Ok Dokey...Hola to the Mac Users out there. This is my first foray into the Mac World having been a long time PC loyalist i've finally taken the plunge and bought an old G4 seeing as theyre quite cheap nowadays thanks to the G5 being out. Regardless straight away..i've run into one hell of an issue.
Recently bought my G4 off a private seller, he showed it to me operating perfectly. so i paid the cash and took it home. When i got home, wired everything up, hit power and low and behold the first thing i get to deal with is the Grey apple screen with a grey apple in the middle accompanied by the dreaded spinning wheel which quite soon after stops spinning totally (freezes)
Now i've tried everything i can find regarding this on the net. So heres a summary of what i have tried.
>Ran fsck -fy
>Reset the PMU
>Reset the NVRAM + "reset-all"
>Reset PRAM
>Ran tests on both DDR sticks...Together, and seperately. So it was clear, ram wasn't the issue
>Ran tests on both HDD's...Together & seperately. So it was clear, HDD's weren't the issue
>Took out my GF4 card
>Disconnected any other unecessary cables which aren't being used
>Shift to get into safe mode (Non responsive)
As a last resort i also tried a pirate ver of OSX (Wasnt given OSX discs with the G4) from the net seeing as the shops were closed due to NY's EVE, so atleast the mac would be operational in some way. But alas, even that froze in the EXACT same place (even with the HDD's disconnected from the board)..Bizzare?
I may have missed 1-2 other minor approaches out (primarily commands i tried when in SU Mode), but afaik from my years of working with a PC, the only possible thing left which would house the problem is the logic board...or the cpu, right?
Im just hoping theres a DIY solution to all this rather than having to fork out more cash for a pro to take a look at it.
Appreciate ANY help i can get on this, much appreciated
Specs for Model M8570 (Power Mac G4 - Mirrored Drive Doors):
Dual 1.25Ghz
G4 4400
2X512 2700DDR
2x130GB HDD's (IBM ones from what i can see)
CD Drive (presumed it was DVD originally, but upon further fiddling, it's CD)
Recently bought my G4 off a private seller, he showed it to me operating perfectly. so i paid the cash and took it home. When i got home, wired everything up, hit power and low and behold the first thing i get to deal with is the Grey apple screen with a grey apple in the middle accompanied by the dreaded spinning wheel which quite soon after stops spinning totally (freezes)
Now i've tried everything i can find regarding this on the net. So heres a summary of what i have tried.
>Ran fsck -fy
>Reset the PMU
>Reset the NVRAM + "reset-all"
>Reset PRAM
>Ran tests on both DDR sticks...Together, and seperately. So it was clear, ram wasn't the issue
>Ran tests on both HDD's...Together & seperately. So it was clear, HDD's weren't the issue
>Took out my GF4 card
>Disconnected any other unecessary cables which aren't being used
>Shift to get into safe mode (Non responsive)
As a last resort i also tried a pirate ver of OSX (Wasnt given OSX discs with the G4) from the net seeing as the shops were closed due to NY's EVE, so atleast the mac would be operational in some way. But alas, even that froze in the EXACT same place (even with the HDD's disconnected from the board)..Bizzare?
I may have missed 1-2 other minor approaches out (primarily commands i tried when in SU Mode), but afaik from my years of working with a PC, the only possible thing left which would house the problem is the logic board...or the cpu, right?
Im just hoping theres a DIY solution to all this rather than having to fork out more cash for a pro to take a look at it.
Appreciate ANY help i can get on this, much appreciated

Specs for Model M8570 (Power Mac G4 - Mirrored Drive Doors):
Dual 1.25Ghz
G4 4400
2X512 2700DDR
2x130GB HDD's (IBM ones from what i can see)
CD Drive (presumed it was DVD originally, but upon further fiddling, it's CD)