Dual 1.8 G5 Issues

#1 Wed, 4 May 2011 - 04:55

I started messing with the Dual 1.8 G5 tonight, I power it up with good ram in it, no video card and I get a steady blink on the Power LED and a red led on in front of the upper ram slots.. Any ideas on this one

#2 Wed, 4 May 2011 - 05:15

A steady blinking front LED is supposed to be a sign that the G5 doesn't see any RAM. The RAM slots are numbered, it should have identical RAM in like numbered RAM slots. If I remember correctly, the upper RAM slots don't have the same number.

#3 Wed, 4 May 2011 - 18:56

The RAM must be paired, upper and lower. Work your way from inside to outside. Be sure the RAM is DDR 400 (PC3200) unbuffered.

This may be useful to you:

• 1 Flash: No RAM is installed or detected.

• 2 Flashes: Incompatible RAM types are installed.

• 3 Flashes: No RAM banks passed memory testing.

• 4 Flashes: No good boot images are detected in the boot ROM (and/or there is a bad sys config block).

• 5 Flashes: The processor is not usable.

#4 Thu, 5 May 2011 - 01:12

All i get is a steady blinking LED. I guess I can get some ram for it and try it. Will it also error out if no video card is installed

#5 Thu, 5 May 2011 - 06:32

IIRC, they boot without a video card and (if enabled) you can connect to them via VNC.