Re: Tech Support Please! Need help, Powerbook won't start up.

In article <u1123969353@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
dutb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moonlit) wrote:

> I'm really panicking here. I was downloading AIM and it would never
> really fully download. It would stop around 95%. I took my
> Powerbook out of range of my wireless network because I wanted to
> work outside. I left it on sleep mode for a few hours. When I
> brought it back in range of my wireless network I opened up the
> laptop to take it out of sleep mode. I realized I had left the
> download opened so I clicked "cancel" & then my laptop froze. I
> hit the power button to turn it off but then when I went to turn it
> back on the laptop wouldn't start. It would turn on (I could hear
> the hard disk spin) but it won't start. It beeps three times &
> the sleep light flashes 3 times. I know my battery isn't dead, not
> to mention I used the power adapter & it still does the same
> thing. What happened? I'm really concerned.



Best guess is that the download is stuck.

Try restarting with the shift key held down to boot with all
extensions off and to bypass anything in the start-up items folder,
then check the start-up items folder for anything AOl related.
Usually after downloading AIM you need to restart and then AIM is
launched and installed from there. The installer is supposed to clean
up after itself.

My guess (and it is a guess) that you didn't get a full download and
its trying to execute the installer.

I'd also check for any AIM-related extensions in the Exnetsions folder
and remove them. Then start over.
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