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Released in October 2003, the iBook G4 replaced the iBook G3 as Apple's portable consumer computer. The iBook G4 was sold in 12" and 14" models and updated for the last time in 2005.

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Colonel Panic saluted my iBook (ugh)

Brought one out of dormancy after perhaps 12 months, and I'm thining jolting it out of that state did some damage. I was barely able to load up the OS in timely manner (folder icon displayed for several seconds). Subsequent attempts to load OS X (Leopard) resulted in kernel panics. I also got this message whenver I tried to load from the DVD and even got this message try to boot from an external hard drive.

I fear I did something to that hard drive, and I'm wondering if there are other things I should examining before I make a committed effort to replace that hard drive.

Thanks for reading!

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See if you get the same results after disconnecting the hard drive and booting from the system installation disk. Also, are you using a retail installation disk or the one that came with this machine?

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