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djackmac: I am worried that this might get worse and make the machine to refuse to power at all. And this situation forces me to use the CRT monitor that takes a lot of space on my desk, but hey what can I do? Do you think it may mess things up in future? It's a very unusual scenario and can't...

The USB, Firewire and headphones jack work perfectly though... So you don't think this will be an issue or see the machine fail in the near future? Plus I don't like the Apple CRT display I have bought 2 LED monitors but it wont power with them. I will look around for mac spares and see what...

Hi guys! Sorry for the late response, I managed to install Tiger OS X and it works fine. But still powers with the apple display switch, I checked behind the front panel and the cable is connected securely and everything you guys suggested did not resolve. I don't know if this may help but...

@Deltamac: yes, when I press the front panel power button it won't turn on, but turns on via the apple display power button. There is not any type of light at all in the front panel. I was just about to install Tiger OS X on the new hard drive, so no there wasn't any OS yet. And when I press...

@ElDiabloConCaca: Yes I tried that but still it won't turn on. When I press the power button from my screen I hear the chime and then it shows a folder with a question mark. But the power on the box does nothing and it is connected to the board properly and tight. I am really getting nervous now.

I have a Power mac G5 1.6Ghz model, and 2 days ago it was working fine but the drive had bad sectors and replaced it with a new one. Now it won't switch on with the switch on the board. I reset PRAM, changed battery and RAMS. Out of furstration I press the apple monitor power and I hear the...