So about a week ago or so I got this G4 from a local seller that was advertised as working, with a picture of it booting. It might have been the bumpy ride but when I got it home it only gave 1 long beep (the no RAM detected code) and no picture, even though it has RAM installed. I don't think the seller was a very technical person, so I don't suspect that they swapped a good stick with a bad one, especially on an old obsolete machine. Well, I cleaned it thoroughly, used canned air on the memory slots, swabbed the RAM stick, reseated the CPU card, but I still get the single beep, on any of the 3 slots. I even got another stick but this one curiously gives 3 beeps instead of 1, also on any slot.
Now I've been reading this forum and apparently boards this old are already suffering from cracked solder joints among other issues, and it's very easy to damage these boards. So I thought maybe it's not worth it buying another logic board and potentially killing it accidentally or it dying due to age as well. Since I already have this dead board, I'd like to try reflowing it as I read about that here. How do I do it? Can I stick the board in the oven and have it come out fixed? Should I hire an expert? Keep in mind that I suck at soldering and have failed numerous hobbyist electronics projects throughout my life due to my terrible skills.
Please help a noob!
Thanks in advance.
Now I've been reading this forum and apparently boards this old are already suffering from cracked solder joints among other issues, and it's very easy to damage these boards. So I thought maybe it's not worth it buying another logic board and potentially killing it accidentally or it dying due to age as well. Since I already have this dead board, I'd like to try reflowing it as I read about that here. How do I do it? Can I stick the board in the oven and have it come out fixed? Should I hire an expert? Keep in mind that I suck at soldering and have failed numerous hobbyist electronics projects throughout my life due to my terrible skills.
Please help a noob!
Thanks in advance.