Problems withG4 iBook

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Norbert Liecfeldt - 11 May 2008 09:14 GMT

I've had intermittent problems lately with my G4 iBook (running Mac OS X
10.5) - kept frezing on me and when I checked Windowserver (usually in
cahots with Firefox) managed to hog up to 100% CPU.

Googled for it, found a tool called Yasu, let it run, took a long time,
let the iBook run overnight - this morning the screen is what I can best
describe as dark gray.

I can make things out, just about at the right angle, but it looks like
the backlight has gone. Any thoughts on costs to fix this? Or any other
options? Not sure what Yasu did other than run daily and weekly cron jobs
and check/repair permissions so could it have been something that the
software has been doing over night?

Help? Is this God's way of telling me I need to buy an EEE? I only need
this machine to come home to, put my feet up and email/Sype friends...

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iBallooka - 11 May 2008 10:20 GMT

> I've had intermittent problems lately with my G4 iBook (running Mac OS X
> 10.5) - kept frezing on me and when I checked Windowserver (usually in
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> N.

Clean Install, boot from a Firewire Drive, boot from OS DVD if problem
still there then its hardware....

I can never fully understand why people run obscure apps to routine
maintenance tasks...

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Peace and Happiness is a State of Mind....

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Norbert Liecfeldt - 11 May 2008 10:39 GMT

> > I've had intermittent problems lately with my G4 iBook (running Mac OS X
> > 10.5) - kept frezing on me and when I checked Windowserver (usually in
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> I can never fully understand why people run obscure apps to routine
> maintenance tasks...

Seems like a hammer to smash a nut.

But seems to have recovered since - I managed to log in, peering at the
screen, and found that the screen brightness had been set to zero and
got it back up with the Fn-F2 combo. However, now there's no sound. Mac
does not recognise the sound: "No Built-in Audio."

More google, methinks.

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Norbert Liecfeldt - 11 May 2008 10:48 GMT

> > > I've had intermittent problems lately with my G4 iBook (running Mac OS X
> > > 10.5) - kept frezing on me and when I checked Windowserver (usually in
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> N.

A restart cleared up the sound problem...

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Peter Ceresole - 11 May 2008 16:03 GMT

> A restart cleared up the sound problem...

In general I think that a restart can cure a great number of problems,
but people seem curiously reluctant to do that.

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Problems withG4 iBook