Q: No start up tone and black screen on G5
Kernal panic, shut down G5.
Switched on - no start-up tone; black screen; no response.
Fans started.
Any ideas?
G5 2.7DP 8GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.11), also 10.5.8 on 2nd internal drive.
Posted on Jul 1, 2016 6:00 AM
No joy, I'm afraid.
So, remembering that older Macs, such as my 7300, would not start if their back-up battery died, I checked the G5 manual - but it said nothing about a dead battery stopping the powermac.
Bought a new back-up battery on Amazon. Fitted it this morning, and, after a false start, G5 fired up as usual. Some odd noises at first, then back to normal.
Am running the Apple Hardware Extended Test at the moment and so far Logic Board and Mass Storage tests have been passed.
Lesson learned - if G5 dies, first get a new battery!
Thank you all for your suggestions.
Posted on Jul 6, 2016 6:35 AM