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Apple Computing Products:
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G5 iMac stuck in sleep
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<blockquote data-quote="vastia" data-source="post: 979612" data-attributes="member: 139724"><p>Thanks for the replies. I have fixed the problem it seems.</p><p></p><p>(There was never a startup tone by the way, it just went to a black screen and sat there with a solid power light. Couldn't boot in safe mode or do anything.)</p><p></p><p>The problem seemed to lie with a faulty RAM chip. After turning off the machine & removing one of the chips, then powering on again, I got the chime and everything started up normally.</p><p>I double-checked by putting back the RAM chip and it went back to being a black screen when turned on - definitely the RAM. So it looks like I'm down to 1gb of ram for the time being, but at least I can use my computer again!</p><p></p><p>Hope this info helps anyone else who may find they have the same problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vastia, post: 979612, member: 139724"] Thanks for the replies. I have fixed the problem it seems. (There was never a startup tone by the way, it just went to a black screen and sat there with a solid power light. Couldn't boot in safe mode or do anything.) The problem seemed to lie with a faulty RAM chip. After turning off the machine & removing one of the chips, then powering on again, I got the chime and everything started up normally. I double-checked by putting back the RAM chip and it went back to being a black screen when turned on - definitely the RAM. So it looks like I'm down to 1gb of ram for the time being, but at least I can use my computer again! Hope this info helps anyone else who may find they have the same problem. [/QUOTE]
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