Unknown_K
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I recently snagged a Powerbook G4 1138 (Last of the G4 15.2" laptops with high resolution screen and DDR2 RAM) and it doesn't work.
Removed the PRAM battery and installed a nice 160GB IDE drive (one of the fastest IDE laptop drives made). The HD is a clone of my G4 MDD drive.
The unit bongs almost every time but the screen stays dark and it keeps working the DVDROM mechanism (its empty).
Sometimes it will boot but get stuck on a blue screen no cursor (caps lock button works), sometimes the white power button goes out.
Very weird. The screen when it does work is 100% fine, so at least that worked out, and the unit body looks very nice with no major imperfections. Insides look fine with no water damage I could see, the 2x1GB RAM sticks are good as well.
Any ideas?
Removed the PRAM battery and installed a nice 160GB IDE drive (one of the fastest IDE laptop drives made). The HD is a clone of my G4 MDD drive.
The unit bongs almost every time but the screen stays dark and it keeps working the DVDROM mechanism (its empty).
Sometimes it will boot but get stuck on a blue screen no cursor (caps lock button works), sometimes the white power button goes out.
Very weird. The screen when it does work is 100% fine, so at least that worked out, and the unit body looks very nice with no major imperfections. Insides look fine with no water damage I could see, the 2x1GB RAM sticks are good as well.
Any ideas?