[G4] Boot Problem with GeForce3 and G4 800 Upgrade

[David M. Ensteness]

I thought that might be the case but the processor card snaps in 
tightly and I have tried reseating it a number of times.

The G4 boots up and runs as normal as soon as I replace the 800 with 
the OEM 466.

David

On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 06:54  PM, Tracker at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 12/7/02 1:37:11 PM, denstene at mac.com writes:
>
> <<  but if I put the 800 in I get no chime and nothing on the screen.  
> >>
>
> That condition indicates to me that the card wasn't seated fully in 
> the slot.
> Check carefully that the processor card is FULLY seated before trying 
> to boot.
>
> If it still doesn't at least make some kind of noise at power up, you 
> may
> have a dead card. Even if the processor chip had quit on you, the 
> machine
> should have made some noise even if only the discordant glass
> crash/screeching brakes/raspberry/clink-clank-bong of a bad RAM check.