I just got this powerbook from ebay and when I restart the computer, before the apple logo comes on, a little grey folder appears and blinks a question mark....then a few seconds later, OS X boots up.......so I thought this might be a software issue, no biggy, sense the OS boots up, let me just re-instal OS X, so I put the disk in and restarted the computer, EVERY time I do this, as soon as I get to the apple logo, it freezes, and the little apple logo kind of glitches......thats it.......every time......freeze......so I have to reboot and eject the cd before it starts up again......any ideas?
Macbook 1.83 GHz Mac OS X (10.3) 512MB

Your profile does not quite add up.

1.83gHz implies an Intel MacBook

10.3 implies a PPC.

Can't use that disk in that machine.

Let's figure out what you actually have first.

Joe


15 pb 1.25ghz 2gb RAM 80gb Superdrive; 20 iMac 2.0ghz 1.5gb RAM; BlackBook 2gB Mac OS X (10.4.9) Newton in the closet. SE 30 in the Garage.

Sorry, I guess I should update my profile. I sold my macbook and went back to the old 15" powerbook 1.63 GHz model....
Powerbook 1.63 GHz Mac OS X (10.3) 2 GB

This is going to sound dumb, but go to system pref>start up disk and manually choose your OS X folder and restart. I am having an issue where my superdrive won't start from CD's or DVD's so I have to go in there to start from a CD. When I don't go back there to change it from the DVD back to my OS X folder on my hard drive, I get the same ? folder and then it starts up. Hope it helps!

PowerBook G4, Airport Express, ?TV, 3rd & 5th Gen. iPods Mac OS X (10.4.10)