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Is there anything that I could do at home and not have to pay to take it to the shop I'm a college student and I do have timebor money for the shopIs there anything that I could do at home and not have to pay to take it to the shop
I'm a college student and I do have timebor money for the shop
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The pointer jumping on the screen sounds like you may have picked up a virus. While rare, there are mac viruses. I would try to save all my data documents and any other valuable personal files or lists, then do a clean reinstall of the operating system. Then load our documents back in.
You could try to scan for a virus with a mac virus program, but not many are available for a G4 Power PC (PPC) machine.
Go to system preferences then to universal access, then click on the Mouse tab and you will see For difficulties seeing the cursor, you can then increase the size of the cursor. Hope this helps.
Borrow or buy a basic USB mouse. They are quite cheap.
I've had this problem before. I simply went to the local library, unplugged their USB mouse, plugged it into my machine for a few minutes, and fixed the problem.
It sounds like your internal trackpad isn't working, and it is currently asking you to hook up a mouse, be it thru Bluetooth or USB - have you tried a USB mouse on it to see what happens?
I think the first thing you should do is make all updates. I know that in some versions of the iBook G4, the trackpad does not work after installing OS X 10.4 (Tiger) before you do the updates. Update your OS X first. secondly, does the button work? Does the trackpad show up in the System Preferences menu? (under keyboard and mouse). It's very unlikely that the trackpad came unhooked unless someone has opened up your computer. If they have, there is a really good chance that they didn't plug it back in, because it's a hassle and easy to forget.
Try resetting the PRAM by turning on the iBook then holding option + command + P + R and wait till u hear another chime. If it still freezes, it may indicate an application may be causing it to lock up hold shift after you hear the chime to boot OS X into safe boot.
Some of the iBook G4 optical drives are very sensitive. The best way to test if it is still working is to use the System Disks that comes with every Mac. Regarding the Flash disk, it may be that your iBook is using USB 1.1 protocol, while your Flash is using USB 2.0. You can check what type of USB your iBook has in the System Profiler. If it is 1.1, then you are out of luck. If its USB 2.0, then you have a faulty logic board. Either way, not good news for you. Sorry.
Is there anything that I could do at home and not have to pay to take it to the shop
I'm a college student and I do have timebor money for the shop
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