On Sep 1, 2009, at 7:37 PM, 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 don't necessarily think so. You don't have the original CPU by any chance? > I want to > make sure that is the problem before I buy a motherboard. > Thanks!!!!!!! Replacing the Sonnet would be the only real way to test, I'd think. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
