[G4] Gifted with a G4/500

[Michael Koch]

On Apr 29, 2008, at 19:07, Christina Samuels wrote:

> Re: the Mac "bong." The computer is not making any sound at all. I  
> can turn it on, the power light comes on, I hear the hard drive  
> spinning, and the fan is going. But, there's no startup chime.  
> Because I don't have a keyboard or a monitor or it, I can't tell if  
> it's really doing anything or not. I did reseat the RAM, replace the  
> battery and reset the PMU as suggested, but that didn't work. Before  
> I do anything else, I figure I need to get a monitor and a keyboard  
> so I'm not flying blind here. I'll try the open firmware reset when  
> I have a keyboard to do it with.
>
> It currently has 320Mb of RAM. I didn't want to get into further  
> purchases until I know that it's functional.
>
> I hate to ask a dumb question -- I want to reply to posts so that  
> they're all in the same thread. I think I'm starting a new thread  
> every time I reply. How do I avoid that?
>
> C
>
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I believe your mac will not start: because there is no monitor.
We had to get a 17" monitor to get the dual 500 to start -
it did nothing without the monitor connected.

have a nice day
Michael Koch
mkoch at ncwcom.com