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G5 Booting Probelm. Please help!
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<blockquote data-quote="Beta1" data-source="post: 441708" data-attributes="member: 34210"><p>Hey guys,</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Is this a common problem with the Single G5? Any of you guys have any advice for me?</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I really need some help here so if you got any ideas I would really appreciate it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beta1, post: 441708, member: 34210"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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