[dpl2004]

Can't Connect - &^!@

I bought the firewire cable and connected both machines... I was told to hold down the 'T' button when starting up the G4... Nothing happens.

Could somebody help me please.

[TETENAL]

Turn off the G4, hold down T on the keyboard and keep it held down. Turn on the G4 and don't release the T-key until a Firewire symbol appears on the monitor of the G4. The G4 will than act as a external Firewire-harddrive for your G5.

If that does not work, define "nothing happens".

[cybergoober]

Also, make sure the G4's firmware is up to date. FireWire Target Disk Mode was not present on the earlier G4s.

[RevEvs]

"nothing happens""

ah I love it at work when i get explanations like that from clients...

[dpl2004]

What I mean by nothing happens... No Icon pops up. No message to take action. Nada.
Also, I did try holding down the T button, then starting up the G4, still not Icon or message.

I guess an old G4 Firmware could be the problem.

[analogika]

So "nothing happens" means that the G4 just booted up normally?

Or that "nothing happens", in which case the appropriate professional diagnosis would be, "Something's broken."

[dpl2004]

The Old G4 could have booted up normally, but since I don't see it on this monitor I can't confirm.
There have been no recent startup problems with the G4.
I do have a new system X that I could install on the G4. Would that cure the Firmware issue?

[angelmb]

Firstly, check this out to know what kind of G4 Mac you have there:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418

Another good resource would be the www.apple-history.com site and / or the free Mactracker application:

http://www.mactracker.ca/

Once you know what kind of G4 you have there, look for the suitable Firmware and apply it.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117-en

Scroll down until you find the ones aimed to Power Mac G4 models.

[dpl2004]

(Thank you for your help, because I still need it.)

Still no connection of my G4 to my G5.

I have updated the Firmware on my G4. I could not get the new system disc 10.4.3 to mount on the drive. I did do a reboot and held down the 'C' button. I could not get the new system disc to appear on the desktop.

After updating the Firmware, I did try to mound the firewire connnected G4 to my System 10.3.9 G5. I didn't get any notification or Icon appearing on the desktop. I did wait, holding the 'T' button for 4 minutes...

[angelmb]

One though… which G4 mode is it?, could be than the first low level Power Mac G4 PCI Graphics -codenamed Yikes- were not able to boot from FireWire Target Disk Mode like happened with the Blue & White Power Mac G3, since such G4 were basically a Yosemite with a G4 CPU… could be that the issue here?

[dpl2004]

To: angelmb
Using your link to identify which G4 i had, it is the "Digital Audio" version.
I used the corresponding Firmware for update.

Should I update the G4 to a higher system than 9.1, such as 9.?, then go to system X

[bstone]

Connect a monitor to the G4. Hold down the T. Tell us if they Firewire symbol displays.