I've just bought a second hand Powermac G4 dual 450MHz through eBay. It was working fine until I started it in Target Mode to link to my iMac DV 400MHz. I followed the instructions on the Apple website fof linking in Target Mode but the Powermac did not show up on the iMac desktop, and the Powermac monitor went blank and then into powersave mode (its a Mitsubishi DiamondPlus 230).
I was then flying blind, so in accordance with the Apple instructions pressed the power button on the Powermac to get it out of Target Mode. Since then it has refused to reboot. Because it won't wake the monitor (which is fine as it works slaved off the iMac) I can't see what is going on or use the keyboard or mouse. I had to shut it down by holding in the poweer button until it switched itself off.
When I power it up with the button on the front the button lights, and the Cap Lock key flashes once. I don't hear any start-up chime, but can't be sure that the volume is turned up. The fans run and the hard drive sounds as though it spins up, but there is little or no sound of it accessing as far as I can tell.
I have tried booting it from a genuine retail OS X 10.4 install disk having opened the drive with the little button on its front behind the shutter but although I can hear a brief spin from the DVD drive it gets no further.
Is it fritzed?
Any suggestions as to what I should do to get the computer to start would be gratefully received, otherwise I fear another set of eBay items for parts from a dead Powermac. Are there any tests that can be done without masses of specialist knowledge/equipment to determine the problem.I'm just wondering if these machines have reached the end of their economic life?
I was then flying blind, so in accordance with the Apple instructions pressed the power button on the Powermac to get it out of Target Mode. Since then it has refused to reboot. Because it won't wake the monitor (which is fine as it works slaved off the iMac) I can't see what is going on or use the keyboard or mouse. I had to shut it down by holding in the poweer button until it switched itself off.
When I power it up with the button on the front the button lights, and the Cap Lock key flashes once. I don't hear any start-up chime, but can't be sure that the volume is turned up. The fans run and the hard drive sounds as though it spins up, but there is little or no sound of it accessing as far as I can tell.
I have tried booting it from a genuine retail OS X 10.4 install disk having opened the drive with the little button on its front behind the shutter but although I can hear a brief spin from the DVD drive it gets no further.
Is it fritzed?
Any suggestions as to what I should do to get the computer to start would be gratefully received, otherwise I fear another set of eBay items for parts from a dead Powermac. Are there any tests that can be done without masses of specialist knowledge/equipment to determine the problem.I'm just wondering if these machines have reached the end of their economic life?
