The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If the CMOS battery doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.I won the G5 capacitor lottery, but you may not.
If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from ~2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
Sometimes the RAM fails (or a bad configuration is installed), but it’s typically the hard drive. Again, the guide can be found [guide|965|here].
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into to a point. Refer to [post|556982] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online if you do NOT own a Mac; if you own a Mac you may find them online (but may need to rename .toast to .bin and use a .bin friendly burning application if you don’t own Roxio Toast), but it’s not something I intend to help you do here. I’m firmly going to stand my ground on buying them online.
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into to a point. Refer to [post|556982] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online if you do NOT own a Mac; if you own a Mac you may find them online (Most of them are .toast, so unless you want to rename it to .bin and find a burning tool that works with it, you need Roxio Toast), but it’s not something I intend to help you do here. I’m firmly going to stand my ground on buying them online.
The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If the CMOS battery doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.I won the G5 capacitor lottery, but you may not.
If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from ~2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
Sometimes the RAM fails (or a bad configuration is installed), but it’s typically the hard drive. Again, the guide can be found [guide|965|here].
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into to a point. Refer to [post|556982] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online if you do NOT own a Mac; if you own a Mac you may find them online, but it’s not something I intend to help you do here. I’m firmly going to stand my ground on buying them online.
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into to a point. Refer to [post|556982] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online if you do NOT own a Mac; if you own a Mac you may find them online (but may need to rename .toast to .bin and use a .bin friendly burning application if you don’t own Roxio Toast), but it’s not something I intend to help you do here. I’m firmly going to stand my ground on buying them online.
The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If the CMOS battery doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.I won the G5 capacitor lottery, but you may not.
If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from ~2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
Sometimes the RAM fails (or a bad configuration is installed), but it’s typically the hard drive. Again, the guide can be found [guide|965|here].
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into a point. Refer to [post|556982] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online.
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into to a point. Refer to [post|556982] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online if you do NOT own a Mac; if you own a Mac you may find them online, but it’s not something I intend to help you do here. I’m firmly going to stand my ground on buying them online.
The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If the CMOS battery doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.
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The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If the CMOS battery doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.I won the G5 capacitor lottery, but you may not.
If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from ~2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
Sometimes the RAM fails (or a bad configuration is installed), but it’s typically the hard drive. Again, the guide can be found [guide|965|here].
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into a point. Refer to [https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/556982/Where+can+I+find+an+ISO+for+this+machine|my question from yesterday] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online.
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into a point. Refer to [post|556982] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online.
The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If the CMOS battery doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.
If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from ~2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
Sometimes the RAM fails (or a bad configuration is installed), but it’s typically the hard drive. Again, the guide can be found [guide|965|here].
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As far as the OS goes, I’m going to mirror what @mayer told me about my iMac and the software situation I ran into a point. Refer to [https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/556982/Where+can+I+find+an+ISO+for+this+machine|my question from yesterday] to get an idea on what you can do to get software. In my case I went with 10.4 because I wanted the OS9 Classic environment on a non-OS9 booting machine, but if you do not need it and have 2GB of RAM available 10.5 is a good candidate for such a machine. Buy these discs online.
The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If that doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.
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The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If the CMOS battery doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.
If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from ~2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
Sometimes the RAM fails (or a bad configuration is installed), but it’s typically the hard drive. Again, the guide can be found [guide|965|here].
The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If that doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.
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If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from 2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
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If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from ~2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
Sometimes the RAM fails (or a bad configuration is installed), but it’s typically the hard drive. Again, the guide can be found [guide|965|here].
The iMac G5 is known to have bad capacitors. If that doesn’t help, check the capacitors to be 100% sure they are not blown.
If the capacitors aren’t bad, then you probably have a hard drive issue. These G5’s are old enough the original drives are 14-15 years old so many of them are beginning to die. I was VERY fortunate with my 20” to get a newer 320GB drive so I can sleep knowing my drive won’t implode for no good reason because it isn’t the original (I had a hunch because it’s using a much smaller PCB then any old WD I remember). However, mine is also from 2009-10, so mine is only a few years younger but it’s also a WD so I’m not too concerned about it. The guide for this can be found [guide|962|here].
Sometimes the RAM fails (or a bad configuration is installed), but it’s typically the hard drive. Again, the guide can be found [guide|965|here].