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Hi everyone,
Been round macs for years, got 2 imac g3 500s at home (among various other macs ) and one of them at the moment is used as a spare machine for basic stuff.
anyway, just recently the display is black on boot and it will start up but no display at all. So i reset the logic board and ..... chime, everything works perfectly.
problem is that every reboot the display is dead again and i have to reset the board. I think it is the flyback transformer (on the analogue board) but im going off another g3 i mac i had a few years back which died because of that. This one seems different because a reset gets it up and running and also there are no burnt out smells or popping sounds coming from the CRT. The computer is also in a well ventilated area.
I know this model is 11 years old but still works fine and am amazed it runs so well for its age. BTW running 10.4.10 on it with 1G ram.
Thanks, any input is appreciated.
Been round macs for years, got 2 imac g3 500s at home (among various other macs ) and one of them at the moment is used as a spare machine for basic stuff.
anyway, just recently the display is black on boot and it will start up but no display at all. So i reset the logic board and ..... chime, everything works perfectly.
problem is that every reboot the display is dead again and i have to reset the board. I think it is the flyback transformer (on the analogue board) but im going off another g3 i mac i had a few years back which died because of that. This one seems different because a reset gets it up and running and also there are no burnt out smells or popping sounds coming from the CRT. The computer is also in a well ventilated area.
I know this model is 11 years old but still works fine and am amazed it runs so well for its age. BTW running 10.4.10 on it with 1G ram.
Thanks, any input is appreciated.