At 5:35 PM -0800 3/4/2011, John Carmonne wrote:
I'm dealing with a PM G4 MDD Dual 1.25 it's a solid daily driver. 2 GB RAM 2 HDDs 2 optical drives. The machine stopped booting after the installation of an aftermarket CPU fan, Doesn't make too much sense being the wires are the same. When it tries to boot it will get to the Apple and gear and then shut off. It will some times get to the blue screen and shut down. It chimes as normal. I've done all the obvious tricks I can think off. Total tear down, clean all connections, CUDA switch. Tried to boot with DVD same deal Apple and gear, no cigar also removed the HDDs and still no boot from DVD. The only thing I haven't done is try to boot from a Firewire drive. Any ideas?
Try reducing the load on the power supply - disconnect that new fan, and perhaps all but one HD.
Try booting in verbose mode; see how far it gets before the gak. (just guessing really) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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
