bpali2001

Q: PowerMac G5 not displaying anything!

i have a 1.6 ghz single core and single processor model. when i turn it on it starts up. fans kick in. i HEAR THE CHIME. and the hdd starts to make its normal noise.

nothing is flashing. everything is how it should be. except the fact that my 23" apple hd cinema display the plastic one, does not show anything. it still gets enough power to run the backlight of the buttons. the keyboard and mouse are plugged in to the monitor. i can still eject the cd drive via the keyboard. but the mouse' laser doesn't appear to be showing anything. hellp me bdaquaxd

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 1.6 GHz Single Core Single Processo

Posted on Feb 1, 2015 3:07 AM

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Feb 7, 2015 10:18 AM in response to Drew Reece
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    Feb 7, 2015 10:18 AM in response to Drew Reece

    You need to compile a list somewhere.

    I'll have to amend that list, too bad most of those are gone & I can't verify my memory!

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Feb 7, 2015 10:19 AM in response to bpali2001
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    Feb 7, 2015 10:19 AM in response to bpali2001

    We do need to know which 10.5 Disc this was from, many are IntelMac only.

  • by bpali2001,

    bpali2001 bpali2001 Feb 7, 2015 11:07 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Feb 7, 2015 11:07 AM in response to BDAqua

    so what question should i answer?

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Feb 7, 2015 11:21 AM in response to bpali2001
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    Feb 7, 2015 11:21 AM in response to bpali2001

    bpali2001 wrote:

     

    so what question should i answer?

    Where you got this 10.5 image from? It could be a 'grey disk' image that is for a specific model (normally has iLife or extra software with it), or it could be a 'retail upgrade' disk that supports different models. Do you know if it is for Universal or PPC. There may be a read me file at the root of it that says what it is for.

     

    My Terminal question is useless since there is no OS to use to see what is 'bless'ed.

     

    I may be repeating myself now…

    Do you have any other Macs available?

    Do you have any other bootable OS X media like any bootable backups or earlier OS disks?

     

    I'm starting to think you may be better off getting a PowerPC Live CD of Ubuntu to see if this thing will boot from that.

  • by bpali2001,

    bpali2001 bpali2001 Feb 8, 2015 1:50 AM in response to Drew Reece
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    Feb 8, 2015 1:50 AM in response to Drew Reece

    i downloaded the disk from a torrent website. it was for ppcs as i saw and as i remember. and sadly i don't have any apple dvd stuff anywhere. i have a macbook air running mavericks. i tried to boot ubuntu linux on there but it wasn't showing up. i had a disk home which i installed on one of my windows/intel based pcs.

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Feb 8, 2015 8:33 AM in response to bpali2001
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    Feb 8, 2015 8:33 AM in response to bpali2001

    That post will probably disappear when someone sees your honesty

     

    Ubuntu will need a PPC download… It does limit what build you can run, but if one of them can run we know that the G5 is working.

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCDownloads

     

    You'll also need the check the FAQ for the older PPC info.

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ

     

    We can't really help with this 10.5 OS, it's a total unknown - it may be mislabelled as PPC, ripped incorrectly or hacked etc. Sorry I know we have tried lots already, but the terms of use here prohibit the use of that stuff (even though Apple have effectively abandoned that OS now).

     

    It the interest of avoiding spending money, try Ubuntu or any other free OS's if they work, get an original OS X disk to try.

  • by bpali2001,

    bpali2001 bpali2001 Feb 9, 2015 8:14 AM in response to Drew Reece
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    Feb 9, 2015 8:14 AM in response to Drew Reece

    i will try to install linux then. and also looking constantly for a leopard dvd on the web. thx man appreciate the help

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Feb 9, 2015 9:41 AM in response to bpali2001
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    Feb 9, 2015 9:41 AM in response to bpali2001

    Trouble is Apple no longer sells it, check eBay & such for the Retail version, not the Gray Discs...

     

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+leopard+retail+10.5

  • by bpali2001,

    bpali2001 bpali2001 Feb 9, 2015 1:43 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Feb 9, 2015 1:43 PM in response to BDAqua

    why the retail ones? what is it different in from the gray discs?

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Feb 9, 2015 2:51 PM in response to bpali2001
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    Feb 9, 2015 2:51 PM in response to bpali2001

    Grey disks are specific to the Mac model - they include extra software that was sold with the Mac (e.g. iMacs had Office test suites & bundled iLife etc) and one disk has AHT installed too.

     

    If you can be certain the model is 100% correct those disks are usually fine, however it's difficult to work out which disk shipped with which revision of which model. Ebay/ Amazon is not the place to get accurate product details, you may have better luck ordering from Mac repair or service shops etc.

     

    Retail disks are the simplest way to get a bootable disk, just be sure Macs minimum OS isn't an issue.

    http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/specs/powermac_g5_1.8.html (seems like anything over 10.2.7 for this one)

  • by bpali2001,

    bpali2001 bpali2001 Feb 10, 2015 9:50 AM in response to Drew Reece
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    Feb 10, 2015 9:50 AM in response to Drew Reece

    what version of linux should i try man? i looked it up and it gave me some sourta lubuntu 14.04 or something like that. is that the correct one? should i write it on a disc? and if yes is it less then 4.7 GBs? i only have dvd drive. I'm not the blu ray person lol

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Feb 10, 2015 10:44 AM in response to bpali2001
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    Feb 10, 2015 10:44 AM in response to bpali2001

    You need to look at the FAQ & PPC info

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCDownloads


    I would try Ubuntu 12.4 or maybe 10.4 if 12 fails. Your Mac is very old - it gets less likey that it will run newer OS's. I doubt many Ubuntu users are testing PPC these days either.


    http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/

    Select the PPC image on that page & burn it to a disk. Try booting by holding alt.

  • by bpali2001,

    bpali2001 bpali2001 Feb 12, 2015 2:22 PM in response to Drew Reece
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    Feb 12, 2015 2:22 PM in response to Drew Reece

    tried ubuntu 12.04 twice with iso and cdr images burned via disk utility. tried ubuntu 10.04. tried kubuntu 12.04. ubuntu 14.04 also.

    NONE OF EM WORKED! none of em showed up in the boot menu. i downloaded the versions from the official websites for each individual os and burned all via disk utility. i downloaded the version for ppcs that said its powermac g5 compatible

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Feb 12, 2015 5:22 PM in response to bpali2001
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    Feb 12, 2015 5:22 PM in response to bpali2001

    Sorry, it is sounding like this Mac is not able to boot anything at all.

    You have tried a Mac OS & now multiple PPC Ubuntu live CDs are not working.

     

    I just tried a PPC G4 with an old CD I had of Ubuntu 6.10 and Xubuntu 7.10 both showed up in the boot picker (holding alt at startup). Both eventually booted into live mode.

     

    One more thing to try…

     

    Grab the Apple hardware test disk.

    PowerMac v2.2.5GMc2 <-- I think this is the correct one - search on Apple.com to confirm it - I used Mactracker.ca & https://github.com/upekkha/AppleHardwareTest to find that link, Apple should have downloads, but they are buried in the site somewhere.

     

    Burn that to a CD & see if it boots, you will need to select it again in the boot picker.

  • by bpali2001,

    bpali2001 bpali2001 Feb 13, 2015 5:57 AM in response to Drew Reece
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    Feb 13, 2015 5:57 AM in response to Drew Reece

    nope man. it just ejects the disk out. like every single time

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