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Q: PowerMac G5 won't start up

Just inherited a dual 2.0GHz PowerMac G5 to replace a Quicksilver G4. I wiped the G5 drive and cloned the G4 disk onto it. It worked fine for a while. Now pressing power generates no chime and no response (can't open optical drive tray or invoke target mode), and soon after the fans rev up to airplane mode. I saw in a previous thread that bad capacitors might be to blame, but everything I find online about that is tailored to G5 iMacs. Ideas?

Posted on Jun 28, 2015 2:49 PM

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