On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Nestamicky wrote: > This machine is the 2 Ghz DP version, 2005. > > It will chime and boot to the internal HD. > > I lost the password so can't login. > > I then try with the install DVD to reset the password. > > It will not take any keyboard input combination to reset NVRAM, boot off > DVD---nothing. > > The keyboard works because when I tried some password input it prints on > screen. > > I took the HD out, put it back in and on an SATA channel it did not like. It > did not boot. > > I changed it and it booted but this time without anything on screen. So I > messed things up, apparently, as it used to boot to login screen before. > > So I removed and cleaned the tip of the video card. No luck. > > I must also mention that I've removed RAM, battery, etc, to see if it's > locked with firmware that's preventing the keyboard input at boot, but no > luck. I think that's the real problem here....not responding to keyboard > input during boot. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Did you try all the USB ports? When you had it apart did you hold the CUDA switch down for 15 secs? If that doesn't help reseat the processors, then try to boot with an ASD DVD.
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