I solved the problem. I did extensive web searching and while seeking the pin out of the PS for my Mac, I found someone that recommended that someone with the same symptoms on the same Mac, after unplugging EVERYTHING and making sure that the 3.6v battery is good, try pushing the Cuda/PMU button ONCE. After I did that, it booted fine. All I needed to do was hold the option key down so I could select which OS to boot to and then reset the time and date.
On Aug 6, 1:01 pm, "Mac User #330250" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday, 1st of August 2009, Centrisman wrote: > > My QS 2002's power button will light when pushed but when released it > > goes dark. There is no sign of life inside the box or on the mother > > board when I push the power button. When I use the keyboard power on > > button, nothing happens (the power button will light only while it is > > depressed). > > > Does anybody have any ideas what might be wrong or what else to try to > > either get it functioning or learn more? > > > TIA. > > Hello! > > I had a simmilar behaviour when I had the processor module upgraded and it > wasn't connected right. The Power-up stopped because the system didn't find > the processor, so the power button was lighting up only for an instant. > > There could be a thousand reasons for this failure though. I cannot help you > here because it could be almost anything, including the power supply. > > You would have to troubleshoot thouroughly to find the source of this system > failure -- maybe a piece of hardware (a chip, a transistor, a soldering) in > the worst case, and maybe just dust or a loose connection as the best > scenario. > > When I had such failures in the past (using IBM compatible PCs at that time) I > used to disassemble the whole thing, clean it, and put it back together, > using only the really required parts. If it worked again, I then put back all > the non-essential stuff like additional expansion cards (PCI cards) -- one by > one, to check if one of them was broken and causing the trouble. > > I whish you good luck! > I hope I was of help, at least a little bit. > Andreas aka Mac User #330250 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
