Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-08 Thread JHPArizona
On Friday, December 7, 2012 2:54:55 AM UTC-7, Tina Holm wrote: Den Torsdag, 6/12 2012, 02:05, Valter Prahlad skrev: Il giorno 06/12/12 01:57, ti...@nehaia.dk javascript: ha scritto: i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, and with no memory and

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-07 Thread tina
Den Torsdag, 6/12 2012, 02:05, Valter Prahlad skrev: Il giorno 06/12/12 01:57, t...@nehaia.dk ha scritto: i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, and with no memory and harddrive installed AFAIK, with no memory the Mac should beep one time (see

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-05 Thread tina
Den Tirsdag, 4/12 2012, 09:43, jayson skinner skrev: i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power button the screen will either start up with the chime but stay black. you can kinda,

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-05 Thread tina
Den Torsdag, 6/12 2012, 01:57, t...@nehaia.dk skrev: Den Tirsdag, 4/12 2012, 09:43, jayson skinner skrev: i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power button the screen will either

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-05 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 06/12/12 01:57, t...@nehaia.dk ha scritto: i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, and with no memory and harddrive installed AFAIK, with no memory the Mac should beep one time (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547 ) and do not chime (like the OP's Mac

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 5, 2012, at 7:03 PM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, and with no memory and harddrive installed. No, your memory must be wrong. He said it chimed when he pressed the power button, the chime is the audio confirmation of the

imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-04 Thread jayson skinner
i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power button the screen will either start up with the chime but stay black. you can kinda, almost not at all, hear something getting power to it.

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 4, 2012, at 1:43 PM, jayson skinner lilbit.skin...@gmail.com wrote: i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power button the screen will either start up with the chime but stay

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-04 Thread James Knight
It should display something if it is looking for the OS on the HD but doesn't find it. I would recommend these steps: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2094 To start. This will help narrow down the culprit. -Doc Jimbo Sent from my mobile device. On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:43 PM, jayson skinner

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-04 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: From the symptoms you describe, some of the caps on the mobo are bad. Agreed, bad caps. You can visually check for popped caps on the motherboard. Here's what popped caps look like: http://c.fixya.net/fixya20/uploads/Images/C2F85BA.jpg

Re: G5 help

2010-04-17 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Try looking on the system profiler application on your system, or get a thermal sensor that plugs into one of the internal ports on your system. There is no general thermal calibration for all G5 systems, so finding the proper information on what you are looking for is going to be a challenge. If

Re: G5 help

2010-04-17 Thread Michael Koch
Mark FYI : Whenever you change or replace the processors on a G5 ; you have to reaccelerate the fans that is the thermal calibration I am speaking of. It has nothing to do with Operating system, computer specifications, and so on. I do not want to waste time with things that are not relevant.

Re: G5 help

2010-04-17 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Ok then. Just trying to help to the best of my knowledge. -- 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

Re: G5 help

2010-04-17 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 17, 2010, at 6:19 AM, Michael Koch wrote: Mark FYI : Whenever you change or replace the processors on a G5 ; you have to reaccelerate the fans that is the thermal calibration I am speaking of. It has nothing to do with Operating system, computer specifications, and so on. I do not

Re: G5 help

2010-04-17 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
michael's G5 is a powermac. mine is a G4. -- 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

G5 help

2010-04-16 Thread Michael Koch
I need some help I need to find the thermal calibration for the G5 I want to switch the processors to see if that is what is the problem with the wife's computer. I have not bin able to find thermal calibration on the apple site. Is there some place else to find them or does someone have access