Powermac G5 won't start

At 10:11 AM +0100 6/29/12, Mark Benson wrote: My Rev.0 Dual 2Ghz PowerMac G5 had more problems than even my DEC PWS 433au. The G5 had a dead onboard NIC about 3 years before I retired it, and in the end it wouldn't boot except in standalone mode (whatever you call that on the Mac). Thankfully it reached this point just after the late-2010 model was released (I was waiting for that to replace it). I ran the DEC PWS 433au for several years with a dead PCI slot, and eventually replaced it with an XP1000/667. I think something to consider with systems such as these is they aren't built to the standards of computers in the 80's. Realistically they are intended to last about 3 years and be replaced. Those of us running Mac's (at least the people I know around here) tend to make them last a lot longer. Those of us running OpenVMS have it even worse. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Photographer | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | My flickr Photostream | | http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848088 at N03/ |