 10.4.3. Install go fine but never start when it finish. Only in safe mode will start. What could i check?please help
PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.4.3)
When there is a problem with an OS X, such as those usually installed from DVD system media
you would need to use the boot-able install-restore DVD (or later retail DVD, if not original grey
color label discs) to see about repairing the problem. You cannot update or upgrade to make a
problem go away. And an offer/download of a complete OS X system (torrent?) is not legal.
With an older computer, there is a fair chance the original hard disk drive may be failing; so that
is something to think about when you have an internal hard disk drive that spins thousands of
rotations per minute and gets written to & read from millions/billions of times a year....
The download update is only a minor step, and if you chose to download that from somewhere
other than the Software Update (via computer access to Apple Server) the actual one to seek
if everything was in great shape with your computer, would be the Combo 10.4.11 last update.
These steps are considered updates & not upgrades. The distinction is more than a word deep.
You will have to locate the correct DVD install media since a download from the internet of a
complete OS X Tiger 10.4 system is not available online; anything you may find very likely is
an illegal download and may be full of bogus content, such as malware or missing files, etc.
Apple no longer sells these discs, you may contact Apple sales support and have your product
serial number (PowerBook G4) available to ask an OS X specialist, if it is possible to get some
kind of operating system install DVD for that old a computer. The newest it could run would be
Leopard 10.5 (install from DVD, then download update to 10.5.8) however the Tiger 10.4 DVD
may be an expensive item if you look at Amazon or eBay sites online. Expect to pay...
You may have some luck if there happens to be an Apple User Group in your locality or if a
school or university has a computer lab and has not cleaned out their archive of old OS X.
School rummage sales, second hand shops, and other local finds are random luck events.
Good luck & happy computing! 🙂
You could try using single user to repair your drive.https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203176 If you have another mac and firewire cable and both mac's have firewire. You could go to apple support to the bottom of the page. Click on downloads and updates. Then click on browse by product. Then type in oS 10.4.11 update. Download the combo update for ppc mac and use target disk to install lit on the power book https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1661
i am almost sure it is a metter of fan
when the apple get hot it will not start but in safe
i have dismounted and after spraying the 2 fan i have this
the left fan i can see spinning
the right fan only have a start of a spinning now and then.like little i mpulse and stop.
there could be a problem with the fan control system?or temperature control system?
Most likely it's the fan itself that needs to be replaced. My wife's macbook, which has one fan, had to be replaced. If would ether not work or work sporadically. Finally making noise. A pram reset or a PMU reset might help if it is not a defective fan. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1431 Pram reset is Command/Option/P/R keys at startup for three chimes.
i think fan is not brohen. it spin for some short wile. and it has been fully cleaned and lubricated
if it was broken will never spin
that s why i think of the control system
this also explain the safe mode
when in safe mode control system is not checked and apple start..then later get stuckedĂą
when start normally the part of the system check will prevent to start
this my idea
Fan operation is controlled by your PMU in system management. Not through your operating system. Like the first post you got from K Shaffer. Downloading a 10.4.11 operating system via internet is likely to be very problematic. The only possible way to correct this without an install disk, is to be able to go to apple downloads in support and get the 10.4.11 combo update and run it. Single user is a way to repair an operating system from command line. It you cannot do so from there. And you cannot get the update. Then you do need to find a retail install disk to run.
Powerbook G4 only start safe mode
