swap hdd from 1.6 powermac to 2.7 powermac

[jakepeg]

Hi,

I have acquired a 2.7 ghz dual powermac without a hard disk, I have an old 1.6 ghz powermac, I have taken the drive from the 1.6 and plugged it into the 2.7 but it doesn't boot up. Anything I should know??

Thanks.

 

[adcx64]

Could you post a little more info for us?
Do you get a grey Apple logo after the startup chime?

 

[jakepeg]

I didn't get the logo or the chime. the only thing that happened is I could hear the fan spinning :/

 

[raysfan81]

I didn't get the logo or the chime. the only thing that happened is I could hear the fan spinning :/

Its quite possible that you have received a broken powermac. The 2.7ghz model had LCS issues. I would open it up and look for corrosion.

 

[Tucom]

Hasn't responded back, that'd totally suck if LCS was the issue.


Ofcourse that's worst case scenario, there are a handful of super easy simple fix solutions for reasons why a G5 can and will exhibit such behavior.


Try resetting the PRAM?

Remove the battery?

Reset the SMC ( I think that's what it's called, check acronym, sorry off the top of the head) via motherboard?

HDD could be incompatible with 2.7 G5?


Never know, but if there WAS A LCS leak, then I'd bet money that's the issue

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

The drive should work with no issues so I would assume the 2.7ghz G5 to not be working correctly.

Unless the 1.6 model(assuming it was a singe 1.6ghz G5 Powermac) was running a lower version of OS-X that is not compatible with the 2.7.

 

[VanneDC]

could also be ram. needs to be same sticks and 2 of them going outwards from the center.
STV, youd get the folder with the question mark then wouldn't you?