[G4] List newbie

[Al Poulin]

No answers from me, but a few questions to narrow down the 
possibilities for the real experts.

"lots of other stuff"  eh?  Do you have external USB or Firewire 
devices other than the monitor and keyboard?  Unplug them, including 
the printer, till things get straight.

That's a "dual boot" machine.  Do you have OS 9 installed?  Have you 
tried to start up in OS 9?

Do you have the original Apple CDs for that machine?  You should have 
received them where you bought the QS.  Or do you have retail OS 9 or 
OS X CDs?  Or do you have utility CDs such as TechTools Pro, 
DiskWarrior, or even Norton Utilities from which to attempt start up?

Al Poulin

On Dec 12, 2004, at 3:02 PM, Keith Whaley wrote:
>
> Joel Threatt wrote:
>
>> Hi all. I am a relative new comer to the G4. I have 6 or 8 other 
>> macs, 68xxx mostly with a few 603 and 604e machines thrown in. But my 
>> G4 is a quicksilver 2002 1gig dp, a gig of ram, lots of other stuff. 
>> My problem is that it quit working. It went from fine and dandy with 
>> the Panther 10.3.6 upgrade...
>
> How long had it worked after upgrading from __what?__ to Panther 
> 10.3.6.
> Confirm that all you did after the upgrade was to try to use it.
> How did it "quit?" Did you shut it down and when rebooting, it gave a 
> tone, but that's it?
> In other words, this appeared after a reboot?
> Do you normally turn the CP off after you're done for the day, and it 
> wouldn't come back up?
> No question mark on the screen? Or no screen at all? No frowning Mac 
> icon?
> No further application upgrades, or similar?
> I can't help, but would think the answer to the above questions will 
> assist
> anyone who might know what's wrong.
>
> keith whaley  <== always learning...
>
>> ... to giving me a tone and a lighted screen but no drive spin up. 
>> now it has no tone, a lighted screen and no drive spin up. The fan in 
>> the PS is working as well as the processor fan and the red led on the 
>> board is on but nuttin else. I have done extensive research and 
>> troubleshooting in the apple knowledge base but they don't address 
>> this problem. Any ideas??
>>  Joel