SOLVED. I googled the error message that AHT came up with and everyone said that you will get that message if you have a sonnet installed. The reason that it won't install, is because it has either bad or incompatible memory. I pulled all but 2 512mB chips and it installed perfectly. I am writing this e-mail on it now. Thanks!!! -Jonas
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
