ClintonGoodfellow
Active member
Hello!
Been having problems with an old 2005 g5 quad which I’ve owned for a while.
It didn’t work when I first got it. Played with the ram and got it running. Kept it on for a couple days and then restarted, then it never worked again after that. Temps seemed alright from memory.
Currently when you turn it on, the fans come on. No codes flashing on the front panel power led. The ‘checkstop’ led flashes briefly, ‘power on’ and ‘trickle’ leds stay on. Nothing happens on the screen and eventually the fans start running loudly. The ‘firmware good’ led never comes on. No other leds ever come on.
Im wondering if the logic board is at fault. Have tried smc resets, new batteries, diff graphics cards, diff ram, diff slots. Pretty much all the usual. One of my powermacs never had working sound, can’t remember if this is the one or not, so not sure if it’s not chiming, or whether it is but i can’t hear it do so!
I have a known working processor module from a 2005 g5 2.3 DP machine. I was wondering if this would be compatible with the quad to rule out the logic board?
The end plan, if I can get it running again is to rebuild the LCS.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
Been having problems with an old 2005 g5 quad which I’ve owned for a while.
It didn’t work when I first got it. Played with the ram and got it running. Kept it on for a couple days and then restarted, then it never worked again after that. Temps seemed alright from memory.
Currently when you turn it on, the fans come on. No codes flashing on the front panel power led. The ‘checkstop’ led flashes briefly, ‘power on’ and ‘trickle’ leds stay on. Nothing happens on the screen and eventually the fans start running loudly. The ‘firmware good’ led never comes on. No other leds ever come on.
Im wondering if the logic board is at fault. Have tried smc resets, new batteries, diff graphics cards, diff ram, diff slots. Pretty much all the usual. One of my powermacs never had working sound, can’t remember if this is the one or not, so not sure if it’s not chiming, or whether it is but i can’t hear it do so!
I have a known working processor module from a 2005 g5 2.3 DP machine. I was wondering if this would be compatible with the quad to rule out the logic board?
The end plan, if I can get it running again is to rebuild the LCS.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!