On Monday, August 8, 2011, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 4:23 PM -0500 8/8/2011, Wayne Garrett wrote: >> >> My G5 boots only to the apple logo and gets stuck. It's fans tghen >> begin roaring! > > The power manager sets the fans to high when it's not getting further direction from the OS. > >> I tried command-option-P with no luck. > > cmd opt P R is the combo to reset the PRAM. > >> I pulled the battery for a while and still no luck. > > How 'bout a fresh battery? > >> I tried the option key at boot because I have a mirrored back up drive and cannot get to the boot >> drive selection screen. Any ideas? > > Get the power manager working first (fresh battery) and zap the pram. > > Does the machine bong properly, or beep repeatedly (how many?)? > > Perhaps pull some of the memory... > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > --I
I can boot to install disk. I think my SATA controler is broken. This is the second big mess up > -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
