Shane, Describe in more detail what happens when you turn the power on. a) You say that it lights up for a second and that the fans power up -- What lights up for a second? Do the fans stay on? Or do fans go off real quick? On Mar 8, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Shane Hartley wrote: > I picked up a quicksilver g4 that wont boot. push the power button > and it lights for a second and the fans power up, and the red led > light lights up on the board. But no chime and nothing but black > screen. I replaced the battery and reset the cuda.... but no go. > > thanks for the help. > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4