Wasn't sure whether to post this in here or General Hardware but as I believe it's a software issue I opted for here.
Basically a friend's Powerbook G4 needs sorting and it's proven beyond my abilities. Basically it goes through phases where it won't book, siezing at the blue screen. At some times it will boot repeatedly with no problems, at others it will boot successfully about 5 times out of 6 and at others it just won't boot at all.
When it won't boot you can start it in Safe mode without fail, but of course it's barely usable in this mode as there are no printer drivers and so forth.
I've been through the various procedures relating to this problem on the Apple site and still the problem persists.
Another, probably related, issue is that if the lid is closed to put it into standby, then most of the time it won't recover properly when the lid is opened. The desktop appears but the machine has locked up solid.
Basically I'm now at a loss and the owner has said he wants to send it off to be properly repaired, whatever this may involve. I suspect an OS reinstall is going to be the only option but I don't know anywhere near enough about Macs to undertake this myself and don't want to get involved tbh.
Can anyone recommend somewhere to send it to be sorted? (Competitor rules permitting of course)
Basically a friend's Powerbook G4 needs sorting and it's proven beyond my abilities. Basically it goes through phases where it won't book, siezing at the blue screen. At some times it will boot repeatedly with no problems, at others it will boot successfully about 5 times out of 6 and at others it just won't boot at all.
When it won't boot you can start it in Safe mode without fail, but of course it's barely usable in this mode as there are no printer drivers and so forth.
I've been through the various procedures relating to this problem on the Apple site and still the problem persists.
Another, probably related, issue is that if the lid is closed to put it into standby, then most of the time it won't recover properly when the lid is opened. The desktop appears but the machine has locked up solid.
Basically I'm now at a loss and the owner has said he wants to send it off to be properly repaired, whatever this may involve. I suspect an OS reinstall is going to be the only option but I don't know anywhere near enough about Macs to undertake this myself and don't want to get involved tbh.
Can anyone recommend somewhere to send it to be sorted? (Competitor rules permitting of course)