⟐ Answer edited 11월 22, 2021 at 6:55 GMT-7

I was using my iBook G4 yesterday and suddenly it started showing vertical grayish lines. I restarted a couple times after that and one time it came back as it should (no vertical lines) for a couple minutes and then the vertical lines came back up.

I tried to restart it again, unplug it form the outlet, take the battery out and put it back in (just to make sure I tried almost everything) but nothing different happened.

I use an external monitor as well, but it shows the same problems that are showing on my ibook. Sometimes shows the vertical lines and sometimes it's just plain blue or black.

After that I rebooted the computer a few more times and noticed that I could see the mouse arrow (pixelated and with the vertical lines above it) and even move it around for a couple minutes, but after that the computer just froze. It didn't go to sleep nor reacted to any of the keyboard buttons/mouse pad interactions.

I was reading some of the questions here in the forum today, but i couldn't find anything more specifically related to my problem. Can anybody help me?

Thanks in advance. Eduardo.

p.s.: Some pics to illustrate my problem.

⟐ Commented 6월 18, 2021 at 16:00 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted 3월 15, 2014 at 3:42 GMT-7

I've come across a large quantity of G4 12" 1.33GHZ machines. Usually about 1 in 30 has the Airport card socket issue (which causes kernel panics and makes the machine unusable when wireless is on) but in this case it seems 1 in 6 or 7 are having the issue. I usually scrap these machines for parts, but since I'm encountering a lot of them, I'm recalling from years ago that someone mentioned a "shimm" fix that can help the issue.

I'm basically wondering if the "shimm fix" is a viable long-term solution, and if so, how is it done?

Thanks,

John

⟐ Answer accepted 7월 15, 2012 at 10:58 GMT-7

Also, is there a larger or faster RPM HD for sale for this model? The reason I ask is because I once tried to replace the HD in a G3 iMac with a non-approved HD and that iMac would no longer go to sleep.

⟐ Answer accepted 12월 21, 2009 at 0:09 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 5월 10, 2015 at 9:46 GMT-7

Any suggestions?

⟐ Answered 10월 09, 2023 at 22:43 GMT-7

Can anybody help me to restore it?

Cheers

Andrew

⟐ Answered 6월 30, 2022 at 7:10 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 8월 03, 2010 at 18:07 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted 11월 17, 2009 at 9:36 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 11월 25, 2015 at 9:35 GMT-7

upgrade the ram to 1.25gb .

at the begin it was 1.25

next day shows only 768. what did i worg

please send me a answeare @ najim@live.ca

also in the internet i search and it is a comon problem

but how can i solve it ?

⟐ Answer accepted 11월 10, 2013 at 4:39 GMT-7

⟐ Answer deleted 9월 07, 2010 at 18:33 GMT-7

Once I have the 3GB section I plan to restore it with Ubuntu 6.10, I have tried the install function within the Ubuntu OS but I get stuck at step 5/6, it asks me where I want my mount points for "/" and "swap" to be but no matter what I select, I cannot progress to step 6/6.

If anyone has a solution within Ubuntu I will try those first, then partitioning outside of Ubuntu.

⟐ Answered 11월 18, 2009 at 18:29 GMT-7

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thank you . Mike

⟐ Answer edited 4월 28, 2019 at 20:30 GMT-7

Hello, I would like to know if there is a solution to save my ibook following the mistake of a glass of milk...

The last events I noticed :

- I put half a glass of milk on the front of my ibook (keyboard mostly)

- I opened all my computer, clean the bit of milk that come inside (very less, I am lucky, on the bottom side, just on the right of the plug for the battery)

- I ordered for a new keyboard and replaced it

- Then my ibook has run well during two/three weeks, and now it's kernel panic at anytime, sometimes during booting, sometime ten minutes after running well

- I opened again my computer to check the milk, but nothing new, and after different supposition, I try to boot it opened, without shields : I didn't noticed any kernel panic this way

Thanks very much!

⟐ Answer accepted 1월 28, 2014 at 4:27 GMT-7

I can easily follow ifixit instructions to take it off the iBook g4.

Once I do that I have the hard drive in my hands.

At this point I want to access to the 2.5" hard drive... with what?

Do I use a hard drive dock?

Does it have to be firewire or can it be usb?

Can I have access to my iBook g4 hard disk through a pc or do I have to use another mac?

Also, this hard disk I am removing has Tiger 10.4 installed, and I still have the original disk. I want to erase the hard disk so to use the Tiger OS again on another machine (the copy of Tiger I have can be used only on one machine at a time), how can I do that? will a formatting be enought?

Thank you!

G.

⟐ Answered 10월 22, 2012 at 14:02 GMT-7

*UPDATE #1*

Okay, so here's an update- I found out that the power supply I receive with the machine is a 45W adapter. Apple's online kb articles say the iBook is supposed to have a 65W adapter. However, I've been using this power adapter for nearly a month, and it's never been problematic until just yesterday. Does my iBook need a higher wattage adapter to function?

**UPDATE #2**

Thanks to the comments below, I learned that either a 45W or 65W adapter will work. Having nothing to lose, I cracked open my power supply. I've found that my iBook will in fact charge with the cover off the adapter. When I press everything together, I hear a faint hum, and it turns off. I'm pretty sure that something somewhere is shorting out by touching something else when it's all put together.

Does anyone have any clue as to what could be shorting out?

⟐ Answered 10월 20, 2010 at 7:54 GMT-7