[G4] G4 in a coma

[JAK HARVEY]

 perhaps have the power supply tested, it may be
unstable? 



--- btfarmer at optonline.net wrote:
> After replacing my (crashed) second hard drive, my
> nice G4 dual 533 will not boot up. 
> 
> I turn it on, I get a startup tone, the fans go on,
> the light on the front goes on. Then: nothing. No
> hard drive activity, the screen stays totally black.
> It will not boot from any CD either.
> 
> The weird part: I took it to Tekserve in NY, a guy
> there started it at least twice... successfully!
> Told me it was probably just a power surge, nothing
> really wrong with it. Just needed a few hours
> unplugged. I took it home, and booted it myself. 
> 
> It started fine - once - then went black again when
> I restarted!!  It was like that Warners cartoon with
> the singing frog, in reverse... :(
> 
> I tried:
> disconnecting all USB/Firewire/ethernet cables.
> taking out and trading the RAM
> zapping the PRAM
> replacing the motherboard battery and pushing the
> reset button
> leaving it unplugged all night
> trying a different outlet
> trying a different surge strip
> trying a different power chord
> taking out ALL the hard drives.
> taking out all the PCI cards (except the graphics
> card)
> 
> 896MB RAM,  10.2.6/9.2.2
> 
> I'm stumped. Any ideas out there?? 
> 
> -Bruce Meyers
> 
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