Re: Dead G5 dual 1.8 tower

2013-07-16 Thread peterhaas
I put my G5 tower in storage for 7 months while I was away. I'm back now and when I attempted to power on the machine, it is dead as a doorstop. No power LED, no fan spinning - absolutely dead. I tried different power cables, confirmed wall power receptacle is good, still no go. BTW the

Re: Dead G5 dual 1.8 tower

2013-07-16 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 16/07/13 17.57, les simo ha scritto: I put my G5 tower in storage for 7 months while I was away. I'm back now and when I attempted to power on the machine, it is dead as a doorstop. No power LED, no fan spinning - absolutely dead. I tried different power cables, confirmed wall power

Re: Dead G5 dual 1.8 tower

2013-07-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 16, 2013, at 8:57 AM, les simo bababal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I put my G5 tower in storage for 7 months while I was away. I'm back now and when I attempted to power on the machine, it is dead as a doorstop. No power LED, no fan spinning - absolutely dead. I tried different power

Re: Dead G5 dual 1.8 tower

2013-07-16 Thread peterhaas
This is Apple's guide: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/PMG5_Battery_DIY.pdf which shows what looks like a CR3032-type button cell, but iFixit has photos of a motherboard showing a half-aa Lithium 3.6V cell http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+Power+Mac+G5+Backup+Battery/1951/1 Most

Re: Dead G5 dual 1.8 tower

2013-07-16 Thread NODEraser
Different iterations of the PowerMac G5 have either a CR2032 or a 1/2 AA, best bet is to open it up and look inside. Most of the Apple service manuals I've read say the 1/2 AA is good down to 2.8 V. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: Dead G5 dual 1.8 tower

2013-07-16 Thread Clark Martin
On Jul 16, 2013, at 12:54 PM, NODEraser wrote: On Jul 16, 2013 9:09 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: It is a special lithium battery which is trickle-charged by the machine's PSU when it is not in use. I'm pretty sure the lithium batteries (both CR2032 and 1/2 AA) are primary cells,

Re: Dead G5 dual 1.8 tower

2013-07-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 16, 2013, at 9:09 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: I put my G5 tower in storage for 7 months while I was away. I'm back now and when I attempted to power on the machine, it is dead as a doorstop. No power LED, no fan spinning - absolutely dead. I tried different power cables,