Sure enough, I gave them a call and explained the situation to Andy. Now that I had a pattern, I thought the OWC tech guys might know what was going on.
Sure enough, I saw the same little “folder with a question mark” briefly, then on to the gray Apple screen and a successful boot. On a hunch this morning, I removed only half of the RAM I’d installed and tried again. It seemed like it was recognizing the new RAM, then going on and booting up. Before going to the gray Apple screen, I got the little “folder with a question mark” briefly, then on to the gray Apple screen. I’d just put in new RAM earlier in the week and I noticed something a little odd on the first boot after adding the RAM in. The machine starts to boot, the screen stays black, and the fans come on full blast. and this is not the only issue with these machines (which are otherwise great computers).(Sorry for the long title, trying to make it descriptive to help future searchers on this topic.)īackground: I’ve been having problems with the RAM in my PowerMac G5 Quad pretty much ever since I got it: Which means, in turn, that you can easily tear them completelly off their sockets (weak and shallow ones) while attempting to lift the CPU.īesides, the whole thing (getting the MB out) is exercise in high dexterity and saintly patience thanks to Apple's decision to save few cents on machines costing thousands of $ by making all wires shorter than necessary for easy dismantling, by an inch. One uses phillips screws and some guiding rods (AFAIR) - plain and simple solution, while the other uses allen bolts and sort of "expanding" studs, which have tendency to get stuck, PERMANENTLY, to the CPU's base plate.
This guide applies, it seems, to liquid-cooled CPU G5s, which are rather rarity IMO.Īir-cooled G5s are completly different kettle of fish, and they come in two flavours as far as CPUs brackets (those studs on which CPUs are attached to the aluminum case) are concerned.
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