On Sep 19, 2008, at 11:30 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >> >> Okay, originally I had two sticks of 256M RAM installed. Removing >> one >> and attempting to boot I get a bong, but then no video. HD's don't >> sound like they are coming up. Taking out that stick and putting the >> other one in I get a bong and then it tries to boot with gray screen, >> etc. but then the HD's all power down and the machine shut off. Does >> this mean both sticks are bad or is it just that the HD got corrupted >> by the bad stick of RAM and needs to be replaced? I have another >> HD I >> can use to try it. > > NOpe neither. You either have a failing PS or a dead/dying logic > board. I don't think DA's are susceptible to weirdness with PRAM > batteries, and in any case that wouldn't affect the system once it's > booted up. Would have to say no to logic board as I swapped it with my other identical DA. > > Yank the drive and check it out on a known working Mac with something > like this <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ADA-2012&cat=CBL> > they also sell one that does SATA too for about $13. > > If it was just a corrupted drive, you would either hang at the boot > somewhere or get a flashing folder. > > Powering down is a sign that the power supply is shutting itself down. > It will do that if it's damaged and is thermally shutting down or if > something plugged into it is drawing too much power. (generally a > short somewhere in the system) > > -- > Bruce Johnson As a file server, this DA is running 4-300 Gb SATA drives plus the 40 Gb ATA OS drive. I'm leaning towards the PS myself. Also this machine was subject to a recent power outage due to high winds here in the midwest, but it was on a UPS which allows for a safe shutdown when the power remaining is down to 25%. I will attempt to boot without the 4 server drives hooked up to power and see what I get. Thanks for your insight Bruce. Just a message from Doug... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
