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Start up I tried to update my G4 Laptop software by going online to Apple. Now my computer will not get past the opening white screen with the Apple in the middle. It has the rotating load symbol in the lower-middle of the screen, but that's all. Any tricks I can use to access the harddrive? -Don [email protected] Please help me quickly, every time I start the Powerbook the computer produces a very wobbly screen telling me to restart the computer. When I try to start up with Shift + Apple command + Control + Power :the cursor freezes. I don't know how to boot in safe mode.I'm new, a born again to Apple after absence of 20 years or so!  I did install RAM since I bought it upgrading from 512mb to 1 gig, could that have caused a problem? I also know my kids added 400 - 500 Firefox plug-ins (thought they were being helpful. Jane from Dublin

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Try it without the new ram and see if the problems go away- might just be incompatable ram.

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