[X4U] Firmware 4.2.8 install went sour- no ethernet or USB after install

Andrew J. Yon III ayon2 at sc.rr.com
Sat Apr 23 12:54:49 PDT 2005


> On Apr 23, 2005, at 3:13 PM, John Baltutis wrote:
> Maybe it's time to run your Apple Hardware Test program and find out 
> how
> things are really working or not. BTW, I have a stock G4, 450 MP,
> Gigabit,1.5 GB RAM and System Profiler shows Boot ROM Version: 
> 4.2.8f1. I
> installed the G4 FW Update 4.2.8 soon after its release in October, 
> 2001
> and didn't experience any of your problems. What does System Profiler 
> show
> for your machine?
>

I did run the hardware test and it says all tests passed ok.

System profiler shows it to have 4.2.8f1 installed.

I believe the problem may be that the firmware may have glitched 
somewhere during the install process. I can not figure out how to 
reflash it tho.

Andy3



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