Power Mac G4 Stuck on Apple Logo
I recently got a Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 733 MHz) with no hard drive and decided to test it out for functionality. When I hooked it up to my monitor, I got an icon with a folder and a question mark, which I was later told indicated that there was no OS/hard drive. I then tried a Tiger install CD which boot into the Tiger install menu. I checked the hardware and the computer seemed to recognize all its components (RAM, CD-RW drive, video card, etc).
Before I found a hard drive, I decided to take out the RAM (1 x 256MB, 2 x 128MB) and replace it with 3 x 256 MB (that is, take out the 2 128MB's). After I did this, I turned on the computer and I would get a kernel panic ("panic: we are hanging here..."). I decided to switch the RAM back to its old configuration. When I turned on the computer, I would no longer get the kernel panic, but when the Tiger CD is inserted, the computer remains frozen at the Apple logo (no spinning wheel). What can I do?
As an aside, I bought a USB keyboard (I have a mouse), but I don't think it was compatible as pressing 'C' or 'Shift' didn't do anything and the keyboard didn't light up when I pressed Caps Lock, for example.
Any help would be appreciated
Before I found a hard drive, I decided to take out the RAM (1 x 256MB, 2 x 128MB) and replace it with 3 x 256 MB (that is, take out the 2 128MB's). After I did this, I turned on the computer and I would get a kernel panic ("panic: we are hanging here..."). I decided to switch the RAM back to its old configuration. When I turned on the computer, I would no longer get the kernel panic, but when the Tiger CD is inserted, the computer remains frozen at the Apple logo (no spinning wheel). What can I do?
As an aside, I bought a USB keyboard (I have a mouse), but I don't think it was compatible as pressing 'C' or 'Shift' didn't do anything and the keyboard didn't light up when I pressed Caps Lock, for example.
Any help would be appreciated
Quicksilver 733
