Hello, I recently acquired G4 "Sawtooth" 350 mhz 256 10g dvd zip that is exhibiting some frustrating symptoms.
Frequently when I go to start it up there is no chime, just the whirring noise of the case fan. When this happens the led on the motherboard lights up and stays on, the led's on the dvd and zip come on momentarily and then go off. Then have to hold the power button on the front of the tower in until it goes off. I often have this happen quite a few times (half a dozen or more) until I get a successfull startup. Once started the machine seems to run very stable. Usually it will work if I select restart from the "Special"menu, but almost never if I choose "shut down" or "sleep". I have: reseated and switched out the RAM modules. unhooked different of the ide drives to see if one was causing the problem. reseated the cpu tryed starting with the usb keyboard attached and unattached mouse and no mouse checked the pram battery reset the PMU (power management unit)on the logic And so far none of these steps has produce any change in the behavior of the computer. If anyone has any insights ( especially those who might make a living working on these things ) I would be extremely grateful for your help. thanks for reading, Richard -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
