Greetings It sounds to me like someone tried to "FLASH" the eprom and either it failed or it was interrupted prior to finishing, which will render the MB useless. Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca ---------------------------------------------------- On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:55 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. > > thanks for the help. > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4