My Powermac G4 is not long for this world, I fear

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ibeniben
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have a 466MHz Powermac G4 Digital Audio, and yesterday it just stopped working. (Thank God I have an 867 to type this on!) When I press the power button, the fans will start to whirr, and then it will shut off after about a second and a half. This strted after I put a gig of RAM in it to test a hardrive with.



Is there anything I can do to salvage it?

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    Marvinmarvin Posts: 15,585moderator
    Take the Ram back out, it may be badly seated or just a bad chip. The symptoms you describe are what a computer does if it can't load the Ram.
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    ibeniben Posts: 7member
    Hmmm.... I tried it. It still wouldn't work. The mobo is dead, then?
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  • Reply 3 of 6
    Marvinmarvin Posts: 15,585moderator
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    Originally Posted by iBen View Post


    Hmmm.... I tried it. It still wouldn't work. The mobo is dead, then?



    What Ram did you put back in it?
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  • Reply 4 of 6
    ibeniben Posts: 7member
    Different RAM I had lying around. PC133., I think.
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    Marvinmarvin Posts: 15,585moderator
    Try the PMU reset procedure outlined on this site and check the small battery with a meter:



    http://www.maccetera.com/news/dag4.html
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  • Reply 6 of 6
    ibeniben Posts: 7member
    Ohhh.... I'll try that and let you know how it went.... looks promising!!!
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