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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Black screen on Power Mac g4 | Posted by: alk on 2008-01-05 10:49:27
I absolutely love those old LCDs (Apple Studio Display)! I've got five of them now - two DVI models, two of the original purplish ones with the old-style Mac video connector, and one with the blue and white coloring of the B&W G3. They are wonderful displays (relatively low power, too - 45 W max). The only drawback is the max resolution is a little low (1024x768) for my tastes. Still, I recommend them! 119€ seems a bit expensive. I just spent about $70US on one, so I think about 50€ would be appropriate.
Peace,
Drew
| Posted by: The Macster on 2008-01-05 11:43:46
You'd be better off just getting a standard "PC" monitor, there's nothing about Macs that needs a special monitor, any regular one will do and are typically much cheaper, people seem to pay a large premium for an Apple logo on the second-hand market for some reason even though they're no better than other screens. That price is too high for what is a pretty old screen, you could get a brand new 17" LCD for what they're asking for that old Apple 15"!
| Posted by: sublime_ivy on 2008-01-15 06:06:36
will any pc monitor work with it?
| Posted by: Temetka on 2008-01-15 13:02:18
Pretty much if it has a VGA connector, as previously stated.
I am 99% sure his Rage128 card has VGA.
| Posted by: AndyMatts on 2008-02-27 08:17:18
Did anyone find resolution to this problem? It just happened to me. No changes in hardware or anything, I just tried to select one of the resolution options available on my display preference menu.
When I picked it, the screen went black (G4 AGP, using a big Sun Microsystems CRT monitor). I know the OS is loaded, because I makes noises at me when I hold down the Esc key.
I reset the PRAM and PMU, so now I get a grey screen, then the "forbidden" symbol, so I know it is capable of output to my monitor.
I've also hooked it up to a newer monitor, and used both types of connections on the graphics card interface, same result.
When I try booting up from the OSX 10.3 or OS 9.2 discs, I get the grey apple screen, then the clock-like "working" thing below it... then it goes black again.
I'm going to try to do a low-level reformat of the hard drive, then try to re-install the OS, but I'm not sure why that would work if resetting the PRAM and PMU wouldn't. I'm freaking out here...
| Posted by: Christopher on 2008-02-27 11:14:42
When you put the OS disk in hold the c key until the loading screen appears, then release.
| Posted by: AndyMatts on 2008-02-27 14:47:25
When you put the OS disk in hold the c key until the loading screen appears, then release. Been there, done that...
When I try booting up from the OSX 10.3 or OS 9.2 discs, I get the grey apple screen, then the clock-like "working" thing below it... then it goes black again. It goes black after it loads up the OS.
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