G5 just not Working

[dxldesign]

ok,

had my g5 a year or so,

recently having problems with it took a few times to start and to turn it off with the power button,

also a weird error coming up crashing the comp and telling me to hold down the power button,

and now the thing doesnt even get to the logoin screen

jsut sometimes get a flashing ?, or firmwere loads up asks me to boot and then crashes.
and sometimes jsut he grey screen appears and nothing happens.


anyone suggest what to do?

help please as all my graphic work is on this mac!


scott

 

[Satcomer]

Time to wish you had a backup, does it? Seriously, it sounds like your hard drive maybe going south. Find your original software install disks and look for the one that says "hardware test". Run that test to test your hard drive. Good Luck.