Chest12 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 My powerbook has become very slow recently. Then all of a sudden i get this high pitched squeal come from the computer. I reset it and the it got stuck on the startup screen. There was a DVD in the drive so i removed it and the problem persisted. I reset the PRAM then booted in to Target Disk Mode and rebooted. It then booted. Has any body got any ideas why?? Im thinking along the lines of a Hard Drive Failure. Thanks in Advance D. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98933-powerbook-g4-noises/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 My powerbook has become very slow recently. Then all of a sudden i get this high pitched squeal come from the computer. I reset it and the it got stuck on the startup screen. There was a DVD in the drive so i removed it and the problem persisted. I reset the PRAM then booted in to Target Disk Mode and rebooted. It then booted. Has any body got any ideas why?? Im thinking along the lines of a Hard Drive Failure. Thanks in Advance D. There's some posibility that your G4 has some capacitor failed on your motherboard. Or your powersupply is border line to die.. I know that Apple had some problems with the G4 and the hardware but I don't remember what is the component defect. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98933-powerbook-g4-noises/#findComment-707381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macprogrammer Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 There's some posibility that your G4 has some capacitor failed on your motherboard. Or your powersupply is border line to die.. I know that Apple had some problems with the G4 and the hardware but I don't remember what is the component defect. That is definitely a possibility. I would suggest taking it to your local Apple Retail Store and see how much $ it would cost to fix it and maybe if you know the problem, you could find somewhere else that is cheaper. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98933-powerbook-g4-noises/#findComment-707412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
airto Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I'm curious to know if you ever solved this problem? What happened? Thank you, Airto My powerbook has become very slow recently. Then all of a sudden i get this high pitched squeal come from the computer. I reset it and the it got stuck on the startup screen. There was a DVD in the drive so i removed it and the problem persisted. I reset the PRAM then booted in to Target Disk Mode and rebooted. It then booted. Has any body got any ideas why?? Im thinking along the lines of a Hard Drive Failure. Thanks in Advance D. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98933-powerbook-g4-noises/#findComment-1203661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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