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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Clamshell iBook won't boot | Posted by: superpantoufle on 2008-10-27 14:50:07
Hi all!
I have a dead blue Clamshell iBook lying around that I'd like to rescue. When turned on, it chimes, and shows the question mark. Nothing wrong until now: it won't boot from a CD (I tried several generic OS 9 and OS X 10.2 CDs), nor from a FireWire drive.
I took it apart and put a new drive (with a fresh OS 9 install on it) in it, but it still won't boot. Target mode and OpenFirmware are fine, though.
No need to tell I tried all the usual resets, with no luck.
Any suggestion welcome, thanks in advance!
| Posted by: Christopher on 2008-10-27 17:33:07
I'm in the same boat with mine, but I don't have an optical drive to boot from, or the Firewire model.
| Posted by: superpantoufle on 2008-10-28 01:53:32
Oops, just seeing I posted in the wrong forum. Sorry about that! May some moderator move the topic?
| Posted by: coius on 2008-10-28 10:55:39
The discs you are using, are they CD-Rs? Or is it a DVD-R?
The early iMacs and iBooks have issues with burned discs. It seems they were an early implementation of a new laser, and I have run into issues with these.
Try a retail CD that is commercially pressed
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