--- George Van Wagner <vanwag@earthlink.net> wrote: > According to MacFixIt and Macintouch, resetting the power management > unit should fix the problem. disconnect the G5 from power for 15 > seconds and then press the 'on' button. You should hear the fans try > and start and then stop (since they've just discharged what ever was > in the power supply capacitors). Now reconnect the power cable and > boot the computer. i was on the phone with apple at 6am . .we tried the above . .unfortunatly nothing worked and i have just come back from dropping my G5 at the local apple repair where i took it after hours of trying to reboot after installing update G4 still working great though . . good luck with 10.4.3 y'all! P Strayhorn ======================G5 dual 2.5 OSX 10.4.2 Logic Pro 7.1.1 3.5 GB ram http://www.musicallmusic.com ======================