Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
So far everything I have tried fails. I even as a test swapped out the video cards witth the one from my workin Mac G4 MDD and it still powers up with red light on the motherboard but won't do anything else. On Friday, November 2, 2012 1:58:02 AM UTC-4, CoolKat wrote: The pram battery inside is might dead? Take out all the memory, PCI cards and anything else that you can pull out and clean them off (the pins especially) and reseat them carefully? Boot up while holding down the: ctrl/command (key with the apple on it)/ P and R This will reset the pram. If I missed anything else, I hope others can add their input too because I'm sure there is more to check? I really don't think it major if it was running before you let it sit? It could have been somewhere where there was maybe a lot of humidity, dust or dirt? -Original Message- From: Buzzby Sent: Nov 1, 2012 11:33 PM To: g3-5...@googlegroups.com javascript: Subject: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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...@googlegroups.comjavascript: For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... “Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life, in all its expressions, and surrender all judgment to God. --- Dr. David R. Hawkins -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
On 11/1/12 22:33 PM, Buzzby wrote: I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before. -- Have you tried a new pram battery? 3.6 volt 1/2 AA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
Do you hear the BONG when it starts up? It could be one of the following: 1. the little battery is dead 2. The HD is dead Which Quicksilver you have? Quicksilvers are very nice machines, especially the Dual Processor ones, you can install Mac OS X 10.5 and still use them! See here my Quicksilver 800MHz DP with 3 screens, running Mac OS X 10.5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTuh3KZeUzcfeature=plcp Have a look at my channel, you will see what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/user/adddictedtomacintosh/videos?view=0 How to install Mac OS X 10.5 on 450MHz DP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSJq66FUYjofeature=plcp Good luck! On Nov 2, 2012, at 5:33 AM, Buzzby ldshiffty...@gmail.com wrote: I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PRAM BATTERIES PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
When All Electronics (http://allelectronics.com/ ) ran out of them, I quit buying them 20 at a pop. Every since I used OWC (other World Computing) is as my Mac Battery source. RHB On Nov 2, 2012, at 12:36 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: After just sitting for a year, my first guess would be the PRAM battery, but there could be a number of other things. Nominally 3.6 volts, these usually measure 3.68 volts when brand-new. Although many Macs will run properly when the PRAM battery voltage has reduced to 3.0 volts, these batteries should be considered dead when the voltage has reduced to 3.2 volts. These 1/2 AA-sized batteries are stocked almost everywhere. Radio Shack has them if nobody else does. These are made by many battery manufacturers all over the World. My own fave is the Maxell (Japan), but Tadiran (Israel) and SAFT (France) are good, too. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
I press power button on the front of the case. Light goes on and then off. Steady red light on the motherboard and I do notice the green light on the hard drive. No sound from speaker, no video on the monitor. Video card is good because I tested it in another Mac. On Friday, November 2, 2012 1:03:03 PM UTC-4, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 1, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Buzzby ldshif...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Turns on meaning what? Gray video screen? Just the power light on the case? Are the fans running? Can you hear the hard drive running? After just sitting for a year, my first guess would be the PRAM battery, but there could be a number of other things. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
Hello David: You might try unconnecting/reconnecting the hard drive cables at all connections, same with the RAM and the video card. Do you hear drive activity? Is the heatsink on good? Try resetting the PRAM, or just pull the battery and reset the PRAM (leave the battery out). Let the G4 sit for an hour or two and try starting. If that doesn't work, disconnect the power plug for 10 seconds, replug and restart (power supply problem). Check hard disk on known good system. Leave PRAM battery out and system completely removed from all power for 4 hours, then try again. That's all for now. Good luck. Bob On Nov 2, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: Start with the PRAM battery. They tend to bleed out. Should read 3.6v with a multimeter. --Kyle On 11/2/12 2:45 PM, Richard Gerome onecoolka...@earthlink.net wrote: If you have another G4 Tower try swapping everything (you swapped the video card, maybe try the hard drive next?) one at a time till it boots up then you will know what's wrong? -Original Message- From: Buzzby Sent: Nov 1, 2012 11:33 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... ³Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life, in all its expressions, and surrender all judgment to God. --- Dr. David R. Hawkins -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
You did not say what symptoms you are seeing? Does the monitor show the folder with the question mark? It could be that your hard drive has died and everything else is still working fine. Many people are still using their G4 PowerMac's today. David aka AmigaDave running MorphOS3.1 on 1.5GHz G4 MacMini, 1.58GHz G4 PowerMac (overclocked), 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook - Original Message - From: Buzzby To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 8:33 PM Subject: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
On Nov 3, 2012, at 3:34 AM, Buzzby ldshiffty...@gmail.com wrote: I press power button on the front of the case. Light goes on and then off. Steady red light on the motherboard and I do notice the green light on the hard drive. No sound from speaker, no video on the monitor. Video card is good because I tested it in another Mac. This sounds like a dead power supply. I worked with a professor's QS here that had the same symptoms. Here's how to test the power supply: http://www.scribd.com/doc/55669677/66/Power-Supply-Veri%EF%AC%81cation you'll need a voltmeter -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
Beautiful manual you linked to. Anyone have a similar document for the MDD G4 series? I'm accumulating non-functioning MDD G4s, and confirming they are dead PS would be a great first step. This sounds like a dead power supply. I worked with a professor's QS here that had the same symptoms. Here's how to test the power supply: http://www.scribd.com/doc/55669677/66/Power-Supply-Veri%EF%AC%81cation you'll need a voltmeter -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
On Nov 1, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Buzzby ldshiffty...@gmail.com wrote: I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Turns on meaning what? Gray video screen? Just the power light on the case? Are the fans running? Can you hear the hard drive running? After just sitting for a year, my first guess would be the PRAM battery, but there could be a number of other things. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
If you have another G4 Tower try swapping everything (you swapped the video card, maybe try the hard drive next?) one at a time till it boots up then you will know what's wrong?-Original Message- From: Buzzby <ldshiffty...@gmail.com> Sent: Nov 1, 2012 11:33 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all.Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before.-- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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.shtmlTo post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.comFor more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... “Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life, in all its expressions, and surrender all judgment to God. --- Dr. David R. Hawkins -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
Start with the PRAM battery. They tend to bleed out. Should read 3.6v with a multimeter. --Kyle On 11/2/12 2:45 PM, Richard Gerome onecoolka...@earthlink.net wrote: If you have another G4 Tower try swapping everything (you swapped the video card, maybe try the hard drive next?) one at a time till it boots up then you will know what's wrong? -Original Message- From: Buzzby Sent: Nov 1, 2012 11:33 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... ³Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life, in all its expressions, and surrender all judgment to God. --- Dr. David R. Hawkins -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
The pram battery inside is might dead? Take out all the memory, PCI cards and anything else that you can pull out and clean them off (the pins especially) and reseat them carefully? Boot up while holding down the: ctrl/command (key with the apple on it)/ "P" and "R" This will reset the pram. If I missed anything else, I hope others can add their input too because I'm sure there is more to check? I really don't think it major if it was running before you let it sit? It could have been somewhere where there was maybe a lot of humidity, dust or dirt? -Original Message- From: Buzzby <ldshiffty...@gmail.com> Sent: Nov 1, 2012 11:33 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all.Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work before.-- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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.shtmlTo post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.comFor more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... “Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life, in all its expressions, and surrender all judgment to God. --- Dr. David R. Hawkins -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
