Hi G5ers. I'm a nubie to this site. I have two G5 Dual 1.8 towers. They are a mastery of design!
However, I do have some issues with both.
I bought them both on eBay about 5 years ago at around $450 each - shipped.
I got them to upgrade myself from my G4 466DA, AND to get my elderly mother off of the confusing Windows running PCs my brothers kept setting her up with ( and then not supporting!). She went through three PCs in 7 years!
I wanted our computers to be set up identical so I could help her over the phone if she had problems (I was tired of having to do that for the PCs).
After I got the G5s I never actually had to help her agian for several years!.....until lately.
They both came from different sellers and were loaded with software and RAM (4.5 GB on mine and 2.5 on her's - i think)
I moved about a year ago, and when I went to boot up at the new place my G5 would not boot. It gave me the chimes but past that would only spin in gray screen as the HD clicked away. I put it aside and used the G4.
The G5 has two HDs ,a 160 GB with OS 10.5.2 as boot, the other a 250GB.
Recently, I put a new 1 Tera HD in it along siide the 160GB HD and booted from CD with new OS 10.5.8 retail disc. I can now read, write to and copy from the 160GB HD! So, what was happening to the 160GB HD?
On mom's G5, it suddenly quit booting. The system will not boot even from the CD. I get good chimes and some response for about 1 minute then it freezes. Any clues?
thanks ~Terry
However, I do have some issues with both.
I bought them both on eBay about 5 years ago at around $450 each - shipped.
I got them to upgrade myself from my G4 466DA, AND to get my elderly mother off of the confusing Windows running PCs my brothers kept setting her up with ( and then not supporting!). She went through three PCs in 7 years!
I wanted our computers to be set up identical so I could help her over the phone if she had problems (I was tired of having to do that for the PCs).
After I got the G5s I never actually had to help her agian for several years!.....until lately.
They both came from different sellers and were loaded with software and RAM (4.5 GB on mine and 2.5 on her's - i think)
I moved about a year ago, and when I went to boot up at the new place my G5 would not boot. It gave me the chimes but past that would only spin in gray screen as the HD clicked away. I put it aside and used the G4.
The G5 has two HDs ,a 160 GB with OS 10.5.2 as boot, the other a 250GB.
Recently, I put a new 1 Tera HD in it along siide the 160GB HD and booted from CD with new OS 10.5.8 retail disc. I can now read, write to and copy from the 160GB HD! So, what was happening to the 160GB HD?
On mom's G5, it suddenly quit booting. The system will not boot even from the CD. I get good chimes and some response for about 1 minute then it freezes. Any clues?
thanks ~Terry
