PowerMac G5 fail

[michaelhenriquesrj]

OMG LOOKS THESE WIRES ON BACKGROUND

[oldmac6]

Dead graphics card

[simplexalarms]

@oldmac6 that's what it was. put a new one in and it worked great

[oldmac6]

@simplexalarms I have one also, but mine didn't give me a bong,n tried everything (change RAM, Graphics Card, test with a modifier ATX power supply, buy to use processor and Nothing ... I think the motherboard is dead on mine, so sad :-(

[ATUMoDz]

fuck those PowerPC pieces of shit. I've been through 2 that eventually had a failed logic board or a failed HDD. Just get a new one. I know they're pricy but in the end, it will last you very long.

[WeAreYourTechHelp]

i don't know what is wrong with it but it doesn't fucking work lmao

[dereksmith1011222]

OH MY GOD!!! I have this problem on my Powermac g5!!! I FUCKING HATE THIS THING!!!

[simplexalarms]

@dereksmith1011222 try putting a new gfx card in it.

[dereksmith1011222]

I did -___- I am going to RAGE QUIT if I can't fix it

[simplexalarms]

@dereksmith1011222 well stop failing and fix it. Honestly though it sounds like it needs a new logic board.

[dereksmith1011222]

@simplexalarms well I figured out that resetting the PMU or taking a stick of RAM and putting it in solves the problem......... until I restart it.

[simplexalarms]

@thomasjohnusimaki it doesn't get far enough into the boot sequence to activate USB.

[joshua87901]

Perhaps you have a gpu issue... Fix that and see what happens.

[simplexalarms]

@joshua87901 well I would if I had money to throw at this....

[Gb755c]

I was gonna say either the motherboard or the processors but shouldn't he not even get a boot chime if either or is the case?

[simplexalarms]

@Gb755c yeah, the boot chime and stuff it stored in the EFI i think... Which shouldn't activate if the mobo is dead.

[labohio]

Let the SmashBros have a go at it!

[simplexalarms]

@labohio you know it!

[CJ19Productions]

Sounds like a dead motherboard.

[simplexalarms]

@CJ19Productions Somewhat... I could get it into something that resembled booting fully by taking the gfx card out.

[smario3500]

Where did you find that G5?

[simplexalarms]

@smario3500 A friend gave it to me.