G5 Firmware Update

[trick fall]

I was updating the firmware on my G5 1.6 and the frigging thing is dead. When I power up I get a flashing blue power light then nothing happens until a few minutes later when the fans start kicking hard. I'm out of the ninety day phone support and would really like to avoid paying 49.00 bucks for a problem that Apple themselves called so any advice would be appreciated. The phone support guy I talked to said it was probably software and there were things to try, but he couldn't tell me what they were without paying up so I'm all ears.......

[Ebby]

If you can't boot off your OSX DVD, your firmware update went bonkers. The only way to fix that is to replace a chip on your motherboard. Firmware updates are the most serious updates you can do to your computer. If anything goes wrong, you are left with a useless computer that software can't fix.

Don't kill the messenger. :(

[Ichiban_jay]

call your nearest apple store and grill them for information. Before I got applecare and I went out of the 90 days telephone I would call the genius bar personelle and ask them questions... it's like free apple support... :D

[trick fall]

Luckily I still have two weeks of hardware warranty left. I'm just irritated that I'm going to have to pay to try and solve a problem that apple caused. I've never even had to call Apple support before except for when I bought my firs mac and it was doa.

[trick fall]

Ok, I'm officially a dumbass. When I replaced the original apple ram as specified by update notes I used the wrong slot for one of them.

[Vox Barbara]

Originally posted by trick fall
Ok, I'm officially a dumbass. When I replaced the original apple ram as specified by update notes I used the wrong slot for one of them.

Things do happen, don't they? ;)

[Ebby]

Lucky bastard! :p

I messed up the firmware on a PC once and it was a chore to fix.

On a side note, I never knew you had to remove the RAM to do a firmware update. I didn't. (Is that why I am having strange problems???) :\ What does it do?

[trtam]

Originally posted by Ebby
Lucky bastard! :p

I messed up the firmware on a PC once and it was a chore to fix.

On a side note, I never knew you had to remove the RAM to do a firmware update. I didn't. (Is that why I am having strange problems???) :\ What does it do?

You killed a PC? Great! :D

[Ra]

Originally posted by Ebby
I messed up the firmware on a PC once... *high five* :lol:

[trick fall]

The instructions for the update said to remove any third party ram and only leave in the ram that came with the computer.