multidiscipline
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I have a G4 800 powermac Quicksilver tower. I haven't used it regularly for a number of years, although it has been started up say every 5 months or so without any problems at all.
Last weekend I started it up and it worked for about 2 minutes before suddenly shutting down, without warning. I tried starting up again and it started up, only to shut down as soon as the desktop appeared.
I started up again, and whilst the light in the power switch on the front panel illuminated, and a short 'apple boing' noise came on, it just shut down immediately after.
Having left the computer untouched until the following weekend (today) the same order of events has unfolded. two minutes for the first go until unannounced shutdown, and then progressively shorter amounts of power.
Whilst this isn't a critical piece of hardware for me, it does hold some useful data, can anyone help me to resolve what the problem might arise from, and hopefully suggest a way to fix it. I have no idea if this problem is hardware or software related.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Last weekend I started it up and it worked for about 2 minutes before suddenly shutting down, without warning. I tried starting up again and it started up, only to shut down as soon as the desktop appeared.
I started up again, and whilst the light in the power switch on the front panel illuminated, and a short 'apple boing' noise came on, it just shut down immediately after.
Having left the computer untouched until the following weekend (today) the same order of events has unfolded. two minutes for the first go until unannounced shutdown, and then progressively shorter amounts of power.
Whilst this isn't a critical piece of hardware for me, it does hold some useful data, can anyone help me to resolve what the problem might arise from, and hopefully suggest a way to fix it. I have no idea if this problem is hardware or software related.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.