| PowerMac G5 Won't Power Up, Light Stays On [message #19555] |
Fri, 12 October 2012 16:34  |
Jonas Ulrich
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Registered: August 2012
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Hi all, hoping I can get some help with this problem. I received two
identical 1.6GHZ G5 Towers. I plugged them both in, and as soon as I
plugged in the monitor, the computer powered up and booted into OSX. I shut
it down, but instead of shutting down, it just restarts.
I tried plugging the monitor and keyboard in, then the power cord. It
didn't power up, but the power light stays on, and the computer won't power
up when you press the power button. I tried zapping the PRAM, which didn't
help.
These two computers have the exact same problem, so any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-Jonas
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| Re: PowerMac G5 Won't Power Up, Light Stays On [message #19556 is a reply to message #19555] |
Fri, 12 October 2012 16:55  |
Bruce Johnson
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On Oct 12, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
> Hi all, hoping I can get some help with this problem. I received two identical 1.6GHZ G5 Towers. I plugged them both in, and as soon as I plugged in the monitor, the computer powered up and booted into OSX. I shut it down, but instead of shutting down, it just restarts.
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> I tried plugging the monitor and keyboard in, then the power cord. It didn't power up, but the power light stays on, and the computer won't power up when you press the power button. I tried zapping the PRAM, which didn't help.
What is the monitor? I had a similar issue with a G5 with a Apple ADC 23" Studio monitor plugged in; it turned out to be a bad power brick for the monitor. When I plugged in a monitor to the DVI connection it worked.
Apple shipped a lower wattage unit with the 23"; this professor went through two of them under warrantee, until he got Apple to swap it out for a power brick from a 30"...no problems since.
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