It is a Late 2005 Dual 2.3 G5 with 4.5GB ram. No Extra cards By cuts out I mean it goes to sleep fine but soon as I hit a key to wake it up the red light comes on for a second then there is a click and the whole thing loses power, the fans don't even start spinning.
After the failed attempt of waking the Mac when I try to boot I get a White and red light then click and off again no fans, so I unplug it for about 3 minutes plug back in and it boots normally. On Feb 14, 5:05 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 5:02 AM -0800 2/13/2012, Mark Langthorne wrote: > > >Every time I put the Mac > > Please provide specific model / configuration details, especially > what extra cards and peripherals are attached. > > >to sleep it cuts out when waking. > > Explain please "cuts out". That could mean pretty much anything. > Are you talking about some sort of system freeze or is there a total > power loss or ....? > > >Then I have to unplug it let it stand awhile then reboot it. > > "awhile" is how long? > And what happens if you try to reboot it before that time? > > ...We can only make vague guesses when provide vague information. > Please, provide specifics. > > >Anybody have any ideas I have tried different configurations of ram > >to see if that was the issue but the same thing happens. This all > >started when I removed the CD drives IDE cable when the Mac was > >switched on. > > IDE is not a hot swappable bus. You may have damaged that drive, the > IDE bus itself, other things on the motherboard. > > Look for errors in the system log... often they'll point to the thing > that's not properly re-initializing after a "wake" event. > > - 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
