On Oct 30, 2010, at 5:45 PM, DLC wrote: > Greetings all, > Just need a little direction. > One of the G5s in our music lab (1.8GHz/DP/June 2004 model) recently > went through a "nuke-and-pave" (as Bruce likes to say :-), > putting a new copy of OS 10.5.8 on it. > Since then it does not like to wake up if it falls asleep (kind of the > opposite of the more common "doesn't go to sleep" issue), > or perhaps more accurately, it *may* wake up but unsuccessfully fires > up the monitor. Only recourse is to do a hard shut down and a restart > in order to regain functionality. > I've reset the board with a battery/power cord pull, pressing the PMU > button waiting several minutes and reconnect; and I've zapped the PRAM/ > NVRAM with no luck on either. I've not yet booted into single-user > mode, thinking that the OS is too new (its only visits on web are to > do the Software Updates), but will try that on Monday. > > Beyond that, any other suggestions/ directions? >
Are there any PCI cards in it? They can cause such a problem. If there are such card(s), try removing them. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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
