Q: PowerBook G4 running on OS Tiger stopped working ... (:

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Q: PowerBook G4 running on OS Tiger stopped working ... (:

My old PowerBook G4 running on OS Tiger stopped working ... it doesn't react to clicks from Trackpad and/or mouse ... can't get to any file, applications, any informed suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on May 23, 2015 12:47 PM

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Thank you for your response! It was a hardware issue, had to replace an internal connection of the touchpad and mouse ... Now it's working.

Posted on Jun 20, 2015 11:21 AM

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by BDAqua,

BDAqua May 23, 2015 2:36 PM in response to Bliss your Soul
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May 23, 2015 2:36 PM in response to Bliss your Soul

Does it boot in Safe Mode, SHIFT key at bootup?

How about from the Install Disc hold c key or alt key?

Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...

/sbin/fsck -fy

Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.

(Space between fsck AND -fy important).

http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/commandline/single-user.html

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.
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Bliss your Soul May 23, 2015 4:25 PM in response to BDAqua
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May 23, 2015 4:25 PM in response to BDAqua

Hi BDAqua, thank you for your response and suggestions.

I never received an Install Disk when bought the laptop.
Tried the Safe Mode before, but nothing changed. Still the arrow moves around with the Trackpad and/or mouse, but still nothing reacts to the clicks ...
Tried the Single User Mode as you suggested, it came out: the HD Volume seems to be working properly.

Couldn't try his one as the link doesn't work ...
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

Still hoping to resolve this issue ...
Thanx for your input and help.
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BDAqua May 23, 2015 4:45 PM in response to Bliss your Soul
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May 23, 2015 4:45 PM in response to Bliss your Soul

Couldn't try his one as the link doesn't work ...

Sounds like the link is no good anymore, but the commands that were at that link did work, as listed above that.

Did you try the 3 PRAM Resets?
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corpsedrill Jun 20, 2015 10:40 AM in response to Bliss your Soul
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Jun 20, 2015 10:40 AM in response to Bliss your Soul

Do you have the Titanium version of the G4? If so, the exact same thing happened to me. I had to replace the palm rest.
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Bliss your Soul Jun 20, 2015 11:20 AM in response to corpsedrill
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Jun 20, 2015 11:20 AM in response to corpsedrill

Thank you for your response! It was a hardware issue, had to replace an internal connection of the touchpad and mouse ... Now it's working.
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corpsedrill Jun 20, 2015 12:22 PM in response to Bliss your Soul
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Jun 20, 2015 12:22 PM in response to Bliss your Soul

I'm glad it worked out!
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Jun 20, 2015 11:21 AM in response to BDAqua

Thank you for your response! It was a hardware issue, had to replace an internal connection of the touchpad and mouse ... Now it's working.

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