[DM-MUG] 600 MHz iBook refuses to take OS X

[CW Smith]

Yes, I did in fact reformat the drive.  Both times.

On 8/3/04 4:39 PM, "Bailey Ford" <bailey@mac.com> wrote:

> Hey there,
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> What a fun time you had! I had a few thoughts while reading your post.
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> When you say 'wiping the drive' it sounds to me like you are just
> deleting all the files, but not reformatting the drive. I would
> definitely reformat this drive before trying to install any version of
> OS X again. This would insure that all the invisible files and the boot
> sector were erased properly. Make sure you format it as an HFS+ drive.
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> If you and the Apple rep in Chicago suspect a defective logic board,
> you might run the hardware diagnostics that come with most Macs. This
> would test most of the hardware components to make sure they pass basic
> tests of functionality and should highlight seriously defective and
> broken hardware. I did not receive this disk with my most recent mac,
> but I have in the past. Worth a try if you have it.
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> Keep us updated!
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> -bailey
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> On Aug 3, 2004, at 3:19 PM, CW Smith wrote:
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>> Mac mystery of the week:
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>> My friend Rose called me a few weeks ago when she was trying to
>> upgrade to
>> Panther on her 600 MHz iBook.  The machine bombed in the middle of the
>> install and wouldn't (of course) boot to OSX afterward.  She booted
>> from the
>> installer CD, and tried again to install OSX, but the machine told her
>> OSX
>> was already installed.  I showed her how to change the startup folder
>> to
>> OS9, and she's at least able to use her iBook now.
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>> A couple of weeks later, she brought her iBook to me to see whether
>> I'd have
>> any luck.  I began by removing all visible OSX system files and
>> emptying the
>> trash.  I then tried installing Panther, with exactly the same result.
>>  I
>> wiped OSX files again and tried installing Puma (10.1).  Again, same
>> result.
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>> I then backed up her hard drive to my iPod, wiped her drive clean, and
>> tried
>> installing Panther again.  Nope.  I wiped her drive clean AGAIN, then
>> tried
>> Puma.  No way, Jos=E9.
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>> I wiped her drive once more, put her files back on from my iPod, and
>> gave
>> her iBook back to her in the same condition in which I received it:
>> booting
>> from OS9, with no OSX.
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>> I suggested to her that Apple had a program for dealing with defective
>> logic
>> boards on iBooks, and suggested that this may be the root cause of the
>> problem.  She took it to an Apple dealer in Chicago, who agreed that
>> the
>> logic board may be to blame.  Apple, on the other hand, says that this
>> is
>> NOT indicative of a faulty logic board and has washed their hands of
>> it.
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>> What would cause these installation problems?  Are there other files,
>> perhaps invisible from OS9, that are interfering with the installation
>> process?  I know her processor and memory are capable of Panther (I
>> have an
>> old Blueberry iBook that runs Panther without a hiccup), but I'm at a
>> loss
>> as to what the glitch is that's causing the installation crashes.
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>> Any help in this matter would be much appreciated.
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>> Peace,
>> CW
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