Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-08 Thread JHPArizona
On Friday, December 7, 2012 2:54:55 AM UTC-7, Tina Holm wrote: Den Torsdag, 6/12 2012, 02:05, Valter Prahlad skrev: Il giorno 06/12/12 01:57, ti...@nehaia.dk javascript: ha scritto: i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, and with no memory and

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-07 Thread tina
Den Torsdag, 6/12 2012, 02:05, Valter Prahlad skrev: Il giorno 06/12/12 01:57, t...@nehaia.dk ha scritto: i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, and with no memory and harddrive installed AFAIK, with no memory the Mac should beep one time (see

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-05 Thread tina
Den Tirsdag, 4/12 2012, 09:43, jayson skinner skrev: i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power button the screen will either start up with the chime but stay black. you can kinda,

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-05 Thread tina
Den Torsdag, 6/12 2012, 01:57, t...@nehaia.dk skrev: Den Tirsdag, 4/12 2012, 09:43, jayson skinner skrev: i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power button the screen will either

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-05 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 06/12/12 01:57, t...@nehaia.dk ha scritto: i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, and with no memory and harddrive installed AFAIK, with no memory the Mac should beep one time (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547 ) and do not chime (like the OP's Mac

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 5, 2012, at 7:03 PM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, and with no memory and harddrive installed. No, your memory must be wrong. He said it chimed when he pressed the power button, the chime is the audio confirmation of the

imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-04 Thread jayson skinner
i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power button the screen will either start up with the chime but stay black. you can kinda, almost not at all, hear something getting power to it.

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 4, 2012, at 1:43 PM, jayson skinner lilbit.skin...@gmail.com wrote: i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power button the screen will either start up with the chime but stay

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-04 Thread James Knight
It should display something if it is looking for the OS on the HD but doesn't find it. I would recommend these steps: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2094 To start. This will help narrow down the culprit. -Doc Jimbo Sent from my mobile device. On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:43 PM, jayson skinner

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-04 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: From the symptoms you describe, some of the caps on the mobo are bad. Agreed, bad caps. You can visually check for popped caps on the motherboard. Here's what popped caps look like: http://c.fixya.net/fixya20/uploads/Images/C2F85BA.jpg