It sounds like you are drawing the same conclusion I am at this point. If it worked that would be one thing, but it doesn't. You paid for a working computer. Not another project, however fun. Send it back.
-Doc Jimbo On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 6:27 PM, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >G5 dual 2.5Mhz, June 2004, Radeon 9800 XT video. Model #A1047 EMC# 1969. > M9457LL/A, liquid cooling. > > > > > >Photo's > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenstrek/sets/72157632624630081/ > > > > > Thanks for the replies, my response will follow but first the latest. > > Monday: the damaged G5 ran for 3-4 hours with no apparent problems BUT > when booting I would hear the fans start to rev up and a short pause rev > down (< 1 sec) the a continued rev up and a successful boot. > > Left it sit overnight without power and the side cover off, exposed side > down on workbench with tissue paper under the LCS to check for leaks. No > drips or wet areas on tissue paper the next morning. Rebooted and checked > back in an hour or so to find a panic screen. Now it no longer boots. No > start up chime, the fans start to rev and then rev down (< 1 sec) and stay > down, blank screen. > > Not good! power supply issue? Damaged CPU's? Any thoughts? > > I'll try to summarize my reply's to posts I can remember, both on and off > list. > > > First, I still can't remove the LCS cover as suggested. There was a > plastic stud or rivet holding the cover in place. I shaved the top off with > a knife but still I could not remove the cover. > > As far the damage as a result of shipping I tend to agree it may not be > the source. There is little damage to the shipping box. A slight crush on > one corner and a small cut on one side that did not penetrate to the > inside. OTOH, the G5 was not double boxed and some random pieces of > styrofoam used to to keep the 44 lb contents in place were broken. > > > Regarding the idea of transporting the internals to another case, I agree > that I will not trust the seller to ship the proper G5 case for this model > in good condition. And as I suspected from two posters the process could be > long and tedious. Perhaps a great retirement project but I still have at > least a year to go and need the G5 now as I enter a greatly needed busy day > job schedule. > > Probably won't get much trouble shooting time until weekend --looks like > junk, thanks everyone --glen > > -- > -- > 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 subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
