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why are all my g4s comatose?
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i have a 466mhz 'digital audio' (tangent or clockwork) g4 tower that when given power beeps loudly (and rudely) while a demon red led glares at me. my first instinct was bad/wrong ram, so i tested many different chips, but i have been unable to get any other response from the machine. if anyone knows what i may be missing here i would be eternally grateful. 
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Power Mac G4 Digital Audio 533MHz 1.5GiB RAM, 2x 80Gb ATA HDDs, 320Gb SATA HDD, Radeon 9650 256MiB, Airport Extreme compatible PCI card, Zip 250, Pioneer 110, Firewire DVD burner, 21" CRT, Harmon Kardon Apple Pro Speakers, OS X 10.4.6
Powerbook Pismo G3 400MHz, 768MiB RAM, 80Gb HDD, AirPort Extreme PC Card, Bluetooth 1.1, DVD-ROM, OS X 10.4.6, Ubuntu 5.10, MacOS 9.2.2
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Originally Posted by ShazamItsDavish2
how many beeps?
just one
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have you tried resetting the PRAM?
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Power Mac G4 Digital Audio 533MHz 1.5GiB RAM, 2x 80Gb ATA HDDs, 320Gb SATA HDD, Radeon 9650 256MiB, Airport Extreme compatible PCI card, Zip 250, Pioneer 110, Firewire DVD burner, 21" CRT, Harmon Kardon Apple Pro Speakers, OS X 10.4.6
Powerbook Pismo G3 400MHz, 768MiB RAM, 80Gb HDD, AirPort Extreme PC Card, Bluetooth 1.1, DVD-ROM, OS X 10.4.6, Ubuntu 5.10, MacOS 9.2.2
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Since he's tried numerous RAM chips...
And ' One beep is meant to mean "no RAM installed". ' ...
Could it be there is some crud on the contacts where the RAM is installed... or break in the seat. Close inspection might be called for. (to rule out this expensive possibility)
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TOMBSTONE: "He's trashed his last preferences"
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Join Date: May 2005
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wow, i didnt know the buttons could go red....
oh yer sorry, try reseting PRAM, CUDA, clean ram, reset power management, that sort of thing.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Have you got the correct RAM installed?
Remember that the D.A. 466 mhz computer can't use PC100 RAM,
You need to use 168-pin, 64-bit-wide 8ns PC133 SDRAM (3.3v).
(Just in case you have the wrong speed of RAM installed, Thought I'd mention this)
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