Re: G4 (gigabit ethernet) keyboard won't work

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:26:19 GMT, Bob Harris
<nospam.News.Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> | In article <42e172ca.20118184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> | jebainc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Miller) wrote:
> |
> | > On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:52:56 GMT, Bob Harris
> | > <nospam.News.Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> | >
> | > > | In article <42e00484.22345336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> | > > | jebainc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Miller) wrote:
> | > > |
> | > > | > My brother has a G4 (gigabit ethernet) which has worked fine since
> | > > | > new. Recently he moved from one town to a nearby town and now the
> | > > | > keyboard will not function. He moved the machine in his own car, not
> | > > | > the moving van, taking great care not to damage anything, but ....
> | > > | >
> | > > | > The machine will power up from the button. All features of the machine
> | > > | > that do not require the keyboard work fine. Mouse works, hardrive
> | > > | > spins up, cable internet connection works, monitor works. Both USB
> | > > | > ports work. His USB hub works when plugged in. CD-ROM drive works.
> | > > | >
> | > > | > He has the entire system backed up onto CD-ROMs but cannot get into
> | > > | > the system folder to replace anything without the keyboard to type in
> | > > | > the password.
> | > > | >
> | > > | > He is running the most recent upgrade of Panther (I don't know the
> | > > | > number offhand).
> | > > | >
> | > > | > He has installed a new PRAM battery and restarted. He pushed the PMU
> | > > | > reset button on the logic board. No luck.
> | > > | >
> | > > | > He has tried three keyboards and none react, so we now figure it's a
> | > > | > software issue. But he's locked out from even an attempt at solving it
> | > > | > without the keyboard.
> | > > | >
> | > > | > Anyone have any advice I could pass along to him? My Mac is quite old
> | > > | > (a "souped up" Performa 6400 running 7.6.1) so I am clueless here.
> | > > | > He'd be very appreciative, as he is totally broke from the move and
> | > > | > cannot afford to take the thing into the shop for a long time.
> | > > |
> | > > | Has he tried booting from the installation disks? That would not have
> | > > | screwed up software.
> | > > |
> | > > | Bob Harris
> | >
> | > Thanks, and I'll pass this along, but wouldn't he have to hold down
> | > the "C" key to boot from a CD-ROM? Without a functioning keyboard,
> | > that won't work.
> |
> | that would onnly need firmware

Just fyi, I passed your suggestion on to my brother. He says he tried
to boot off the installation disk already.

While the machine does boot and starts to (re)install the software, it
almost immediately gets to a point where a password is required to
continue. Without the keyboard, he cannot type in the password.
.

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