20 Most Recent Apple PowerBook G4 Mac Notebook - Page 8 Questions & Answers

Go to the blue magnifying glass in the upper right hand corner. That is the search Mac button. click it and type in the word keychain. You will see a folder called Keychains. Click that and you will have an see something called System.keychain. Click on that to open it. On the top it should say Keychain Access and it should have a list of all the items with passwords you have on your computor. (such as your airport, aol, msn or whatever). Click the one you want and in the bottom left corner is a box saying Show password. Hopefully it will just show it to you without requiring another password. However, It may ask first for your Administrative password. Hopefully you know that, and can put it in if it is required to grant access to the password you want. It will ask you whether always want to allow this or just once. I would say Always. (it is easier for future use). If you find this Answer helpful I would so much appreciate a positive vote, a testimonial or anything like that!! Good luck!

With regards to the blank screen, this usually indicates an issue with the hard drive being faulty (hardware) or the OS might have corrupt system files (software).
These are the items you will need before we begin:
A. Mac desktop/laptop B. Mac OSX Installation DVD
A. Software Related
1. Power on the Mac computer/laptop and immediately press and hold the option key. 2. After about 15 seconds of holding the option key, release it and insert the Mac OSX DVD. 3. The DVD should load and display on-screen (along with any additional drives available on the system). 4. If the hard drive icon appears, then click on it. (if the hard drive boots the OS, then the issue is software related. Skip down to Section B, step #1). 5. If the hard drive did not appear, then the system does not recognize it. However, the DVD icon should have appeared, click on it. 6. The DVD will boot and begin the installation process. 7. Follow the installation prompts. 8. Once completed, the desktop/laptop will reboot and after logging in, will execute the registration process. 9. Complete the registration exercise and access the desktop. 10. Perform a software update and download all system and application updates to their latest versions.

B. Hardware Related
1. Power on the Mac computer/laptop and immediately press and hold the option key. 2. After about 15 seconds of holding the option key, release it and insert the Mac OSX DVD. 3. The DVD should load and display on-screen (along with any additional drives available on the system). 4. If the hard drive icon appears, then click on it. (if the hard drive boots the OS, then the issue is software related. Restart the computer and skip up to Section A, step #1). 5. If the hard drive did not appear, then the system does not recognize it. However, the DVD icon should have appeared, click on it. 6. The DVD will boot and begin the installation process. 7. Close the installation application and select "Disk Utility" from the "Utilities" menu option. 8. When Disk Utility loads, look to the left-hand pane and locate your hard drive (if detected). If so, click on it and format the hard drive then reboot and skip up to Section A, step #1. If the hard drive is not detected, then the hard drive has malfunctioned and needs to be replaced.
Hard drive's cost from $40-100 for sizes ranging from 40GB to 1TB. Once the hard drive has been replaced, you can install OSX from the installation DVD.

OSX has become unreliable.
You could spend hours troubleshooting, or simply backup and re-install from disks, takes about 40 mins

You need to reset the firmware...
first up, do the 'soft' reset: 1) Boot into the Open Firmware. (Command + Option + O + F)
2) type reset-all followed by the return key
If that doesn't solve the problem, check this out.. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
Is there a firmware update waiting to be downloaded (check in 'software update')

Try to hook an external monitor. If it still persists, then the problem will be the videocard. If not, then you''ll just have to replace the lcd of your computer.

Power the machine down. Press the power button, then immediately press and continue to hold the shift key. This will perform a "safe boot," skipping any of the boot-time software you may have added to your machine. If it still fails to boot, more involved diagnostics are required.

If you are plugged into the AC adapter, it should power on even with the battery removed.
Turn off the computer. Remove the AC adapter plug and remove the battery.
Reset the power manager by simultaneously pressing and then releasing Shift-Control-Option-power button. Do not press the fn (Function) key while using this combination of keystrokes.

Wait 5 seconds.


Press the power button to restart the computer. If it still will not restart, you may need to contact a local serviceperson.

"Bar of reception" is a phrase that applies to wireless network connections, not dialup modems. Can you please clarify which you are actually using?

Yes. There are lots, and there are some great programs free.
I have user Teamviewer, and this is 100% free
http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx

Will need a lot more information to be able to help you.

What interrogative????

In linguistics, an interrogative word is a function word used for the item interrupted in an information statement. Interrogative words are sometimes called wh-words because most of English interrogative words start with wh-. In English, they are used in questions (Where is he going?

try to take display over external vga unit if not its ur graphic chip problem or of ram first to replace the ram
if it precist go to a good laptop repare center nd reball ur vga chip

The wether does have something to do with it. After a lightning storm humidity is a problem. the humidity and heat can make the screen lighter, kind of grey. After the wether clears up it will take an hour to regain full color. Also it could be if it was charging while the storm happened it could have blown a fuse and messed up you screen colors
Also try to gain color by
Control+option+command+8 (negativity)

Control+option+command+< or >
color tinter

Try attaching an external monitor to the notebook & see if you will get display on it or not. If this works, then you most probably have a defective or loose LCD screen cable, that need to either be replaced or properly connected.

LOL... Just play around on the bottom of the Macbook and you will find what you are looking for...

beginning of what?
try booting in safe mode (holding down shift key while booting)

laptop or desktop?

easy way, try to right click the drive and click eject from inside windows.

brute force way:
on a desktop get a paperclip and shove it in the tiny hole. including a firm shove to pop the tray loose, then grab the tray and gently tug the drive open. keeping a sharp eye on any hanging or obstructing objects.

laptop, look for the hole and follow the same directions. or take the cd bay out of the computer, most companies put an emergancy open method, check the users manual.

Change the CD drive. You can find one on eBay and Google instructions to change it.

Hi pperuchett. Resetting the power manager of your precious powerbook G4 is needed to resolved this issue. I have provided you a link also on how to resolved this issue for better understanding. Please click here.

You can use a universal adapter if you find one as long as the output voltage matches an original so that way the laptop turns on and would charge the battery. If you buy a universal adapter without the output voltages matching up then you take a chance on either the laptop not turning on or the laptop turning on and not charging up the battery.

It's most likely the bluetooth icon. You can use bluetooth to up/download files from a bluetooth compatible phone, or other device into your laptop.
You need to "find" and "connect" both pieces of equipment to work together first.
Similar to a bluetooth headset with your phone.
Easy to do and then it's easy to transfer files..