G5 PPC. The firts thing is check for any posible leaking problem under the processor, this can damage The power supply and also The mother board. After that, every going to be a little be easy. Is a dual or single processor?
On Feb 1, 2011, at 5:30 PM, jason <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little > unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous > owner on the auction site stated that it powered up, but had no > monitor to test it. No hard drive and ram came with it. So it > arrived today, and I installed two 512 sticks of ram, and plugged in a > monitor to it. I get the startup chime, and the fans turn on, the > power lights turn on on the monitor. I do not yet have a hard drive > for it at the moment. The superdrive is still there, but my son had > to manually open it with a paperclip. We put a 10.4 dvd in it, but > couldn't decide if we could hear it spin up or not. Back to the > monitor, it's a cinema display 17", the two power indicators are lit > on the bottom, but I don't get any kind of a splash screen, basically > the monitor stays dark. > Just took it out of the box earlier, still poking around at it. > > Thanks. > Jason > > -- > 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 -- 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
