I run a series of Powermac G4s and have done so for years. When one of them recently died i bought a job lot of 3, all dual processor 450's from Ebay.
When they turned up Parcelforce, the courier damaged the box by dropping it and when i checked all the machines one did not boot.
Now here comes the confusing bit. It bongs but there is no video. I don't have a standard CRT monitor but connect them up to as Toshiba TV come monitor.
I can hear everything working inside and popped in a Tiger disc to hear it do the boot from CD to installation. But no video....
I tried swopping a graphics card between one of the other machines but they alas neither machine would work with each other's card...
So I'm left scratching my head. I did the olde Apple/Option PR and did the reset but still nothing. I don't want to buy another graphics card if its dead but it does sound alive.
Can anyone come to my rescue?? Matt Burton England.
When they turned up Parcelforce, the courier damaged the box by dropping it and when i checked all the machines one did not boot.
Now here comes the confusing bit. It bongs but there is no video. I don't have a standard CRT monitor but connect them up to as Toshiba TV come monitor.
I can hear everything working inside and popped in a Tiger disc to hear it do the boot from CD to installation. But no video....
I tried swopping a graphics card between one of the other machines but they alas neither machine would work with each other's card...
So I'm left scratching my head. I did the olde Apple/Option PR and did the reset but still nothing. I don't want to buy another graphics card if its dead but it does sound alive.
Can anyone come to my rescue?? Matt Burton England.