From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 1 17:02:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0873B16A418 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:02:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from anduin.net (anduin.net [213.225.74.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9352113C461 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:02:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from ranger.anduin.net ([212.62.248.147] helo=[192.168.2.10]) by anduin.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1J9kAn-000AAp-9d; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:41:01 +0100 Message-Id: <117DB4EC-17D3-430B-BC1F-773951391320@anduin.net> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= To: Justin Hibbits In-Reply-To: <200712301041.36623.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:41:00 +0100 References: <200712301041.36623.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half-dead G4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:02:40 -0000 On Dec 30, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > Hi folks, > > Maybe someone could help me with this problem: I recently purchased > a 1.25GHz > PowerMac G4 on eBay, and it worked perfectly fine. However, after > loading > FreeBSD on it, and running it for a couple weeks, it no longer boots. > HOWEVER, I can still hold down the mouse button and the CD ejects, > so I'm > assuming it must be reaching some part of OpenFirmware, it just > doesn't POST > (I don't hear the chime). I've tried ripping out a couple RAM sticks, > reseating the video card, resetting the PMU, and one time I did > manage to get > the chime, without the video card in there, but even pulling the > card out > again I still don't get the chime now. Is there any other test I > can perform > to narrow down the cause, and fix this problem? Torfinns answer is not too shabby; I'd give that a go. I had this problem on an iMac at one point, and it turned out I had a bad SATA cable. I'm not kidding - the 8cm SATA cable from mobo to drive in the iMac was somehow partly broken, resulting in erratic and varying behavior depending on whether the 'puter was standing (and at which angle) or laying down. /Eirik > > > Thanks, > > Justin