Please help - Mac problem

Another Beetus needs Mac help thread.

This time, I was restarting after installing my updates. Everything looked to be OK, still made the noise and popped up the OS X screen with the blue background. But then it wouldn't load. Nothing happens, and I've rebooted many times. Are there any ways to try and fix this short of taking it in to a repair place?

(I'm posting from work now. Any help you can give would be appreciated.)
Thanks!
-Beetus

 

Re: I know I'm fcuked, but...

I thought Macs were infallible! Mr. Jobs! Paging Mr. Jobs!

 

Re: I know I'm fcuked, but...

They have been for me. When I've had "problems" in the past, it was just me doing something wrong. So that's why I'm hoping this one's me, too.

 

Re: I know I'm fcuked, but...

Doesn't work...my place runs PCs and this is my personal comp.

 

Anybody? Anybody?

 

Hate to say this, but it sounds like what happened to me a while back, which turned out to be a bad logic board.

If you can't get it recovered (others smarter than me here might be able to help you), take it to a Mac store. They have a $300 flat rate thing where they send it out and fix whatever is wrong, regardless of what it is. I priced getting a logic board done through other repair places and it cost several times as much for the part alone. The Mac store had mine back to me in two days, good as new.

 

I'll keep my fingers crossed that isn't the problem, but thanks for the advice. I'm really glad I've got my external with everything backed up on it, though.

 

If it's a logic board, your data is safe. Oh, and forgot to mention that obviously if you have AppleCare, you have no worries. I didn't have it, hence the $300.

 

Yeah, I didn't sign up for it either. But my comp's almost 2 years old now and was on clearance when I bought it.

 

What type of machine is it? And what updates did you install?

 

It's an iBook and I installed the iTunes update and whatever the most recent general update was when it prompted me.

 

It's a G4 if that helps.