[G5] startup/shutdown

[Zane H. Healy]

Try disconnecting the hard drives and booting from the 10.5 install DVD. 
That would rule out a software problem.

Zane



On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Andrew Kirkby wrote:

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> Hi all !
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> My G5 bi-proc no longer wants to start up !
> I get the gong and the "cog-wheel" turning on the grey screen, so Mac
> OS is trying something (10.5.x) ...but nothing further until it
> shutsdown about 1 min later .
> Tried "zapping the pram", tried resetting the PMU... and still no joy !
> Any ideas ?
>
> Andy
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