Hi,

This definitely sounds like it could be a capacitor problem.

This is a disturbing, if not inevitable time where eventually even late model G4s (and perhaps G5s) will need to be recapped.

I always thought this stuff lasted forever!!

But apparently that isn't so.

Enough of that: does this model have a SIMM-based ROM? You might try reseating that. Or if it has individual chips in sockets, carefully reseat those. Of course if it's soldered down, there isn't much that can be done.

c