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problem, ibook stuck on gray screen

Comment:

so my gf was using my ibook g3 and shut it down normally she says. we then went to turn it on and we will hear the chime but then it will get stuck on that first gray screen, nothing else comes up, no spinning no nothing. hard drive is not making any different noise, i just dont know whats up

Name: wackymacs (by Joshua Coventry)
Date: May 18, 2009 at 07:51:55 Pacific

Reply:

Try this first: Try booting from the System Restore or Mac OS X Installation disc - you should have one of these. To boot from a disc, insert it, hold down the 'C' key, and restart the machine, KEEP on holding down C until it successfully boots from the disc. Another thing to try: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 And also: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1431 Let me know if any of that works.

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