Pismo Problems

Avenger2SER · Avenger2SER #1 (**permalink**)

11-25-2005, 08:27 PM

Hi all, I bought a lot of 4 PB G3's off of ebay and I'm having a problem with the two Pismos. I have the correct power supply, but I'm not getting any power (no lights at all) to the machines. Is this a bad PMU, or is there something else that could be causing this problem?

DigitalN. · DigitalN. #2 (**permalink**)

11-26-2005, 12:07 AM

have you tried resetting the PMU? it doesn't take long at all. go read the instructions in the iBook forums.

edit: To reset the PMU, hold down “Shift-Control-Option-Power “.

Avenger2SER · Avenger2SER #3 (**permalink**)

11-26-2005, 12:37 PM

Tried that, still nothing, no chime no lights no sound at all. Any thing else you can think of?

DigitalN. · DigitalN. #4 (**permalink**)

11-26-2005, 04:08 PM

well since they have no warranty, maybe take it apart and see if the power connector is broken or something.

Avenger2SER · Avenger2SER #5 (**permalink**)

11-26-2005, 10:47 PM

Tinkered around some more, found out that the cpu card in one of them was bad, so I swapped them out and it chimed to life. Only problem is the LCD is cracked in this unit, so I'll have to swap it out with the other machine. Looks like I'm going to home depot tomorrow morning for a T8 torx, thanks for your help.

DigitalN. · DigitalN. #6 (**permalink**)

11-27-2005, 01:02 AM

no problem man

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Avenger2SER #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 25, 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 280 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15" 2.4ghz C2D (early 2008)	11-25-2005, 08:27 PM Hi all, I bought a lot of 4 PB G3's off of ebay and I'm having a problem with the two Pismos. I have the correct power supply, but I'm not getting any power (no lights at all) to the machines. Is this a bad PMU, or is there something else that could be causing this problem?
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DigitalN. #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	11-26-2005, 12:07 AM have you tried resetting the PMU? it doesn't take long at all. go read the instructions in the iBook forums. edit: To reset the PMU, hold down “Shift-Control-Option-Power “.
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DigitalN. #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	11-26-2005, 04:08 PM well since they have no warranty, maybe take it apart and see if the power connector is broken or something.
	QUOTE Thanks

Avenger2SER #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 25, 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 280 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15" 2.4ghz C2D (early 2008)	11-26-2005, 10:47 PM Tinkered around some more, found out that the cpu card in one of them was bad, so I swapped them out and it chimed to life. Only problem is the LCD is cracked in this unit, so I'll have to swap it out with the other machine. Looks like I'm going to home depot tomorrow morning for a T8 torx, thanks for your help.
	QUOTE Thanks

DigitalN. #6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	11-27-2005, 01:02 AM no problem man
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