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G5 tower starts up / chimes / then shuts down - abevilac - 10-18-2008
I was online this afternoon and there was a power brown out in my basement office. The APS has been a little wonky for about a month but I thought it was ok. The mac shut down. Once power restored, I restarted the Mac and it starts up just fine; I get the chime and then the gray apple screen and the sun burst rays start to go around and then... nothing. I shuts down. I're tried it direct into an outlet, that is, not using the apc and also on another outlet -- same thing. Everything else is working fine. Anybody have any suggestions??? I can't remember how old the machine is [lafinfil, can you?] maybe 5 years old?
Re: G5 tower starts up / chimes / then shuts down - lipskidder - 10-18-2008
Can it be the battery? I had a similar problem on my g$ tower a few months back.
Re: G5 tower starts up / chimes / then shuts down - abevilac - 10-18-2008
oh, just a battery??? I've been searching and there are some problems w/ G5 power supplies. I hope it's just a battery. Thanks.
Re: G5 tower starts up / chimes / then shuts down - M>B> - 10-18-2008
http://macbattery.com/index.html
$8.79 postage included!
http://macbattery.com/3.6-volt-battery/36voltbattery.html
Re: G5 tower starts up / chimes / then shuts down - Wild eep - 10-18-2008
My G5 Tower had identical symptoms.
It was the power supply.
I bought a replacement PS on ebay and swapped it out myself.
You have to remove the processors to get at it though.
Re: G5 tower starts up / chimes / then shuts down - incognegro - 10-18-2008
the G5 PS is a royal PITA to replace.