Jonas Ulrich wrote: > I was given a non working powermac g4 with a sonnet 1.8GHZ upgrade in > it. The problem is that it won't install any os. With leopard it just > says that the install failed. "could not validated the basesystem > package." I have tried replacing the optical drive, using a different > installer to no avail. When i ran the apple hardware test it said that > there was a problem with the mother board. Could the result be affected > by the sonnet chip? I want to make sure that is the problem before I buy > a motherboard. Thanks!!!!!!!
It could be both the installer and the AHT not liking the upgrade just because it's not original equipment. Try doing the install from another computer, mounting the PMG4 HD via Target Disk Mode. -- 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 a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
