Sorry for the slow reply, but I got called out on a job. The only non-stock PCI card would be the SCSI card: Orange Micro Grappler SCSI 906F Bios Version 1.30. Cameron, you mentioned "this is shutting down" not sleep correct. Upon closer inspection, I removed the screw holding in one of the hard drives and it is still running even after the computer appears to shut down. In other words the screen goes blank, yet the fans still run, HD's etc. so I guess it really isn't shut down. Now there is a new development as the computer will not boot up at all and only goes to a blank gray screen, no apple appears at all. Sometimes it goes to the old style Mac icon that blinks with a question mark as if it does not find the OS. The fans still continue to run as soon as the machine is plugged in and the little red light near the ram chips still lights up as before, however no boot at this time. It does chime, however about 5-6 seconds after the start button is pushed, which seems to be longer than in the past when it was working fine. I cannot boot to a CD or DVD to try and run the utilities, nor will it boot to safe mode when starting with the shift key held down. If I boot it with the option button held down, it shows only one of the two hard drives, the one with OSX 10.4.11 and does not show the one with OS 9.2 however the cursor (mouse) does not move and stays stationary on the screen. Now I am completely stumped and have no idea what to try next......any suggestions?
Em quarta-feira, 11 de julho de 2012 10h19min00s UTC-7, spilrules escreveu: > > I have a PPC G4 AGP graphics model, 450 mhz single processor with 2GB ram > running OS9.2.2 on a 120 GB Western Digital HD & OSX 10.4.11 on a 30GB > Maxtor HD. When I shut the computer down (doesn't matter whether it is > running in OS9.2 or OSX) the fan in the power supply keeps running as does > the larger inside case fan, and a little red light near where the ram chips > are mounted stays lit, similarly to how it is lit when the machine is > running. It appears to shut down normally, and there is no signal output on > the screen, however the fans are still running.....? For now I have been > unplugging the machine when it is not in use to prevent the fans from > running constantly however I am wondering why this is happening and if it > is ok to just continue to unplug it when not using it? As soon as I plug > the power cable back into the computer, the fans start running but it does > not boot up until I push the start button and it then boots up normally > into either OS/HD. If I don't push the start button, it would just sit > there with the fans running. Is this a signal of an upcoming problem with > the PSU? Any easy fix other than replacing the PSU? > > So far I have tried: resetting the CUDA switch and the PRAM to no avail. > > This machine runs a SCSI desktop drum scanner in our photo studio and is > not used too often. It is one of two machines we have just in case one > fails however due to living in Brasil at this time, and the fact that these > older parts are not easy to come by down here, I am hopeful to solve this > issue ahead of a more disastrous result . Also, because it is not used > frequently, it is not an option for me to keep the machine running at all > times. > > Any help is greatly appreciated! > Thanks, > Tom > > -- 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
