The Unsolvable Problem: Hard Drive Install in Powermac G4

htg · Apr 27, 2012, 08:50 AM

Here's the situation: Stuck a hard drive in my Powermac G4, connected it, put in a Tiger install disk, everything running smoothly until WHAM! I leave the room for 3 minutes, and it turns itself off. It was in the process of installing, so don't know what damage its done. Nobody touched it. Can't figure out what the problem is.

Connected to my HDTV with an DVI to HDMI connector, not that it would make much difference, as it was working fine before. Now, whenever I try to power it up, I hear the chime but then no image shows.

A bit baffled.

Heavertron · Apr 27, 2012, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by htg

Here's the situation: Stuck a hard drive in my Powermac G4, connected it, put in a Tiger install disk, everything running smoothly until WHAM! I leave the room for 3 minutes, and it turns itself off. It was in the process of installing, so don't know what damage its done. Nobody touched it. Can't figure out what the problem is.

Connected to my HDTV with an DVI to HDMI connector, not that it would make much difference, as it was working fine before. Now, whenever I try to power it up, I hear the chime but then no image shows.

A bit baffled.

Can you boot the tiger install CD again?

skinniezinho · Apr 27, 2012, 02:25 PM

run the apple hardware test cd (if you don't have it, download it, there are links in the faq in my sig).

Apr 27, 2012, 08:50 AM	#1
htg macrumors regular Join Date: May 2009	The Unsolvable Problem: Hard Drive Install in Powermac G4 Here's the situation: Stuck a hard drive in my Powermac G4, connected it, put in a Tiger install disk, everything running smoothly until WHAM! I leave the room for 3 minutes, and it turns itself off. It was in the process of installing, so don't know what damage its done. Nobody touched it. Can't figure out what the problem is. Connected to my HDTV with an DVI to HDMI connector, not that it would make much difference, as it was working fine before. Now, whenever I try to power it up, I hear the chime but then no image shows. A bit baffled. __________________ My Stuff: iPhone 3GS 8GB, Macbook 2Ghz 2.5 GB RAM 13.3 inch screen, New iPad White 16GB WiFi+4G, iPod Shuffle 4G, Original iPod, Original iPod Shuffle. My blog @ http://henrytg.com
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skinniezinho macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Portugal	run the apple hardware test cd (if you don't have it, download it, there are links in the faq in my sig). __________________ Powermac G4 @1.2GHz/2Gb/Gforce 6200/Samsung 500Gb/NEC 930SB /Apple Pro Kb+ Logitech M505 Thinkpad X230/256Gb SSD/16Gb Ram + Dell U2312Hm F.A.Q for PowerPC Macs
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