HomunQlus
Artifical Lifeform
Hi guys,
I have a very serious problem with my PowerBook. Tiger's installed. Today I installed VirtualPC and installed XP in it. No problem. But suddenly but Keyboard did no longer work correctly, then arrow buttons did no longer work. When I was rebooting, it only boots up into safe mode, when I try to boot from the Tiger DVD or the Powerbook G4 Restore DVD I get a Kernel Panic. When it's booting into safe mode, the Keyboard only does captial letters. I plugged in the keyboard from my iMac, that strangely works. I removed every item in /Library/StartUpItems, it was possible to boot only once normally, then it boots back into safe mode. However, the arrow keys do still not work anymore.
I have DiskWarrior, I also have the Image to create a bootable CD. I just burned this CD. It can boot from that CD, and when I want to rebuild the HD, it can't and says that the original directory is too severely damaged.
In short:
- Mac OS X does not boot up normally, only safe mode (without that I hold the Shift Key!!)
- Booting from Apple's CDs/DVDs is no longer possible, results in Kernel Panic
- DiskWarrior says the original entry of drive is too severely damaged
- Keyboard is not working properly anymore
My question:
Is there ANY way to fix this without bringing back the Laptop to the store or get it replaced?
I need this laptop as I am moving somewhere soon and I can't be without my Powerbook.....
Thanks
//EDIT:
TechTool Deluxe X boots, but also brings up the Kernel Panic.
Currently I'm downloading Niktarix, a PowerPC variant of Knoppix. I'm hoping that I'm able to wipe the hard drive with it
I have a very serious problem with my PowerBook. Tiger's installed. Today I installed VirtualPC and installed XP in it. No problem. But suddenly but Keyboard did no longer work correctly, then arrow buttons did no longer work. When I was rebooting, it only boots up into safe mode, when I try to boot from the Tiger DVD or the Powerbook G4 Restore DVD I get a Kernel Panic. When it's booting into safe mode, the Keyboard only does captial letters. I plugged in the keyboard from my iMac, that strangely works. I removed every item in /Library/StartUpItems, it was possible to boot only once normally, then it boots back into safe mode. However, the arrow keys do still not work anymore.
I have DiskWarrior, I also have the Image to create a bootable CD. I just burned this CD. It can boot from that CD, and when I want to rebuild the HD, it can't and says that the original directory is too severely damaged.
In short:
- Mac OS X does not boot up normally, only safe mode (without that I hold the Shift Key!!)
- Booting from Apple's CDs/DVDs is no longer possible, results in Kernel Panic
- DiskWarrior says the original entry of drive is too severely damaged
- Keyboard is not working properly anymore
My question:
Is there ANY way to fix this without bringing back the Laptop to the store or get it replaced?
I need this laptop as I am moving somewhere soon and I can't be without my Powerbook.....
Thanks
//EDIT:
TechTool Deluxe X boots, but also brings up the Kernel Panic.
Currently I'm downloading Niktarix, a PowerPC variant of Knoppix. I'm hoping that I'm able to wipe the hard drive with it