Weird screen then ....

so in middle of sending email desktop g4 running tiger 10.4.8, system showed no weirdness leading this. new weird gray pattern of sort showed ...not usual bomb etc icons or restart alert...very briefly, pattern covering screen, , screen went black, though power still going screen. thought maybe screen died, hit volume , down no sound. fan still active, no major noises of kind otherwise. zapped pram, tried set in target disk ibook, run cd, etc. no dice. seems hardware or firmware failure rather software problem. hadn't added new peripherals or system updates, sudden failure. no harddrive noises. there little "engage" whir, light on screen turns on, fan runs, etc. no startup after point. failure of processors? ram? harddrive? ideas?

 

lancemfoster said: ↑

but there little "engage" whir, light on screen turns on, fan runs, etc. no startup after point. failure of processors? ram? harddrive? ideas?

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that used happen old dell working on after put , forgot put processor in whatever happened, doesn't sound promising.

 

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