Ack! Where's my PMU switch?

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by vniow
I did plug in a USB keyboard and mouse, neither lit up so its safe to assume that the USB conmtroller isn't working for some reason.




I'm starting to think that too, it looks like there was an option to have one there, but there's this little strip of wire that permantly connects two of the solder points.



Yes.




Thank you, but that's for a PCI model which has a slightly different architecture than the AGP.



Thank you, I will try that soon.

There's actually technique for the AGP model also but for some reason I had it in my head that you had a Gigabit non-AGP instead of the other way around.

Even though the lights on the keyboard are not working I would still attempt zapping the PRAM with it.

 

[MacBandit]

Here's the page I was getting the help from.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article....howSurvey=false&sessionID=anonymous|168434541

 

[vniow]

Originally posted by MacBandit

Even though the lights on the keyboard are not working I would still attempt zapping the PRAM with it.

Its not just the lights that aren't working its the whole keyboard, its wireless so I tried plugging in a wired mouse just to see if even that would work, but nada.
The lights on the reciever blip for about 1/4 of a second when it first boots and then they go off, I have a spare USB PCI card around so I put that inside, plugged in the reciever, started it up and it did the same thing, blipped on for about 1/4 of a second then went off so either both controllers are bad, or it's the logic board itself.

I tried zapping it anywayz, but I guess it didn't work since nothing's changed.

 

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by vniow
Its not just the lights that aren't working its the whole keyboard, its wireless so I tried plugging in a wired mouse just to see if even that would work, but nada.
The lights on the reciever blip for about 1/4 of a second when it first boots and then they go off, I have a spare USB PCI card around so I put that inside, plugged in the reciever, started it up and it did the same thing, blipped on for about 1/4 of a second then went off so either both controllers are bad, or it's the logic board itself.

I tried zapping it anywayz, but I guess it didn't work since nothing's changed.

You don't have a wired keyboard of any sort?

One more stupid question. I hope I'm not getting to you I'm just trying to work this out with you.

Is the battery installed correctly? Have you checked the batter with a voltmeter to make sure the battery wasn't labled or assembled incorrectly. I have came accross AA batteries before that had a reversed polarity to how they were assembled and labeled.

 

[vniow]

Originally posted by MacBandit
You don't have a wired keyboard of any sort?

Not any USB, some old PS/2 keyboards, but none that'll work on the Powermac.
Doubt it would make any difference though seeing as I do have a wired USB mouse which didn't work.

One more stupid question. I hope I'm not getting to you I'm just trying to work this out with you.

No problem, I appreciate all your help here even though it looks like there's not much I can do besides replacing the entire logic board.

Is the battery installed correctly? Have you checked the batter with a voltmeter to make sure the battery wasn't labled or assembled incorrectly. I have came accross AA batteries before that had a reversed polarity to how they were assembled and labeled.

Battery is installed correctly, polarity is correct and it is fully charged. It better be, its brand new.

 

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by vniow


Battery is installed correctly, polarity is correct and it is fully charged. It better be, its brand new.

Before replacing the logic board I think it would be good to check the battery with a tester of some sort for polarity and charge. Also find someones usb keyboard to borrow.

 

[MacBandit]

Hey, V did you ever get this worked out?

 

[vniow]

Nah, I even talked to mischief about it but it was hopeless. I ended up parting it out on eBay but the person who won the board chickened out

so I relisted it, don't expect to get too much money out of it but it's better than getting none...

Nice eclipse pics, BTW.

 

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by vniow
Nah, I even talked to mischief about it but it was hopeless. I ended up parting it out on eBay but the person who won the board chickened out

so I relisted it, don't expect to get too much money out of it but it's better than getting none...

Nice eclipse pics, BTW.

Hey sorry to hear that didn't work out for you. Hopefully a sale will go through for you.

Thanks for the compliment.