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    Ibook Hanging Up

    Hi My iBook is hanging up. Here's what happens: cursor still moves, keyboard still 'live' (i.e. there is still power to the keyboard), but no response from iBook. Can't force quit. Have to shut down using power key and reboot. Run on OSX 10.3 - was running on the latest version but back...
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    ibook hanging

    Thanks I stand corrected!
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    ibook hanging

    Start up while holding down Command-Option-O-F At the prompt type reset-nvram (and hit Return) reset-all (and hit Return) Mac will reboot Alternatively a total reset of the power management unit (PMU) will also rest VRAM (among other things)...
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    ibook hanging

    Sod's law. Having reset the VRAM late last night, and it running fine overnight, the minute I posted it hung up. Here's the system log:Jul 30 10:31:46 localhost ntpd[314]: precision = 9 usec Jul 30 10:31:46 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network file system Jul 30 10:31:47 localhost...
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    ibook hanging

    I think I may have resolved the problem by resetting the VRAM firmware. Feared is was a dodgy logic board, but so far the problem has not returned.
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    G5 wont start up

    OSX won't install on a bad volume without repairing or reformating it first, so you need to either repair the volume or rescue your data and reformat. Also trying to install on a bad volume is just storing up trouble. Have you tried booting into command line and running fsck? If you can, keep...
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    ibook hanging

    my ibook video is hanging periodically, requiring reboot, system log records.... Jul 29 11:26:13 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon::submit_buffer: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 5, need 6. RBBM_STATUS 0x80010140. VAP_CNTL_STATUS 0x00000002 Jul 29 11:26:24 localhost kernel: **...
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