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Your computer is somehow set to look for a netboot volume first (that's the network icon you see). And then after failing to find a network boot volume, the computer looks internally for a bootable drive (hard drive, CD, DVD, or other attached drive). It sounds like you have a compound...

I would backup the data to the external drive. Then when you boot from the 10.4 Installer DVD (see note below), I would choose the "Erase & Install" option and make sure that it sets the drive up as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". The Journaling is particularly important. Then install 10.4. Once...

What file system format is your backup drive formatted in? (Disk Utility will tell you)

Have you checked with Xerox to make sure your PPD files are up-to-date and are they compatible with 10.5 ????

Sounds to me like something similar to how many of the iBook G3's failed -- they had a flawed attachment design for the video chip. Over time, as the chip would heat up and cool down, it would start to separate itself from the logic board so tilting the screen or even moving the computer around...

Have you tried removing and then re-adding the printers from System Preferences > Print & Fax?

Are you using a font management utility? Have you added your own "Helvetica" font? If so, remove it.

What OS are you running? Is it fully up-to-date (Apple Menu > Software Update) ??? Have you applied any Firmware updates that Apple issued for your machine (Apple Menu > Software Update)? Have you tried a clean installation of Mac OS X? Have you tried creating a fresh "test" user account...

How about a new Mac Pro and the Apple "Mac Pro RAID Card" ???

However, your iBook G4 should be able to run 10.5 just fine. I don't really think that 10.5 is that much more "taxing" than 10.4 was. You have a fair amount of RAM (I know you're maxed-out) and you meet the minimum processor requirement (867Mhz G4 or faster). The only concern that you didn't...

You won't be able to use Time Machine in Tiger so the "time capsule" feature won't work. You should still be able to connect to it from 10.4 for wireless networking, just no Time Machine functionality.

I can attest that I've seen a couple of those particular models flake out. If you're unable to get it to reset to factory defaults, then I would submit it's time for something new. I can also attest that the newest Airport Extreme base station (prior to the Time Capsule) is a great unit with...

Well, depending on the model of Airport, there are different methods for resetting to factory settings. An Airport Extreme, for example, requires that you press the reset switch BEFORE plugging the AE into the outlet (power) and continue holding the reset switch WHILE plugging into the outlet...

When you say "I just can't get the signal" ... are you saying that you're able to connect to the base station with a wire, but not wirelessly? Do any wireless networks show up in your Airport menu?

You MUST spread the RAM across the two RAM board correctly. Consult Apple's documentation for the rules on how to install RAM in your Mac Pro.

Are you able to get the computer booted up from the Installer disk? At what point are you getting a failure? If you're able to boot from the 10.4 disc, you can go to the Utilities menu, open Disk Utility and then erase the drive inside the iMac and start fresh. I would recommend that you do...

If you're comfortable with the Terminal, you can boot into single-user mode and then mount your hard drive, navigate to your home folder > Library > Preferences and then move/remove the "com.Finder.plist" file. If that's not enough, you might just move your entire Preferences folder to your...

Turn the computer completely off (unplug if necessary). Then hold down the "X" key while turning it on. Keep holding the X key until you see some booting action (maybe as long as 60 seconds). Another option might be to hold down the OPTION key while booting so that you're presented with the...

What are the "System Requirements" for Pagemill 2.0 and what Mac to you have?

No, you have a CD-RW ... not able to read from a DVD disk!