The Chime usually comes up pretty early in the P.O.S.T. Long before it goes out and checks for the system. I would start to wonder if there wasn't an audio issue???? You can try reseting the pram and listing for additional chimes and see if you here them.. I would suspect that if the original startup chime isn't heard, neither will be the ones for the pram reset... But the screen should turn off and on as you hold it down and it cycles through each reset.
Do you have the system CD/DVD you could try to boot off of?? Gus. On Aug 26, 12:33 am, John Martz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Robert Long <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello group, I got a G4 and tonight I plugged it in to see if it will work. > > No chime but a screen with a folder and a ? then a happy face. Not the mac > > face. Any ideas. I am not too hep on this stuff. If it doesn't have a > > fatal problem or such I would like to get it up and running. > > Hopefully someone who actually knows something about G4s will respond. > > Are you sure that (1) there is a hard drive in your system and (2) > that the drive contains a bootable install of OS X? The folder with a > ? I would guess might be an icon to indicate "no file system" ... > perhaps? > > -irrational john -- 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
