Q: Dead G5 1.8ghz dual
G'day,
Woke up this morning to find my G5 was powerless (ie no power). It is always either awake or sleeping, so thought perhaps there had been a minor power outtage overnight... but it would not turn back on.
(In this case, it had been awake, running "Transmission". Heard it "ding" to announce finishing a file at about 1am...)
I tried unplugging everything except for the 17" studio display (only had a firewire cable going to a video camera, ethernet cable coming from Airport Extreme Base Station, and USB hard drive attached), and tried again, but still wouldn't turn on.
What do I try next...? CUDA switch? (Do these machines use one?)
Thanks
cosmic
PowerMac 2004 dual 1.8GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 1.25GHz RAM, 2x 1TB WD Green Drives, Stock Vid Card
Posted on Mar 22, 2012 3:59 PM
That's pretty cheap for two years of use.
Likely a used PSU would cost more than what you paid for the entire machine.
The PSU in the G5 has always been a weak link.
Posted on Mar 23, 2012 4:34 PM