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#473173 - 08/18/07 01:27 AM `Grey screen when i boot up my powermac [Re: Atomiggisse]
termatt56 Registered: 07/04/07 Posts: 35 Loc: New Zealand	I was tinkering away inside my dads powermac -making it run three harddrives and stuff like that. After about 20 minutes i decide to test the drives. I boot up the mac and all i get is a grey screen. I've tried resetting the pram, taking out pci cards and swapping around harddrives but as of now I still have a grey screen. Could somebody please help...
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#473174 - 08/18/07 02:39 AM Re: `Grey screen when i boot up my powermac [Re: Atomiggisse]
TCPMeta MacModder Registered: 11/16/07 Posts: 1816 Loc: Florida, USA	Does the startup chime go when you turn it on? If it does then it's a video card problem. If it doesn't then try taking out the PRAM battery and unplug the power and wait a minute then put it back together. _________________________ To live is to let die
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#473175 - 08/18/07 11:04 AM Re: `Grey screen when i boot up my powermac [Re: Atomiggisse]
godicm Registered: 08/03/04 Posts: 25	i got this problem when the harddisks are not configured right. (i.e. two masters sharing one bus) double check the jumper settings of all drives and / or try booting with only one disk first.
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#473176 - 08/18/07 11:41 AM Re: `Grey screen when i boot up my powermac [Re: Atomiggisse]
Waragainstsleep Registered: 02/13/05 Posts: 1723	Disconnect everything non-essential and test it. Make sure nothing has been fried. Then add things back one by one.
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#473177 - 08/19/07 05:19 AM Re: `Grey screen when i boot up my powermac [Re: Atomiggisse]
termatt56 Registered: 07/04/07 Posts: 35 Loc: New Zealand	Fixed that problem by resetting the PMU thanks
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#473178 - 08/19/07 01:56 PM Re: `Grey screen when i boot up my powermac [Re: Atomiggisse]
zenstate Registered: 10/16/04 Posts: 586 Loc: Vancouver, BC Canada	I was going to say you might ne over powering the PSU but it looks like you sorted it out. _________________________ Mac mini C2D 1.83GHz - 2GB RAM - 200GB 7200rpm HD Sawtooth w/G4 1GHz - 1GB RAM - SIIG SATA w/2x1TB HD B&W w/G4 600MHz - 1GB RAM - 2x80GB HD Sawtooth G4 400MHz - 512MB RAM - 40GB HD Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20" Widescreen LCD 2.94TB Total Storage
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