[G4] Old mini or other machine for cheap/free?

[Harry A. Freeman]

Greetings,

Have you reset PRAM and NVRAM. Also removeing the PRAM battery for 5  
minutes and then depressing the PMU (CUDA) button. The PMU button is  
usually next to the PRAM battery.

Cheers

Harry
San Jose, Ca
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On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Amir 'CG' Caspi wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> 	My old G4 tower finally died... not sure why, but it won't boot  
> even from a CD/DVD any more.  The firmware portion of booting works  
> (I can select the boot drive using the Option key, or boot into Open  
> Firmware, and I get the initial gray apple), but it looks like the  
> "main" boot sequence just never starts (I never see the progress  
> circle on the gray apple).  I tried disconnecting any and all hard  
> drives, swapping RAM, etc... seems to me something on the mobo has  
> died.  (The machine had a NewerTech CPU upgrade so maybe that's what  
> finally went kaput.)
>
> 	In any case, this machine was being used as a media server, so I  
> need something to replace it (assuming my hard drives still work).   
> Does anyone happen to have an old mini (G4, intel, whatever) that  
> they no longer want and are willing to let go for cheap/free?   
> Another tower (G5 or better) would also be fine but the mini's small  
> footprint and low noise is far more desirable.
> 	I've looked on Craigslist and saw some old Minis for about $300,  
> but that's not a great price for a more-than-3-year-old machine when  
> I can get a brand new one for about $500.  So, I thought I'd ask  
> here, in case someone might have one collecting dust in a closet and  
> wants it to go to a good home for cheap or free. =)
>
> 	Let me know...
>
> (Also if you have any idea on resurrecting the old tower, let me  
> know... but I'm pretty knowledgeable about computer innards and no  
> combination of things got the machine to boot, whether from internal  
> drive, firewire drive, CD/DVD, or anything else.  The battery and  
> firmware are fine since the initial sequence works, but the post- 
> firmware boot, when the CPU needs to run, doesn't work, which is why  
> I suspect the mobo.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- 
> 						--- Amir
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