You definitely have to have ram before you do anything. You can download a copy of the Apple Hardware test disc from the apple website.-Jonas
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Maestro_T wrote: > > > In the wonderful world of PC's, you can set things up (Bios, > > peripherals etc) via an 'F' key during initial start up. This > > usually can be done even if there are no memory modules or hard drive > > attached. Is this sort of thing possible on Macs? > > No. You can't do anything without RAM, other than get the "beep" > warning of "no RAM". I've messed with PCs a bit, I've never heard > about starting a PC without RAM? I don't see how this would be > possible unless there was RAM soldered to the motherboard. I recently > resurrected a supposed dead PC and was instructed to startup without > RAM to check the "beep" warning, but it was never mentioned you could > access BIOS without RAM. I think you're mistaken about starting a PC > without RAM? > > You wouldn't need a HD necessarily. With one module of RAM you could > boot a CD/DVD. If you could find a copy of the Apple Hardware Test > (AHT) disc for this G5 that would tell you if it was good or not? > There also is an Apple Service Diagnostic (ASD) disc for this Mac, but > finding either of these will be difficult. The AHT should have came > with the G5 when new, the ASD isn't normally available but there are > copies on the P2P sites from time-to-time. In either case, you need > the "exact" version for your Mac. > > If there is no optical drive, you can boot using Target Disk Mode from > another Mac as I described in the previous thread "Upgrading to 10.4 - > No DVD Drive". > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
