[email protected] wrote: > > Hello, > > My dual G5 won't boot now. Here's a synopsis of the problems: > > 1. usually hangs up at the white screen with the gray logo > 2. sometimes hangs up there and then shuts down on its own > 3. the tech had it working for 4 hours this morning & then it stopped > - he changed the pram battery since it's from June 2004 approx. > - he checked the connections > - he tested the hard drives with Disk Genius: passed all the tests > > I'm currently removing RAM in case there's a bad RAM stick. He thought > it was probably a bad mother board and time to be replaced with a new > Intel Mac. Is there a way to troubleshoot a bad motherboard. > > Other points: I had done the recent Apple updates and 1 of the 2 fans > isn't working. He didn't think there was a safety that shut down the > computer / boot process if it sensed a bad fan.
Pop all but one RAM stick and boot from the CD/DVD. If this boots okay then switch around the RAM sticks until you checked all of them. If they are all okay then try putting them all in and boot from the CD/DVD again. If it still works okay then odds are you have a problem on the HD. It could be a bad HD, a corrupt file(s) or some miss configuration. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
