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Q: PB G3 Bronze wont boot

I just updated my trusty G3 Powerbook and, now, it will not boot. It shows the Apple screen and ball just spins. I tried to repair it will it with Panther disk but get error message. Help.

PB G3 Bronze, Mac OS X (10.3)

Posted on Jun 15, 2007 1:23 PM

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  • by Texas Mac Man,

    Texas Mac Man Texas Mac Man Jun 15, 2007 2:58 PM in response to Soop53
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    Jun 15, 2007 2:58 PM in response to Soop53
    Soop, welcome to Apple Discussions.

    What update did you do? Hardware? Software?

    What did the error message say?

    Are you using a universal/retail Panther CD, or CDs from another model Mac?

     Cheers, Tom

  • by Soop53,

    Soop53 Soop53 Jun 16, 2007 8:29 AM in response to Soop53
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    Jun 16, 2007 8:29 AM in response to Soop53
    I performed a normal apple software update via the window that popped up informing me of updates. After I performed the updates, I was working in Safari and it froze. So I rebooted and the Apple screen appeared but it just sat there spinning. I loaded my Panther CD disk 1 (upgrade from OS 9...original disks) and entered Disk Utility. I did a "Verify Disk Permissions" and it stopped, then I did a "Repair Disk Permissions" and it would stopped. Both stopped in the middle of the process. Here is what it says, "Disk Utility Internal Error...Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility."

  • by jpl,

    jpl jpl Jun 16, 2007 10:19 AM in response to Soop53
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    Jun 16, 2007 10:19 AM in response to Soop53
    Soop1,

    Take a look at this thread for the possible cause and fix:

    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=308456&tstart=0

  • by Soop53,

    Soop53 Soop53 Jun 16, 2007 5:54 PM in response to Soop53
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    Jun 16, 2007 5:54 PM in response to Soop53
    Thanks jpl and Texas Mac for responding to my problem. I have the retail Panther CDs I ordered a few years back. Now, that I know it might be the iTunes update. How can I get pass the open apple screen to delete the iTunes latest version? It will not let me go beyond this screen. The little wheel at the bottom continues to spin...

  • by jpl,

    jpl jpl Jun 16, 2007 8:26 PM in response to Soop53
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    Jun 16, 2007 8:26 PM in response to Soop53
    Soop1,

    Well, if you have a bootable "Classic" CD (MacOS 8.6 > 9.2.2 or one of the utilities like Norton), you can boot to this CD and have access to the OSX files. However, you MUST be careful when deleting files...you don't want to delete a necessary OSX file.

    When I boot to 9.x on my Wallstreet from my HD and open the HD icon, I see the Applications folder and Applications (Mac OS 9) folder; the latter is present if you have 9.x installed. Open the Applications folder and drag iTunes to the Trash; restart to 10.x and see if the issue is solved.

    If you can startup to OSX in Safe Mode/Safe Boot, you should also be able to delete the troublesome files.
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392

    If all else fails, you may have to reinstall the OS:
    http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060322080433175

  • by Soop53,

    Soop53 Soop53 Jun 25, 2007 4:15 AM in response to Soop53
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    Jun 25, 2007 4:15 AM in response to Soop53
    I sorry for not getting back so soon...was on vacation. I thank you for replying to my problem. I did use the original OS 9 CDs and fixed the issue. Now, my Aug 1999 PB is back in action.