At this point, I'm ready to give up on the G4 and would be happy to get the original G3 working.
As I said in my original post, I've tried a number of CUDA resets, both with the G3 and the G4 installed and the problem persists. Thanks for the advice, though... John On 1/3/10 2:05 PM, "dc" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 2, 10:21 am, John Ruschmeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On a bit of a whim, I picked up a used Apple G4/350 CPU from ebay with the >> idea of installing it in the B&W and trying to overclock it to 400mhz. Just >> before Christmas, I received the G4, installed it in the B&W, and appear to >> have killed something on the motherboard... >> After installing the G4 (with the original 400mhz jumper block in place), I >> pressed the power button and received the normal chime. After waiting more >> than the usual, though, I noticed that the screen never turned on. The >> system powered off as soon as I touched the power button, leaving me to >> believe that it had hung very early in the boot process. > > The 350 MHz G4s don't like being oc'd. Try setting the motherboard > jumpers for 350 MHz [x x S S x S S x x x S <- pin 1, towards mobo] > press the CUDA switch and see if the G4 ZIF will start up. -- 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
