PowerBook 3400c Boot Problem

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PowerBook 3400c Boot Problem

Christmas of '04 i got a powerbook 3400c it worked great until a while back.
the problem is when you turn it on you see the pointer and sometimes but very rarley you see the floppy disk with the blinking question mark.
please help me with this problem because i need this laptop to work so that I don't have to let my younger annoying brother use(but really destroy) my iBook.

iMac Core Duo17" and MacBook black, Mac OS X (10.4.7), PowerMac G3x2, pb 3400,150,165,180,1400,titainumg4,iBook G3 Macos7.5,7.0,7.6,9.0,9.0,9.2,9.2,10

Posted on Jan 30, 2007 12:26 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 30, 2007 1:48 PM in response to apr34

apr34,

"problem is when you turn it on you see the pointer and sometimes but very rarley you see the floppy disk with the blinking question mark"

The last laptop I was asked to fix would not show the startup folder with the question mark. Turns out they had the screen brightness turned up so high that they could not see the startup screen. Adjust your brightness control and see if the screen shows what is happening.

If you see the question mark, that means that the computer cannot find a startup disk. If you do not have a startup floppy or CD, you will need to buy one or make one. What do you have to work with?

Ji˜m

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Mar 8, 2007 5:47 PM in response to Appaloosa mac man

well I have been trying several bootable sources including another Hard Disk, norton utilities, Mac OS 9 cd and a few I have burnt off of classic on my PowerBook G4 Titanium
(i also have a google group help there too http://groups.google.com/group/powerbook-3400c-fix)

iMac Core Duo17" and MacBook black Mac OS X (10.4.7) Mac G4, PowerMac G3*2, pb 3400,150,165,1400, Macos7.5,7.0,7.6,9.0,9.0,9.2,9.2,10

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Apr 6, 2008 4:28 PM in response to apr34

i found out that the IDE controller seems to be flaky and that is why is has not been working correctly.

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