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Subject: G5 not taking keyboard input
Date:Montag 25 Oktober 2010N
From:Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
I changed it and it booted but this time without anything on screen. So
I messed things up, apparently
On 26/10/10 7:24 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
Murphy's law. It could be that the monitor is at fault. And that this fault
has nothing to do with the keyboard/password issue of yours. It is rare, but
such things happen – sometimes when you expect it least.
Have you checked the monitor with
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Subject: Re: G5 not taking keyboard input
Date:Dienstag 26 Oktober 2010N
From:Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
The original post notes it used to boot to the login screen until I
plugged the HD in a SATA
On Oct 26, 2010, at 6:27 AM, Nestamicky wrote:
On 26/10/10 7:24 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
Murphy's law. It could be that the monitor is at fault. And that this fault
has nothing to do with the keyboard/password issue of yours. It is rare, but
such things happen – sometimes when you expect
This machine is the 2 Ghz DP version, 2005.
It will chime and boot to the internal HD.
I lost the password so can't login.
I then try with the install DVD to reset the password.
It will not take any keyboard input combination to reset NVRAM, boot off
DVD---nothing.
The keyboard works
What keyboard input are you using to attempt to boot the DVD, the C
or the Option or both? Have you tried the USB ports on the front
the back for the keyboard? If you've removed the HD, and have the DVD
in the optical drive, then it should default to the DVD to boot. Once
the DVD boots,
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Subject: Re: G5 not taking keyboard input
Date:Montag 25 Oktober 2010N
From:Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
You are correct, something is very amiss if it won't accept keyboard
commands such as Cmd-Opt-O-F
On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Nestamicky wrote:
This machine is the 2 Ghz DP version, 2005.
It will chime and boot to the internal HD.
I lost the password so can't login.
I then try with the install DVD to reset the password.
It will not take any keyboard input combination to reset
On Oct 25, 9:14 am, Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote:
I think that's the real problem herenot responding to
keyboard input during boot.
At the risk of stating the obvious, the keyboard needs to be a wired
USB keyboard in order for startup shortcut commands to work. Are you
using a
On 25/10/10 7:26 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
What keyboard input are you using to attempt to boot the DVD, the C or
the Option or both? Have you tried the USB ports on the front the
back for the keyboard? If you've removed the HD, and have the DVD in the
optical drive, then it should default to the
On 25/10/10 7:25 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
Did you try all the USB ports? When you had it apart did you hold the CUDA
switch down for 15 secs? If that doesn't help reseat the processors, then try
to boot with an ASD DVD.
I tried the back ports and the front port. I did press the reset switch
On 25/10/10 10:57 AM, dc wrote:
At the risk of stating the obvious, the keyboard needs to be a wired
USB keyboard in order for startup shortcut commands to work. Are you
using a wireless keyboard?
It's wired and I've tried a few different ones.
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On 25/10/10 9:22 PM, Ross wrote:
Have you tried booting with the [Shift] key held down to boot into
safe mode and clear the caches? If not try that, and then restart when
you get to the login screen.
If it still does not work, disconnect all external peripheral cables
and the AC power cord.
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