Recent content by pavone

I'm an IT major and took a course in computer hardware. Saw an ad on Ebay for a G4 Yikes with a great graphics monitor that the guy was selling cheap because he replaced the HD and couldn't get an OS to load. I had a suspicion I could fix it and sure enough, he had configured the pins...

Ooh, I just saw this right after I posted. I have the same problem with no top toolbar and finder not running in OS X 10.2.2 that I just installed on my G4. Same problem, maybe? I do have icons for email, Safari, etc. in the tray and they're all functioning.

I bought a used G4 Yikes a while back to see if I could get it running. I straightened out the hard drive connections and got 9.2 installed and running fine. Recently I upgraded the master drive to Mac OS X 10.2.2. Now Finder won't run! The icon is in the tray but when I click on it -...