Hey guys,
I have a problem with a new PowerMac G5 (Single 1.6 with 1.25 GB RAM and the stock 80BG HD). I just got it on eBay the other day, I booted it, registed it, and it worked fine on the 1st boot up. I came back about an hour later and tried to turn it on and it just sat there. The fans ran but the hard-disk didn’t spin like it normally would during bootup and my display said no signal. I turned it off with the power button and rebooted it. After that it booted up just fine and it worked for about 10 minutes until I turned it off. I came back later to make sure the bootup thing wasn’t a fluke and sure enough, it did the same thing. It just sat there with no signs of life other than the running fans. I shut it off with the power button again and rebooted and it booted normally with no problems again. I did this two times since than and it does the same thing every time.
Is this a common problem with the Single G5? Any of you guys have any advice for me?
My 1st guess is that it’s a motherboard issue but I honestly have no idea and if it was I don’t know why it would always work after I shut it off and turned it back on.
On a side note, I just got the machine yesterday and my AirPot card is in the mail so I haven’t gotten a chance to update from 10.4 to 10.4.10 if that means anything.
Anyway, I really need some help here so if you got any ideas I would really appreciate it.
Thanks.
I have a problem with a new PowerMac G5 (Single 1.6 with 1.25 GB RAM and the stock 80BG HD). I just got it on eBay the other day, I booted it, registed it, and it worked fine on the 1st boot up. I came back about an hour later and tried to turn it on and it just sat there. The fans ran but the hard-disk didn’t spin like it normally would during bootup and my display said no signal. I turned it off with the power button and rebooted it. After that it booted up just fine and it worked for about 10 minutes until I turned it off. I came back later to make sure the bootup thing wasn’t a fluke and sure enough, it did the same thing. It just sat there with no signs of life other than the running fans. I shut it off with the power button again and rebooted and it booted normally with no problems again. I did this two times since than and it does the same thing every time.
Is this a common problem with the Single G5? Any of you guys have any advice for me?
My 1st guess is that it’s a motherboard issue but I honestly have no idea and if it was I don’t know why it would always work after I shut it off and turned it back on.
On a side note, I just got the machine yesterday and my AirPot card is in the mail so I haven’t gotten a chance to update from 10.4 to 10.4.10 if that means anything.
Anyway, I really need some help here so if you got any ideas I would really appreciate it.
Thanks.