PowerMac G4 Single Beep

[fearlessfreap24]

Long time no see people!

I have a problem, I received a PowerMac G4 with 1GB RAM. It powers on. but I get a single beep. I am currently trying 1 stick of RAM at a time in each slot, one slot at a time.

I only have a usb keyboard and usb mouse plugged in, no monitor.

I tried attaching it to my 43' TV monitor via VGA to HDMI adapter, but it did not work.

From my research, the single beep means that No RAM is detected. Is it possible that all of the sticks are bad, or that there is a problem with all four slots?

Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.

 

[harryb2448]

Don't spend money on nit. It is from the last century's technology. Helps if you provide model details. There are twenty six various model of PowerMac G4's all using various capacities and sizes of memory. Do not use PC memory as Macs need low density modules.

However try matched pairs of modules.

 

[pigoo3]

Can you tell us what exact model Powermac G4 this is. There were quite a few models (26 tower models, and 2 Cube Models)...narrowing things down may help. Also...what model RAM do you have? It could be the incorrect RAM altogether (or not "Mac" RAM).

- Nick

 

[pm-r]

From my research, the single beep means that No RAM is detected. Is it possible that all of the sticks are bad, or that there is a problem with all four slots?

Yup, 1 beep = No RAM installed/detected.
(a single beep (not the normal boot chime, but a short beep) usually means that the memory is not being detected.)

It's also possible that the RAM slots are kaput!!!

Any special reason you're wanting to get it running??






- Patrick
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