Starting with a bare bones system is good. After reseating necessary cards,
memory & cables, boot in safe-mode (hold SHIFT during start-up) and then run
checks on the drive.
Do you have an extra video card handy? I've had the cooling fan fail and
killing the video card. If yours has a fan, check that is is clean and spins
freely. Blow out any dirt & dust with some compressed air.
Take anti-static precautions when working with your gear.
Jaeson
From: Clark Martin <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: G4 Digital Audio won't start
I doubt it, but it wouldn't hurt to try.
The symptoms point to a bad battery, logic board failure or power supply
failure.
Corrupted PRAM can cause various problems but I've never known it to prevent
start up.
The other thing to try is to unplug the power and IDE cables from all drives,
remove the memory, remove any daughter cards except one video card and unplug
all cables except video and power then try booting.
KK6ISPYet another designated driver on the information super highway.
On Nov 14, 2014, at 7:37 PM, Howard Katz <[email protected]> wrote:
Would resetting the PRAM help with this? Been too long since I've had my hands
on a G4 machine. :)
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
On Nov 14, 2014, at 1:37 PM, Steven Jensen wrote:
> Greetings,
> My old reliable workstation, a Digital Audio Dual 533 decided not to start a
> few days ago. The APC backup battery it was on wore out and I just left
> everything off for a couple days. When I next tried to start the G4, the
> power light glowed only when I held it, no drives spun up, no chime, no
> nothing. The power strip feeding the G4, its display, and a few peripherals,
> is working, as everything else powers up. I installed a newish clock battery
> and still nothing. I can't think of anything else to pound on, so I need the
> groups help! Any suggestions will be appreciated!
Newish battery? Can you check it's voltage (it should be more than 3V).
With a DA you can run it without the battery (IIRC). Try removing the battery
and see if it starts.
Clark Martin
KK6ISP
Another Designated Driver on the Information Super Hiway.
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