Will it start with the install CD? If that works, then the Mac is OK. Paul Moortgat On 08 Mar 2010, at 20:03, CDT wrote: > Does it even have a hard drive? Is there anything on it if does? > Do you have another machine you can put the drive in to check it out? > > Some Links that might give you some ideas follow: > > http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1096729 Monitor > was the culprit > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547 Power On Self Test > http://www.mac-help.com/forums/showthread.php?t=780 No start > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367 Won't turn on > http://www.maclife.com/forums/post/1637580 > > Let us know if you figure it out. I'll keep my thinking cap on and > post back if I discover anything else that might help. > > Daniel > > On Mar 8, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Shane Hartley wrote: > >> I picked up a quicksilver g4 that wont boot. push the power button >> and it lights for a second and the fans power up, and the red led >> light lights up on the board. But no chime and nothing but black >> screen. I replaced the battery and reset the cuda.... but no go. >