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I recently got a PowerMac 5400 from a yard sale for $5, just because i was bored.
I took it home and plugged it in and flipped the switch on the back and i can hear the monitor click like it was turned on, but nothing else and the screen remains black. I took the cover off (although not the metal heat shield like thing because there is one screw that is on SO tight i cannot get it off for now) and there is one cable with nothing connected to it on the side i can see and its taped down in the back with some yellow tape, i dont know if it is supposed to be like that or not. It has a CD and hard drive. They lady told me it worked (GRRR) and that her husband rebuilt computers, which i believed her because there was a lot of other computers in the back of their garage not for sale.
What could it be?
Could it be because i do not have a mouse or keyboard (I dont have any of the old ADB type anymore)
THanks,
Tanner.
I took it home and plugged it in and flipped the switch on the back and i can hear the monitor click like it was turned on, but nothing else and the screen remains black. I took the cover off (although not the metal heat shield like thing because there is one screw that is on SO tight i cannot get it off for now) and there is one cable with nothing connected to it on the side i can see and its taped down in the back with some yellow tape, i dont know if it is supposed to be like that or not. It has a CD and hard drive. They lady told me it worked (GRRR) and that her husband rebuilt computers, which i believed her because there was a lot of other computers in the back of their garage not for sale.
What could it be?
Could it be because i do not have a mouse or keyboard (I dont have any of the old ADB type anymore)
THanks,
Tanner.