Just returned off hols to a kernel panic error message, and I can't get anything out of it. Its the other halfs, and was given to her by a friend, so we have no o/s disk or anything. I know its old and crap, but does her for browsing and such. Is the only way to rescue it with a reinstall?
Powerbook G4..black screen of death?
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Mine had a similar issue. I eventually worked out that it was absolutely fine if I disabled wifi - apparently it's happened to other people too. Try disabling it and see if that helps.
I solved it properly by taking out the Airport card (easily accessible via the battery bay on my 12" 1.33GHz G4), blowing on the card and the connector old-Nintendo-console style, and that appeared to magically fix it.
I solved it properly by taking out the Airport card (easily accessible via the battery bay on my 12" 1.33GHz G4), blowing on the card and the connector old-Nintendo-console style, and that appeared to magically fix it.
Mine had a similar issue. I eventually worked out that it was absolutely fine if I disabled wifi - apparently it's happened to other people too. Try disabling it and see if that helps.
I solved it properly by taking out the Airport card (easily accessible via the battery bay on my 12" 1.33GHz G4), blowing on the card and the connector old-Nintendo-console style, and that appeared to magically fix it.
How do I go about doing that? Is there a rescue console? I know nothing about macs.
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Sorry - didn't see your reply. You could try starting in safe mode and see if that works okay...
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455