Hi
I remember my G5 doing that when it went off during a power failure.
Resetting the power management (cuda switch) fixed it. The instructions are
at
<http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1939>
This is a last resort and resets your hardware back to default values. If it
doesn't work it is normally a hardware fault.
Cheers
Frank
On 13/08/10 8:46 AM, "Ronda Brown" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> On 13/08/2010, at 12:44 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
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>>
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>> On 13/8/10 12:30 AM, "Philippe Chaperon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Good evening All,
>>>
>>> My G5 PPC 1.8 dual will not start properly. There are no start up chime, the
>>> screen remains black and the small start 'on' light, on the tower and on the
>>> flat screen, flashes 3 times with a break and 3 times again ad infinitum.
>>>
>>> I have tried restarting it many times now with the same problem.
>>>
>>> Has someone got a solution that can help, or is this possibly a hardware
>>> failure?
>>>
>>> Any advice will be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Hi Philippe
>>
>> Discount all the cables and leave for about 5mins, then just plug it back in
>> and try it again.
>> Sometimes, if that doesn't fix you have to repeat, but also take the battery
>> out.
>> I've had that happen once before and the above fixed it.
>> Other times, it was a few more problems to work through.
>> But that's a start ;)
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Daniel
>
>
> Hi Philippe,
>
> If Daniel's first suggestion doesn't fix the problem, try checking the RAM.
> When the power light flashes three times, this normally means that none of the
> RAM banks passed memory testing.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7
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