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HELP!! Powermac G5 trouble diagnosing problem

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BenMacUK

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Jan 16, 2011
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Hi All,

My powermac g5 was running fine last night then booted it up this morning and NOTHING.

I'm having trouble diagnosing the problem and any advice would be great.

At the momment when you press the on button the computer sounds like it is starting up but the screen doesnt switch on at all.....I have tried it on 2 monitors with different cables and then tried the monitor with my other computer and they seem to be fine....

Does that mean it could be the graphics card issue?

Also the computer is not making the usual apple BONG sound when booting...

any ideas on how I can work out what is wrong with the system would be great as i'm not quite sure how to start
 
Currently I'm too drunk for a good answer, but;

sounds like my Mac when the cheap Realtek rtl8187 drivers cause a kernel panic in which in computer can shut down to a state where the screen turns off and everything appears to be off - only I can still hear the fans, and I have to either hold down the power button or cut power; then when I reboot it turns out to be a kernel panic caused by the rtl8187 driver kernel extension.
 
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Hi thanks for the reply yes all system fans are spinning as normal when the system would boot up
 
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Cheers Ray will give it a go when back home.....Not meaning to sound like an idiot but how would you reset the graphics card is it a simple case of just removing it and reinserting or is there a key sequence etc on startup?
 
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Lol thanks Ray will give it a go later on fingers crossed this will sort it was hoping the system would soldier on another few years
 
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