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Posted by: Maconthemove on 2008-01-03 15:08:21
The subject says it all. A video problem.
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Posted by: MrMacintosh on 2008-01-03 15:16:09
What sort of video problem? Do you plan on repairing or parting? Perhaps it's easily fixed?
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Posted by: Maconthemove on 2008-01-03 15:39:47
I hate to part it but do not know how to fix. Tried loadind a live ppc linux disk but no luck. It seems fine with text and basic colour, but will not switch to higher resolutions
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Posted by: Phreakinus on 2008-01-03 16:15:10
What exactly is it doing? Sounds interesting
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Posted by: Maconthemove on 2008-01-03 16:30:56
I will take it back to the G3,G4, G5 section
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Posted by: John8520 on 2008-01-03 22:00:15
That sounds like a linux problem, not a hardware problem. Try OS X.
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-01-04 06:48:26
Yeah it could be that the GNU/Linux distribution is the problem, although I've never encountered that with New World Macs. Then again, I've never tried on an eMac so you might want to make sure it's not the hardware by following John8520's recommendation.
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Posted by: Maconthemove on 2008-01-04 07:39:56
It is worse with Mac OS X (various versions).
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-01-04 08:48:34
Do you have the Apple Hardware Test disc that you could run on it? Maybe it will find something.
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Posted by: Christopher on 2008-01-04 11:37:29
Tried the glorious pram reset? 😛
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Posted by: bubbleman7546 on 2008-01-04 11:41:22
which card does it have? do you have a way of finding out?
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Posted by: Cory5412 on 2008-01-04 12:41:56
700MHz eMacs all had the same graphics if I remember correctly, it was a 32mb nVidia GeFORCE2mx, not too bad for 10.3 or 10.4, pretty awesome if the intent is to boot OS 9.
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Posted by: coius on 2008-01-05 00:11:34
uh... I think his board is going out ^_^ . Just encounted a problem like that on mine. It's the board, but not sure what on the board. The logic board should be fine, you just need to find another case/CRT/PSU for it. I wouldn't suggest that unless you can find another one on a local listing that has something like a bummed ethernet or something. Speaking of which, i will be posting on another topic about my recent acquisition 😀
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Posted by: Maconthemove on 2008-01-05 22:42:19
Success. Took a G4 9.22 disk and booted, wiped the the drive, and partitioned it properly. Loaded 9.22 on then Tiger. It works perfect.
I think linux gave it a video resolution that it did not support.
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