G5 Firmware Update

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trick falltrick fall
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
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.......

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    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.
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  • Reply 2 of 9
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    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...
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  • Reply 3 of 9
    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
    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.
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  • Reply 4 of 9
    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
    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.
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  • Reply 5 of 9
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:

    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?
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  • Reply 6 of 9
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Lucky bastard!



    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?
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  • Reply 7 of 9
    trtamtrtam Posts: 111member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ebby

    Lucky bastard!



    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!
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  • Reply 8 of 9
    rara Posts: 623member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ebby

    I messed up the firmware on a PC once...



    *high five*
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  • Reply 9 of 9
    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
    The instructions for the update said to remove any third party ram and only leave in the ram that came with the computer.
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