Recent content by nrb501

A powerBook G4 will most likely have a DVI port, the early ones may have had a VGA port - Apple have used standard video ports since around the introduction of the G3.

As you can read DVDs but not CDs I feel that it is likely that either the drive is faulty or the lens of the laser assembly that reads CDs is dirty. If it is just dirt then using a CD/DVD drive cleaner may help, these can be brought from most electronics and Hi-Fi stores. If the drive is faulty...

If the password request comes up before the OS loads, then it is an 'Open Firmware' password that has been set (similar to a bios password on a PC) there is a short article on mSec on how to remove Open Firmware password protection http://www.msec.net/advisories/of_pwd_bypass.html an...

And http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393

Sounds like something is causing a hang on startup - try booting in safe mode and remove the last software to be installed (use the programs uninstaller if you can) Instructions on Tiger's safe mode here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392

Try DataRescue from Prosoft http://www.prosoftengineering.com/products/data_rescue.php I've used it before on several unreadable disks with good results. The program recovers data from the source disk and then writes it to another drive, useful if the source disk has bad sectors - also means...

Have you tried re-running Disk Utillity, as sometimes it only repairs the first problem it encounters. Its usually best to re-run it until it shows no errors.

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Check both ends of the hard drive cable for damage & check that they are seated correctly. Also can you boot from CD (Hold 'c' key at power on)?

Sounds like you may have fried the Power Supply Card (Apple P/No 661-22286). If the cable you refer to connects to an oval shaped object just under the DVD drive then that IS the backup battery. The following is from the troubleshooting section of the Apple Service Source for the Pismo: Power...

On the outside end of the battery there is a button with 4 LEDs next to it, if you press the button the LEDs should give an indication of the charge of the battery. If no LEDs illuminate and the laptop boots with the mains supply pugged in but without the battery, then it is most likly the...

When you say it won't boot up, do you mean that absolutly nothing happens or that the screen comes on and nothing else? Do you get the startup chime? More info please

I've had similar probs with ICS just trying to get two PCs to connect! Try setting up a new account on the PC using the exact same user name as on the Mac (I'm assuming you're using OSX on the mac), set the password, then once the new user is created on the PC, try to connect to it. I think the...

3 Beeps = bad or no RAM