> On Dec 5, 2016, at 9:23 PM, tom holloman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Aloha > I received an old G5 that has no user password but does have administrator > one. It's running on leopard and needs updates. I have the leopard disk and > reinstalled it but still wants old password. > There is nothing on hard drive so don't mind losing anything. > Any ideas? I received two of these and one they remembered admn password but > not other. > I just want get em running to give couple less fortunate kids over here. > Mahalo > Tom
The G5s used Open Firmware, and the previous owner might have set a firmware password. (This is often done on servers.) It takes some doing to remove a firmware password. (1) Crack open the machine and either remove a RAM stick or put one in. The idea is to change the amount of RAM in the machine. (2) Restart the machine while holding down ⌘+option+P+R all at once. The machine will bong. Keep the keys down through three bongs. On one machine I had to hold down the ⌘+option on the right side of the keyboard, but that might have just been a faulty keyboard. (3) Replace the RAM and restart. (You may have to choose a startup disk.) Another annoyance is if an access password has been set in the firmware of the hard drive. If so, I don’t know of a way to remove it. L^2
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