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Hello. Newbie here.
I've owned a macbook since they replaced the ibook, and I used an older G4 before that... but I am in no way Mac/Computer savvy...
I was recently given a G5 tower, minus the SATA hard drive. When I picked it up, I was told by the previous owner that the processor was "shot", and the optical drive was questionable.
The tower appears to be in relatively pristine condition, no scratches, and upon opening the case, there wasn't much dust - but we cleaned it out anyways.
Either way, we hooked up a hard drive, a screen, plugged it in, and fired it up.
The light comes on, the very "macish" chime sounds, and the screen comes to life. But, all that appears is the "?" icon. And the fans rev up and seem to go faster than they really should...
I was told that if the processor(s) were "shot", there would be a noise indicating a hardware issue. There is no noise, but the fans really worry me. Having never owned a G5 before, I have no idea if this is normal...
We tried to load an OS last night, but couldn't seem to get it work, and are going to give it another crack tonight.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Many thanks.
I've owned a macbook since they replaced the ibook, and I used an older G4 before that... but I am in no way Mac/Computer savvy...
I was recently given a G5 tower, minus the SATA hard drive. When I picked it up, I was told by the previous owner that the processor was "shot", and the optical drive was questionable.
The tower appears to be in relatively pristine condition, no scratches, and upon opening the case, there wasn't much dust - but we cleaned it out anyways.
Either way, we hooked up a hard drive, a screen, plugged it in, and fired it up.
The light comes on, the very "macish" chime sounds, and the screen comes to life. But, all that appears is the "?" icon. And the fans rev up and seem to go faster than they really should...
I was told that if the processor(s) were "shot", there would be a noise indicating a hardware issue. There is no noise, but the fans really worry me. Having never owned a G5 before, I have no idea if this is normal...
We tried to load an OS last night, but couldn't seem to get it work, and are going to give it another crack tonight.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Many thanks.