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wont start up

2004 G5 power mac 1.8ghz single processor 4 gb ram.

reformated hard drive, trying to start from original mac os x CD. screen shows computer language (text) wont go past this.

Posted on Oct 19, 2013 10:02 AM

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Posted on Oct 19, 2013 11:14 AM

Original Mac OSX CD you mention is newer than Leopard, PowerMac G5 don't boot up.

Replace PRAM battery and resetting PRAM as well as SMU could solve the problem.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436

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