Hello everyone. I used to be on this list back before it was on GoogleGroups. Recently picked up a 20" Rev. A iMac G5 at a flea market for the princely sum of $30. At first, all that seemed to be wrong with it was that the hard drive and memory had both been stripped out of it (I think it previously belonged to a school). After ordering the needed parts and installing some RAM, the screen came up with the expected system folder '?' icon, but with faint pinstripes down much of the screen. Running Apple Hardware Test v. 2.2.1 when the pinstripes are on the screen results in the following cryptic error code: "2NVD/1/4 2103" during the video RAM test phase, and no other errors.
Anyway, I managed to get OS X 10.4 installed on the HD without any pinstripes on the screen, though it froze up at one point during the install. After successfully completing the installation, it had a couple freeze-ups at first (graphical gibberish would appear on the screen, followed by a kernel panic), after which I ran AHT again, not getting any pinstripes on the screen, and it passed several tests with flying colors. Afterwards, it ran successfully for over 2 days, but while trying to play a YouTube video, parts of the screen once again went scrambled, followed by yet another kernel panic. Ever since then, the screen now goes blank during the startup process, after a light blue screen appears. My question is, what might the problem be, and might it be worth fixing? I've seen replacement logic boards being sold on eBay for $175, but I can't be sure if they won't go bad like the boards in many other iMac G5s have. I've already sunk an additional $110 or so into this $30 machine, so I'm not quite sure what to do next. Thanks in advance! -Adam -- Adam Vaughn Collector of old computers, video game systems, radios and other electronic equipment... Visit my page at http://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/index.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
