Help please!! (PowerBook G4 that is stuck on the grey screen)

[heenalu5]

By disk I mean hard disk!

Attached are images of the "Install Mac OS" window and the "Disk Utility" window. The hard disk doesn't show up anymore.

 

[MacCubed]

Attached are images of the "Install Mac OS" window and the "Disk Utility" window. The hard disk doesn't show up anymore.

Can you post a pic of what "about this mac" says?

 

[heenalu5]

Can you post a pic of what "about this mac" says?

Unfortunately I can't. Everything under the apple in the upper left hand corner is grayed out.

 

[MacCubed]

Unfortunately I can't. Everything under the apple in the upper left hand corner is grayed out.

Is there a System Profiler option under Utilities?

 

[heenalu5]

Is there a System Profiler option under Utilities?

No. The install disk is OS X 10.3.2. Super old.

 

[MacCubed]

No. The install disk is OS X 10.3.2. Super old.

Ok try booting into open firmware again and typing dev / ls

 

[MacCubed]

Ok try booting into open firmware again and typing dev / ls

This is to see if the HDD is being read by the computer

 

[heenalu5]

This is to see if the HDD is being read by the computer

When I tried that last time by holding "command+option+o+f", it kept starting up from the the DVD. I never had an opportunity to type in anything.

 

[MacCubed]

When I tried that last time by holding "command+option+o+f", it kept starting up from the the DVD. I never had an opportunity to type in anything.

Huh thats weird... Do you have an external IDE enclosure?

 

[heenalu5]

Huh thats weird... Do you have an external IDE enclosure?

I don't know what that is. I'm thinking no. There is nothing special about my old PowerBook. It's just standard issue.

 

[MacCubed]

I don't know what that is. I'm thinking no. There is nothing special about my old PowerBook. It's just standard issue.

Its for putting an IDE hard drive in an enclosure for connecting it to another computer VIA USB. I am pretty sure you have a Titanium PowerBook G4, so don't get rid of it! I would buy a new HDD off eBay and replacing it yourself.
(http://www.ebay.com/itm/Powerbook-i...226642?hash=item4199900492:g:55UAAOSwd0BVqPoV mods: not my auction) This HDD is an 80GB drive that has the most up-to-date operating system on it for the PowerBook G4. The replacement is quite easy, take a look at iFixit for a good guide.

 

[heenalu5]

Its for putting an IDE hard drive in an enclosure for connecting it to another computer VIA USB. I am pretty sure you have a Titanium PowerBook G4, so don't get rid of it! I would buy a new HDD off eBay and replacing it yourself.
(http://www.ebay.com/itm/Powerbook-i...226642?hash=item4199900492:g:55UAAOSwd0BVqPoV mods: not my auction) This HDD is an 80GB drive that has the most up-to-date operating system on it for the PowerBook G4. The replacement is quite easy, take a look at iFixit for a good guide.

Ok. Thank you for all your great advice. I will take a look at that HD. Happy Holidays!!

 

[MacCubed]

Ok. Thank you for all your great advice. I will take a look at that HD. Happy Holidays!!

You too! Hope this gets resolved! The Titanium G4s are great little laptops

 

[Altemose]

That hard drive is definitely cooked. @heenalu5 In the future, create your own thread rather than revive one that is a few years old.