[G4] OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritated. Flatliner MDD.

[Crandon David]

Sorry I haven't been following the thread, but....

Could it possibly be a motherboard, logicboard, processor problem? I  
think TechTool Pro has tests for these.


On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Maj. Richard H. Blount (OHMR Ret.) wrote:

> OK. I have installed new memory, new hard drive, different DVD (a  
> 108!) and
> the $%#$&^*&^ thing still sits there with its tongue hanging out. I  
> have
> tried using OS9 boot disk, OSX1.0 system disk, OSX1 for G4 system  
> disk and
> the rebuild disk that I was given with the system. I've tried every  
> memory
> slot, reset every conceivable kind of nvram, pram, ram charger, ram  
> air,
> Dodge Ram, reset the processor, tried every memory slot with new  
> and old
> memory, and get laughed at by the bloody thing. I was convinced I  
> had bad
> memory, but alas get the same thing with both. So I now have a Gig  
> of memory
> for this thing.
>
> When I use the plain old OsX install disk, I get the happy mac face  
> and the
> beach ball (encouraging eh?) then the happy face tears in half and the
> system once again laughs in triumph.
>
> The only other thing I can think of is maybe  have the wrong system  
> restore
> disks. It seems to get farther in the process with this disk. I get  
> happy
> Mac, then the grey Mac OS screen, then the blue MacOS screen with  
> the weird
> textured background and a moving like thermometer bar. Sometimes I  
> get to
> the stylized person holding a disk then to the part where I get to  
> select a
> disk to restore to. Then either it sees no disk, or says the disk  
> is not
> compatible. This occurs on all three controllers and can die at any  
> point
> along the way.
>
> I was able to get it to install Ubuntu and it works on any of the  
> three
> drive busses, but when it tries to start, the@#$#$% thing wont  
> recognize the
> keyboard so wont complete the boot process. That’s where I very calmly
> removed everything from the case, closed it, took 2 valium and sat  
> here in
> front of my trusty G4 AGP 400 that actually works, and placed my  
> heart out
> on my sleeve.
>
> Are there any Mac Jocks out there that live in or around Newark,  
> Ohio that
> might be willing (I will buy the beer) to cast a second set of eyes  
> at this
> thing? OR does anyone have the for sure correct restore disks for  
> an M4570
> 1.25 Ghz DP. I am almost in too deep to part it out now! :-(
>
> Rich
>
>
> -- 
> It is not enough to aim, you must hit.
>
> Richard H. Blount
> Maj. OHMR (ret.)
>
>
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