dadoonan
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Q: Power Mac G5 won't finish booting up

My G5 no longer fully boots up.

 

It gets as far as a gray screen with vertical stripes and greyed out text. Here's what I see.

 

Zapping the PRAM makes no difference.

 

Moving the keyboard and mouse from a USB hub (and unplugging that) makes no difference.

 

The eject button does not open the DVD drawer.

 

Resetting the monitor cable makes no difference.

 

Is this a motherboard issue or something else?

 

david

Posted on Oct 17, 2015 7:29 AM

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Q: Power Mac G5 won't finish booting up

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  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Oct 17, 2015 8:42 AM in response to dadoonan
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    Oct 17, 2015 8:42 AM in response to dadoonan

    Hardware issues are very tedious to troubleshoot -

     

    you have replaced the monitor cable (? or did you simply re-SEAT teh connections?).

     

    Next, I would try a different monitor (the goal at this point is to 'eliminate' the monitor as the cause).

     

    You have posted in the PowerBOOK forum, so please verify your Mac model - Power MAC is a desktop.

     

    If Power MAC, cracking open the case and jiggling the video connector cable (re-SEAT - unplug then replug) may help. You also may find it is a dirty bird on the inside of the case. Gentle vacuum + canned air.

     

    Other folks more experienced with the seeing the image (this IS a PHOTO, not a screenshot, right?) may have more to add.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Oct 17, 2015 4:24 PM in response to dadoonan
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    Oct 17, 2015 4:24 PM in response to dadoonan

    Does it do any better or even different holding Shift key at bootup?

  • by rccharles,

    rccharles rccharles Oct 18, 2015 10:14 AM in response to dadoonan
    Level 6 (8,522 points)
    Classic Mac OS
    Oct 18, 2015 10:14 AM in response to dadoonan

    Here is a little more info on safe boot which bdaqua suggested.

     

    Try a safe boot.

         Shutdown your machine.  Hold down the shift key.  Poweron.  Wait awhile; wait awhile while you harddrive

         is being checked.

         http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455