Second Drive Bay Power Port Bad?

I am trying to install a second drive into my PPC G5 but it is not recognized. I realized that the power cable setup for the second SATA drive bay is bad at the port. I plugged the power cable from the First Dive bay into the port on the motherboard for the second Drive Bays power and nothing. It wouldnt boot. I am pretty certain the port for the Second Drive Bay Power is bad on the motherboard. Is there anything I can do other than having this replaced?

I assume you double checked the new drive as working on the known good power port. I have had a DOA from time to time. As the port for the bay comes out of the logic board I would also assume that it would not be worth replacing the logic board (unless you are handy yourself and could spot and fix a micro or a macro crack.
The other possibility is to pull a copy of your machine's service manual and see how the drive power was routed. Which exact PowerMac model is yours? I have a quad and I am pretty sure the power connectors plug into the bottom end of the board. I guess what I am getting at is this. You will want to double check that the board's port itself is bad by testing the PS/s output at the mains. Maybe you will get lucky and find out that the PS is the culprit not hte board as some models of G5/s have PS recalls on them. I have late 2005 and know I have a service manual on mine somewhere on a drive. Other wise Google your board and see how the power is channeled.

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