Need assistance with multiple issues with several G5's

Hello All,
I need to get some assistance with some issues that I am having with several G5 Dual’s
I just started a new position and I have 4-G5 Dual’s that are in various states of disrepair. Normally I would call Apple support but they did not purchase the extended AppleCare packages for any of the G5’s theu purchased and they are ALL over a year old now. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
G5 number 1 - Has its fans running at full output all the time. Could this be a firmware issue?
G5 number 2 – Had it’s logic board replaced by one of our company computer techs and now at start up gives a long tone then boots to white screen with a command prompt. Requiring me to either type “mac-boot” or “shutdown”. If I continue the boot process the machine just goes to a gray screen and stalls. I researched this yesterday and tried several solutions I found here but to no avail. Seems to me that past of the issue is that it is stuck looking for a firmware upgrade. How do I get past it?
G5 number 3 – Mac seems to boot correctly but when you click on the Apple icon in the upper left hand corner the Finder blinks out and then comes back. It does this every time we try to go to the Apple menu. We removed the original hard drive and installed in a known good drive, our tech drive with a G5 image, rebooted the mac and the same issue occurs with the Finder.
G5 number 4 – This unit boots to black screen with a Unix command prompt displaying “root#”. Any thoughts.
Thanks
Paul
G5 Dual   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  
G5 Dual   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Apparantly someone not certified to repair them messed them up.
Tell bossman it would be in his best interest for you to take them to a authorized Apple Repair and get it done with.
Tell him that Mac's rarley screw up hardware wise and there really hasn't been a great demand for skilled repair techs outside of Apple.
If your worried about your job, tell him you can take care of the software, training, minor hardware and networking end of the matter. Which, luckily for you, are longtern and ongoing needs. You can tell him that.
There's nothing wrong in admitting you don't know how to do something and keeping your job, than to be unable to fix them and lose your job.

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