G5 Blinking Light. No Chime. Wont Boot.
I"m resurrecting an old G5.
Here's what happened
1. I powered up the G5 after many years and it booted up fine. I plugged in an ethernet cable and it wouldn't recognize the connection. I powered down and reset the PMU.
2. I plugged back in the computer and booted up. No chime. The white light above the power button was blinking 3 times. I suspected the RAM although it booted up just fine a few minutes before.
3. I have reset the PMU, taken out all 4 RAM sticks and tried every slot and every RAM stick to no avail.
4. I have replaced the PRAM battery. No fix.
5. I have disconnected all externals (USB or otherwise).
6. I cannot boot up in SAFE MODE, reset PRAM, or otherwise since the computer won't chime nor fully boot.
The fan (the one connected to the speaker) will continuously power up and down every few seconds.
There is NO chime at startup. The white power status indicator light is blinking 2 times every few seconds, which leads me to believe its a RAM issue but I've tried RAM that i know to be good but just can't get past this.
The computer was fine a few minutes ago.
ANY suggestions?
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
