G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread Ken Daggett
I picked up a G5 dual 2.0 PCI-x a couple of days ago. The hard drive had been wiped, but it started right up to the flashing ? I stuck in a retail 10.3 disk and installed and then upgraded to 10.4.11. It ran for a day or so and even successfully started Classic. Then, after a day of

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 29, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: I picked up a G5 dual 2.0 PCI-x a couple of days ago. The hard drive had been wiped, but it started right up to the flashing ? I stuck in a retail 10.3 disk and installed and then upgraded to 10.4.11. It ran for a day or so and even

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread NODEraser
On Jul 29, 2013 1:14 PM, Ken Daggett kadagg...@gmail.com wrote: Then, after a day of running properly, it won't launch. It does start with the proper Chime but then shows only a blank screen for several minutes before the fans gradually increase speed to max. Have you tried another hard drive?

Re: SSD in a G5

2013-07-29 Thread Martin N
Hello, While trim is not going to be supported (unless there is some third party utility) The SSDs firmware will perform the garbage collection without the OSes help. I was thinking about a velociraptor myself for a fast boot drive but what about a segate momentus hybrid SSHD? It caches

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread Ken Daggett
On 29 Jul 2013, at 15:14:29 PDT, NODEraser wrote: Have you tried another hard drive? I had a Mini that would spin its fans up to max on powerup, but with a blank screen. It came back to life as soon as the sketchy drive was disconnected. --- Haven't tried a new HD as I don't have

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 29, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: I was hoping to resurrect this machine with no significant $$ outlay. I did as John Carmonne suggested (reset CUDA and reseat RAM) but still no joy. These symptoms are similar to what happens with a partial power supply failure. You might get

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 29, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jul 29, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: I was hoping to resurrect this machine with no significant $$ outlay. I did as John Carmonne suggested (reset CUDA and reseat RAM) but still no joy. These symptoms are similar to what

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread Clark Martin
On Jul 29, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, at 15:14:29 PDT, NODEraser wrote: Have you tried another hard drive? I had a Mini that would spin its fans up to max on powerup, but with a blank screen. It came back to life as soon as the sketchy drive was disconnected.

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/29/13 7:20 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Jul 29, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, at 15:14:29 PDT, NODEraser wrote: Have you tried another hard drive? I had a Mini that would spin its fans up to max on powerup, but with a blank screen. It came back to life as soon as

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 29, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: Check the battery. Being in storage could have run down battery. Yes, I 2nd this, excellent advise, and often a problem. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread Ken Daggett
On 29 Jul 2013, at 20:15:35 PDT, Kris Tilford wrote: Check the battery. Being in storage could have run down battery. Yes, I 2nd this, excellent advise, and often a problem. Well, as I mentioned, I did install a new PRAM battery, though the old one measured at 3.6v.