I bought a 2.0 Ghz g5 along with a bunch of other parts from someone who was closing down his repair shop. He told me that the only thing that was wrong with it was a broken power supply (since he has helped me with other stuff I am sure it was in that state when he gave it to me). However, I just replaced the power supply and the computer will now turn on but that's about it, I can't get anything else to happen. When I turn the computer on it revs like it is going to start normally but it doesn't really get going, then if I leave it on for a while the fans slowly start going faster and faster.
Before you reply I should tell you off a few possible mistakes I could have made. The computer was without ram or a HD when I got it. I put in 2 apple branded 512 DDR pc3200 sticks of ram which I have defiantly put in the correct dims. The HD may be the source of the problems as the only HD I had that would fit (all my others HDs are ide) was a toshiba HD from a la cie external hard drive. I copied the OS from another HD onto it using disk utility then removed it and installed it into the G5. Also, The heat sinks were in a different box so I had to put them in as well. I have apple diagnostic discs that will diagnose any problems if I can get it running but right now I'm stuck. I don't want to spend any more on this to get it running unless I have to. Thanks GT -- 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
