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First post- whoo.
Well, I have a Dual 2.0Ghz PM G5, late 2005 version? I think it is. A few weeks ago whilst surfing the net, it froze, had a kernel panic, I reset the computer and all was good again (so it seemed).
Last week, I couldn't boot my computer at all. It got to the grey apple logo screen, with the circle progress ring, and freezes there.
It currently has a new 1TB WD drive as the boto drive, completely empty, with a fresh install of Leopard, 256mb ATI Radeon 9800 (mac edition of course) 3.5 gig ram and another 1TB drive.
Right now, when I push the power botton, it chimes, LED turns on, gets to the grey apple screen, and immediately freezes, with words that litter the screen and kernel panic message box in the background. I also noticed that if I plug the DVI cable for my monitor into the back of the computer while it is still booting up, the power cuts out. I also swapped that video card for the stock nVidia Geforce 5200, and still got the same result.
Saying all that though, when I booted the computer with the retail Leopard install disc, it loaded up OS X (very slowly). Felt quite unresponsive and eventually the system just hangs there.
What is wrong with this comptuer? RAM is okay (I have 6 sticks and tried all 3 different pairs with the same result), HD is brand new, swapped video card with same result.
Chances the power supply is at fault? CPU core failure? Is it time for a mac pro? Help
Well, I have a Dual 2.0Ghz PM G5, late 2005 version? I think it is. A few weeks ago whilst surfing the net, it froze, had a kernel panic, I reset the computer and all was good again (so it seemed).
Last week, I couldn't boot my computer at all. It got to the grey apple logo screen, with the circle progress ring, and freezes there.
It currently has a new 1TB WD drive as the boto drive, completely empty, with a fresh install of Leopard, 256mb ATI Radeon 9800 (mac edition of course) 3.5 gig ram and another 1TB drive.
Right now, when I push the power botton, it chimes, LED turns on, gets to the grey apple screen, and immediately freezes, with words that litter the screen and kernel panic message box in the background. I also noticed that if I plug the DVI cable for my monitor into the back of the computer while it is still booting up, the power cuts out. I also swapped that video card for the stock nVidia Geforce 5200, and still got the same result.
Saying all that though, when I booted the computer with the retail Leopard install disc, it loaded up OS X (very slowly). Felt quite unresponsive and eventually the system just hangs there.
What is wrong with this comptuer? RAM is okay (I have 6 sticks and tried all 3 different pairs with the same result), HD is brand new, swapped video card with same result.
Chances the power supply is at fault? CPU core failure? Is it time for a mac pro? Help