My g5 having issues, red light coming on behind power button

an overview, i tried to install an airport adapter and some ram and went to turn it on, and it runs, i think it even chimmed but the monitor isnt registering the grey screen, but it is registering that it is connected as it isnt the video card or at least i dont think it is.
I did buy an agp nvidia 6200 card as well and swapped it in to try, and no go, swapped the old one back and still nothing.
what is the red light indicating?
it has 10.3 on it, dont have the disc since i opted for the computer on ebay
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From what I've picked up it seems the larger sticks of RAM should be placed in the inner slots, going outward. I'd try reseating the RAM making sure you hear that little snap of them seating then try starting up again. If it still balks, shut down and reset your PMU and see if that forces your mac to recognize the RAM. Of course there might be a bad stick in there and that's what's throwing it off. Good luck. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436

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