PowerMac G5 Logic Board Error Code

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PowerMac G5 Logic Board Error Code

Hi all,

I have had an old G5 PowerMac PPC (MLB serial: KD41001WHQEJF) sitting in my garage for a while. Now the reason why it hasn't been used for a while is that I kept getting kernel panics. I thought that this might be a HDD problem, so the other day I replaced it and re-installed the original system before I upgraded to Leopard. It all boots up fine and there isn't any causes for concern, but I was still curious if the HDD was ok so I ran an AHT from the install disk. To my horror the test stopped 5 minutes in with an error on the logic board.

***ERROR*CODE***ERROR*CODE***

2VSP/1/3: 0x11

***ERROR*CODE***ERROR*CODE***

Does anyone know how I can repair this or is it a case of getting a new logic board? Or could I even ignore it?

any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers!!

PowerMac

Posted on May 25, 2014 3:22 PM

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BDAqua

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May 25, 2014 7:19 PM in response to gwengo

2VSP/1/3: 0x11

Hi, have never seen that one, but the 3 letters generally stand for sensor type..

http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/finding-hardware-faults-exploring-aht-ap ple-diagnostics--mac-60456

Using that I'd guess it might mean System Voltage Power Bus, 0x11 is the value reported, being it

is

in decimal, it could be the 25 volt ADC rail.. does the vvideo card have an ADC port?

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May 26, 2014 4:58 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for the reply BDAqua, much appreciated. My mac does have an ADC port and my monitor connects to it via an adapter, as the monitor has a small scuzzy connector. Are you saying that could be the cause of the error?

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BDAqua

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May 26, 2014 5:55 PM in response to gwengo

I'm surmizing here, but I do think it's ADC voltage, are borh ports on the card ADC, or does it have a DVI or VGA port?

No scuzzy connectors, so not sure what you mean.

There's 3 possible types, ADC...

http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/TS2085/58846_1.gif

VGA & DVI...

http://cdn.overclock.net/2/21/215b66d1_all-DVI-types.jpeg

http://www.mytechsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dual-monitor-video-card. jpg

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gwengo Author

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May 27, 2014 4:49 PM in response to BDAqua

Ah right, sorry, not that knowledgable about connections. When I said scuzzy I meant the VGA connector.

Right so port 1 on my graphics card is the Apple Display Connector and port 2 is the DVI Dual Link connection. I am obvously using the DVI DL connection port with an adapter that connects to my monitors VGA cable.

Does that make sense?

Thanks again for your help.

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