not able to power up my 05 power mac G5

moregood · moregood #1 (**permalink**)

12-17-2011, 07:43 AM

I bought a 2005 powermac G5 from a buddy and he says that it works BUT i haven't bin able to power up yet.
after plugging everything in there is a white light by power button, and when i push power button, i can see the two lower fans twitch once. thats it, thats all i got out of the thing.
i replaced the power source and the 1/2 AA battery on motherboard.
What should i do or get? but keep in mind, that i don't have alot of money. so kinda need to know if i should leave this hunk of junk on the hood of my buddys car or should i replace something inorder to get it working

Zeke_D · Zeke_D #2 (**permalink**)

12-17-2011, 09:33 AM

check to see if the white light blinks. If so, the number of blinks will indicate what a potential problem is. The 2005 G5s were plagued with issues relating to the solder joints of the RAM slots.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #3 (**permalink**)

12-17-2011, 05:03 PM

Take it back to your buddy and demand your money back today!

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Member Since: Jul 24, 2010 Location: Prescott Valley, Arizona Posts: 186 Mac Specs: 13" MacBook Pro i5 / 4GB / 250GB	12-17-2011, 09:33 AM check to see if the white light blinks. If so, the number of blinks will indicate what a potential problem is. The 2005 G5s were plagued with issues relating to the solder joints of the RAM slots. [ gen1 16gb iPad \| gen2 500gb time capsule \| gen3 32gb iPod touch \| gen1 40gb appleTV ] [ 12" iBook 1.33ghz \| 1.25gb RAM \| Mobility Radeon 9550 \| 40gb HDD ] [ eMac 1ghz \| 1gb RAM \| Radeon 9200 32mb \| 240gb HDD \| Airport Extreme ]
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Member Since: Dec 17, 2011 Posts: 1	12-17-2011, 07:43 AM I bought a 2005 powermac G5 from a buddy and he says that it works BUT i haven't bin able to power up yet. after plugging everything in there is a white light by power button, and when i push power button, i can see the two lower fans twitch once. thats it, thats all i got out of the thing. i replaced the power source and the 1/2 AA battery on motherboard. What should i do or get? but keep in mind, that i don't have alot of money. so kinda need to know if i should leave this hunk of junk on the hood of my buddys car or should i replace something inorder to get it working
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