[Cube] G4 no start?

[Dave Cunningham]

huh. i have never had a lick of problems. suggest making sure that  
everything is securely seated after shipping, and that on-board  
batteries meet spec. some macs are quite finicky re prom [at least  
that's what i've always called them] batteries that maintain life  
functions. my 9600 [still running as a dual g3, but smooth] needed a  
cuda reset following some upgrades. i don't know just now if the cube  
board has a cuda circuit or button, but... istr there was something  
out there. aha. a quick google indicates the cuda circuit continues  
in the g4, and can certainly be a cause for non-starting. i suggest  
you use google as your friend and discover what you can.

my cube is currently a dual 1.6 ghz powerlogix cpu, with 1.12 gb ram,  
a 300 gb seagate barracuda hd, and a geforce 3 with 128 mb of ram  
driving a dell 2405fpw flatrscreen. plus various usb and firewire  
drives plug in on a regular basis. i'm ashamed [sort of] to say that  
it sits on the bar here utterly caseless. i pulled it out of the case  
originally because i was doing the dc board move to fit the geforce,  
then i scored a powerlogix [?] case upgrade, but really didn't like  
the loss of the slick stock click in and out style. so i just sat it  
down on the bar. last year. easy to blow the dust out, good  
ventlilation, no problems with airport connections. funky appearance  
good to start conversations when anyone drops by [no one ever does]  
about on the lines of 'what the hell is that?' and my wife doesn't  
complain... about the cube, anyway

the geforce has a tiny fan, and the cpu has a larger fan. i  
appreciate the desire to be utterly fanless, but i find these guys to  
be so innocuous as to be negligible. i have to run a variety of  
windos box at work, and they are each and every all so very noisy   
[the hard drive on the p2 gateway i am expected to use as the main  
machine makes more noise with its harddrive. i can _hear_ those 0's  
and 1's bumping up against the magnets in there! or something.

regards to all the cubists out there, and sorry if this was so off- 
topic. bottom line? i do so love my cube. get yours working and you  
will, too. ffr, a ups between your machine and the lines. check  
costco, or such. you'll be glad you did.

dave cunningham