powermac g4 will not start

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powermac g4 80gb HD 768mb ram superdrive os x 10.4.11 iPod touch 2nd Gen
I have a powermac g4 quicksilver. I stared it and it powers on and their is no chime and nothing shows on the screen but the fan turns

on. When I stared it their was no cd drive in it and no hd. Does this mean that the possessor is bad or not. Thank
 
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Pop in an IDE hard drive and see if it will boot to the grey screen with the folder and a question mark. If it does you then proceed to install an operating system.
 
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I don't have a hard drive right now and I am just wondering if having nothing come up on the screen means that the processor is bad. thanks
 
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Without a hard drive and drivers, nothing will happen. This is not like PC which will run the BIOS on booting. Macs are different!
 
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Hey,

although i have g3, not g4, i have a similar problem here: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-desktops/152488-g3-dv400-no-display-problem.html

Is it true that without a hdd, there won't be anything on screen, i mean, "no display"?

I'm asking it, because my display went off after changing harddrive. Maybe i messed ide cable. I was quite careful though. But it was the only thing i touched.

If it might be because of the ide cable, a regular cable will work?
 
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Ok Thanks a Lot
 

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