Apple Ibook G4 Display Problem

[vagos804]

hi i have a Apple ibook G4. there is a display problem in it when i on it there is just a box on it with a question mark blinking in center and the other part of it is grayish black. tell me what is the problem in it. is it a software problem or hardware.........what i have to do.

 

[rdowns]

Sounds like a hard drive issue. Try booting up from the CD it came with and run Disk Repair.

 

[vagos804]

Sounds like a hard drive issue. Try booting up from the CD it came with and run Disk Repair.

how to boot it

 

[rdowns]

Insert the CD, restart and hold down the "c" key until it boots.

 

[vagos804]

Insert the CD, restart and hold down the "c" key until it boots.

can u give me the like from where i get bootable files... so that i can make CD

 

[Sun Baked]

Sorry, cannot find the newer one...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58042

Just don't do step 4, because if you can see the drive in step 1, you don't want to wipe the data -- you want to make sure you follow the steps for archive and install if you have the free space on the drive to do it.

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Most of the stuff you need is on the System Restore DVDs ... that came with the machine. Or on a retail Mac OS X box you bought.

 

[koobcamuk]

If you don't have the startup disk, how did you get this laptop?

Just curious.

 

[admiraldennis]

Either there is no copy of Mac OS X installed on the machine, the current install is corrupt, or the internal drive is dead/missing.

Either way, you need to get your hands on the System Restore discs for the iBook (or a retail copy of 10.4).