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Gondo
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I accidentally left my Emac 1.25GHz on for a few days and when I returned, I couldn't get it to return from sleep mode. So I powered it down with the power button and when I turned it on again, the front power light came on, I heard the familiar music chord and then nothing, no image on the monitor or anything. Tried unplugging all cables from it, including USB and power, waiting for 15-20 minutes, no luck. Had an older USB Zip drive plugged directly into a USB port if that makes any difference. Running Panther 10.3.9 with all the latest updates. DSL Internet connection accessed through a recently installed Airport Extreme card. The Emac was purchased new in November of 2004.
I've left it on for extended periods before and never had this problem, it always returned from sleep. The only thing that recently changed is the installation of the Airport Extreme card, which went fine.
I'll assume the worst, did the motherboard go bad? Or possibly the hard drive or monitor? I don't hear any activity/noise coming from inside the computer after that initial music chord, so I'm guessing it may be the motherboard or hard drive.
Sure hope it's not a hardware problem, any ideas/thoughts/remedies would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
I've left it on for extended periods before and never had this problem, it always returned from sleep. The only thing that recently changed is the installation of the Airport Extreme card, which went fine.
I'll assume the worst, did the motherboard go bad? Or possibly the hard drive or monitor? I don't hear any activity/noise coming from inside the computer after that initial music chord, so I'm guessing it may be the motherboard or hard drive.
Sure hope it's not a hardware problem, any ideas/thoughts/remedies would be greatly appreciated, thanks!