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Conquest-ish... PB G4 A1046

Posted by: t3h on 2011-08-15 19:59:45 Bought this for $40 on an Australian "overclocking-related" forum. Seller forgot to mention that it didn't include a power adaptor, and described it's condition as "locks up occasionally when using it, probably just needs a new HDD". It got half way through the OS X installer and this happened. Rebooted and this happened. Now it's totally dead :| Should I try and fix it, or would I get more parting it out?

Posted by: Byrd on 2011-08-16 00:02:50 Hi, was that on OCAU? 🙂 I picked up two PB G4s off there recently, one was a PB Ti 667, which I got working 100% by cleaning the RAM slots. Fixed it up, gave to a friend - total cost about $40! It was in good nick too. The other - a 1.2Ghz PB Alu model - worked OK, but wouldn't start up after being used for a while - probably PMU/motherboard fault which I could not diagnose. With yours, I'd pull the RAM first, and see how you go running off a single stick. The top RAM slot often fails in these models. Try also a power manager and PMU reset. JB

Posted by: LCGuy on 2011-08-16 02:06:29 Eeek :-/ I'd try Byrd's suggestions - also make sure you're using known-good RAM (that you've tested in other systems), and try both slots. Also consider trying an external display. Failing that it looks like it could be a motherboard issue...perhaps the GPU considering the funky display pattern.

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