PowerMac G5 Error Codes?

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PowerMac G5 Error Codes?

Thanks In advance to everyone. I have a Late 2005 G5 Dual 1.8Ghz 6gigs of Ram, Lacie firewire 400 Pci card, internal 4 port sata Card, ATI XT800 MAc video card running tiger(10.4.11). I noticed the Machine acting very sluggish the other day, My first thought was the Memory maybe there are some bad DIMMS, After a restarted things where ok again. Right Away ran memtest, came up with no issues(I know it did'nt test all the memory) But I thought this was a good start. But so far been ok. I then ran hardware test twice at 5Min and 30 sec error Code on Logic Board (Error code 2PFW/3.10: FW) This Looks Like a FireWire Error I think but Im thinking this a memory problem, Some bad Dimms. Does anyone know what this error code is? Thanks for Looking

Powermac G5 Dual 1.8, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Dec 27, 2009 3:54 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Dec 27, 2009 4:59 PM in response to Mark Dershowitz

That is inded a Logic Board Error to do with Firewire, do all your ports work?

Have you tried it without FW devices hooked up?

Tried Resetting Cuda/PMU on Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, Power Macintosh G3...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939

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Answer 2

Dec 27, 2009 5:56 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for the response. Strange When I did the test there nothing plugged into the firewire ports. Right Now I have both firewire ports occupied with no issues at all. Not Sure what to make of the error code then.

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Answer 3

BDAqua

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Dec 27, 2009 6:15 PM in response to Mark Dershowitz

I'm just Guessing here, but I think it points to you PCI/FW card.

Might try AHT with your FW stuff that's on it now, they might be having a soothing effect on the signal.

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Answer 4

Dec 27, 2009 6:26 PM in response to BDAqua

I will Have to try that. I will let you Know what happens. Thanks for your help

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