eMac - eMac won't display anything

Avenger2SER · Avenger2SER #1 (**permalink**)

05-07-2008, 04:26 PM

I bought an emac off of ebay for $60. I got it in today, popped in the 10.5 disk, installed, and rebooted no problem. I was playing around in osx when the screen just turned off. Logically I thought a reboot would fix it, but now it simply won't turn on again. I've tried swapping the memory out and resetting the pram. The system chimes to life and I can hear the hard drive loading the OS, but nothing on screen!

Is there anyway to fix this short of replacing the CRT?

System specs:
1ghz G4
80gb HD
Superdrive
1gb SDRAM
Airport Extreme
10.5.0

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

05-07-2008, 04:47 PM

your best bet is to try and connect it to A VGA monitor using this cable

http://www.smalldog.com/product/34027

also see it the emacs own video connector has come loose

http://www.wilko.com/emac/

Avenger2SER · Avenger2SER #3 (**permalink**)

05-07-2008, 09:39 PM

I let the machine sit for about 5 minutes on startup and the screen came back on. However, I corrupted the the OSX install so I had to reinstall. I'm wondering if this is part of the screen issue with 10.5 and emacs.

Problem officially solved... for now

Thanks for your input

Avenger2SER #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 25, 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 282 Mac Specs: Macbook Air 11" (2012), Macbook Pro 15" (Early 2008), Mac Mini i5 (2012)	05-07-2008, 04:26 PM I bought an emac off of ebay for $60. I got it in today, popped in the 10.5 disk, installed, and rebooted no problem. I was playing around in osx when the screen just turned off. Logically I thought a reboot would fix it, but now it simply won't turn on again. I've tried swapping the memory out and resetting the pram. The system chimes to life and I can hear the hard drive loading the OS, but nothing on screen! Is there anyway to fix this short of replacing the CRT? System specs: 1ghz G4 80gb HD Superdrive 1gb SDRAM Airport Extreme 10.5.0 Macbook Air 11" 4gb, 128gb SSD (2012) Mac Mini i5 16gb, 128gb SSD, 1tb internal, 2x 1tb external (2012) MacBook Pro,4gb,128gb SSD (early 2008) iMac G3 600, iPad Mini Retina 64gb, iPhone 5, and more.
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louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,957 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	05-07-2008, 04:47 PM your best bet is to try and connect it to A VGA monitor using this cable http://www.smalldog.com/product/34027 also see it the emacs own video connector has come loose http://www.wilko.com/emac/
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