[G4] Startup chime but no dice!

Daile Engle macguy47 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 6 12:20:04 PST 2007


Ok,.. well FDM wasn't possible.. looks like firewire and USB are  
toast.. I did take the HD out and there's a fresh install of tiger on  
it, that's it. Anybody got a logic board? Jeff
On Nov 6, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Jay E. Krauss Jr wrote:

> Jeff,
> 	You only need the keyboard attached to the MDD while actually  
> booting, so you could disconnect your keyboard from the G5, attach  
> it to the MDD, boot the MDD into Firewire Target, then disconnect  
> the keyboard from the MDD and reattach to the G5. Since you don't  
> have "video out" from the MDD, you will not be able to tell by  
> seeing the Firewire symbol on your MDD attached monitor when the  
> process has occurred; however, it has been my experience that the  
> process occurs fairly quickly, so if you boot the MDD and keep the  
> "T" button depressed for a minute, that should be more than enough  
> time for the process to occur (providing it does at all).
> Jay
>
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Jeff & (my wife)Daile Engle
Kamiah, Idaho 83536
macguy47 at gmail.com

PowerMac G5 1.8 Single (wefixmacs build) 3 gb ram,(1) 160gbhd, (1)  
400gbhd, APC 1200 ups, canon 8600f scanner, Brother HL1440 printer,  
Dell e228wfp monitor

Recently acquired: G4 MDD Dual 1.25 (2003) with problems :-)





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