Problem with Classic mode

[Sludgedragon]

The iBook G4 saga continues. I got frustrated trying to get my machine to work and found one just like it on eBay for $30 untested, which turns out to have identical specs to my problem child except it runs just fine. Used my set of appropriate install disks to install Tiger and Classic. Installed some games and stuff. So fun to be able to run Nanosaur again!

But now Classic mode has no sound! It did, but now it doesn't. I'm guessing there's something simple I have tripped by accident, but I don't know what. anybody know? I went to the System folder and clicked on sound and volumes was set to the bottom, so no sound, but when I tried to drag or click it up to a higher setting, it spoings back down to the bottom. Very frustrating.

 

[Sludgedragon]

Well now, all sound is gone. Don't know what's going on. I'm going to wipe the whole thing and reformat, and reinstall the things I want on it. I will install one thing at a time and see if there is some kind of software related problem.

 

[CC_333]

I have a 2010 Unibody MacBook that does this (all sound goes dead out of the blue), and resetting the PRAM usually fixes it, albeit temporarily (it recurs every now and then, and I've never been able to figure out why, but as long as resetting the PRAM fixes it, I'm OK with it.  It's not like I use that particular machine often anyway.)

So, try resetting the PRAM before you wipe the hard drive and reinstall the OS.

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[MrFahrenheit]

Well now, all sound is gone. Don't know what's going on. I'm going to wipe the whole thing and reformat, and reinstall the things I want on it. I will install one thing at a time and see if there is some kind of software related problem.

I’m guessing there’s something software-related going on here. Also, what versions of OS X and Classic are you running, and where are you installing them from? (original Apple install media that matches your machines, downloaded from Mac Garden, etc?)

I would boot from the recovery/install CD and try sound. Also, is there a boot chime or is that missing, too?