Boot issues

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  1. bustercaps, Oct 2, 2006

    bustercaps macrumors newbie

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    need some help.. got an iBook 600Mhz, 640Mb Ram 20Gb Hd, running OS X 10.3

    yesterday... after updating my iPOD.. the iBook was running slow, so I rebooted. it hadnt been rebooted for months.. But that wasnt the last reboot. It reboots and gets to a Grey/Blue screen NO SAD MAC and then just sits there... after probably 20mins.. it will come to a login screen and when I do .. it stops and says you have to REBOOT .. and thats it.. keeps going in circles. Anyone have any ideas, they would be greatly appreciated

    Thanks
    Buster
     
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  2. aaron.lee2006, Oct 2, 2006

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    Step One: Repair Disk
    Step Two: Re-Install OSX
    Step Three: Repair (hard drive?)
    Step Four: Kill it :)
     
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  3. beatsme, Oct 2, 2006

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    1) restart while holding down the "Apple" key and the "S" key. That'll put you in Single User Mode
    2) type fsck -yf at the prompt and hit return. That'll run the disk utility.
    3) keep running disk utility until it says no errors are found
    4) type shutdown -r now and hit return. the machine will boot after that

    this may fix your problem. Try it and see what happens.
     
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  4. bustercaps, Oct 4, 2006

    bustercaps thread starter macrumors newbie

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    It won't even boot from the disk.. I tried the APPLE KEY -S and nada.. just keeps the grey screen and the SPINNING BOOT LOGO.. and just stays there.. NOTHING... how hard is it to replace a HD in an iBook
     
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  5. aaron.lee2006, Oct 4, 2006

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    It's pretty easy to replace an HD in any notebook. Not sure how user-friendly the iBook is, but just research it and you will find out how. Try iFixit. Not sure if they have anything. Worth a shot.
     
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  6. beatsme, Oct 4, 2006

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    alright, try resetting the firmware:

    restart, and hold down the Apple key, the Option key, the letter "O" and the letter "F"

    that'll boot you into firmware mode. You should see a white screen.
    at the prompt, type in this:
    reset-nvram
    hit enter, and then type in this
    reset-all
    hit enter. The machine should restart.

    see what that does...

    EDIT: incidentally, have you tried to reset the PRAM?
     
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