Norm wrote:
My G4 gigabit has stopped working. I have an OWC 1000gz processor and 2
gigabytes of ram. Also an ATI 9800 mac pro video board. When it turns on
the power button does nothing. It will boot into open firmware. When I
type "reset nvram then reset all" it cycles back to open firmware. If I
type "boot" I get an immediate kernal panic. The power button does
nothing. Have to unplug and then replug. I have 3 hard drives and a
firewire drive. I'm hopping that all my files are intact. I assume I
must replace the logic board or the mac. Which G4 would allow me to plug
in my hard drives? I'm using OS 10.5.8 and would like to purchase an
intel mac but find the price prohibitive. Mac was running very well
until about 4 days ago.
Norm
Try booting from an installer CD/DVD. If you can then it's likely the
OS on the HD is wonky. If you can boot then try running Disk Repair on
the HDs from Disk Utility.
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