Ibook G3 not booting up

michellepm

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Hello, I am having a problem booting up my Ibook G3 with Tiger OS X 10.4.11. The problem started when my ac adapter blew a fuse and I let my battery die completely (but it continued working after the ac adapter fuse blew). I bought a new ac adapter and the battery has been fully charged, but since the battery died originally, I have not been able to boot up. It stays on the grey screen with the Apple and the loading wheel. I reset the PMU and the PRAM and had no luck. I've restarted several times. I am hoping that I do not need the CD that came with the computer because I bought it second-hand and don't have it.

Dec 31 19:00:45 localhost mDNResoinder: Adding brose domain local.
Dec 31 19:00:45 localhost DirectoryService42: Launched version 2.1 (v353.6)
Dec 31 19:00:50 ibook-g3s-ibook-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
INIT_Processes(), could not establish the default connection to the windowserver. Dec 31 19:01:20 ibook-g3s-ibook-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
INIT_Processes(), could not establish the default connection to the windowserver. Dec 31 19:01:50 ibook-g3s-ibook-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
INIT_Processes(), could not establish the default connection to the windowserver.

The last two lines just continue repeating. I am thinking that there might be a corrupted file but I have no idea how to go about figuring that out. I honestly have no idea what it means. There is only one user login for my computer (G3). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Windowserver fails to work - so no gui. Some component of the windowserver client/server may be missing or broken now.
You need the install discs. Or another Mac and a firewire cable - if you can arrange that you can install Mac OS X 10.5.11 combo update for PPC on top of your existing system. That may be enogh to repair whatever is broken or missing in your windowserver now. If that fails, you need the install discs.
Always ask for the discs when buying a Mac, doesn't matter if new or second hand.
 
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