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G5, 2nd monitor problem
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 835241" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Well...I can't say for sure. But when you plug in a 2nd monitor, and the Mac freezes up...assuming the monitor is fine...then the video card would be the next place to look.</p><p></p><p>I'm assuming that your G5 has 1 video card with two video ports on it.</p><p></p><p>If you had a 2nd video card you could test (by hooking up 2 monitors)...but I'm assuming you don't have a 2nd video card.</p><p></p><p>So you can either:</p><p></p><p>- work with just 1 monitor</p><p>- you could try going to the video card manufacturers website, and see if they have drivers that you could download & reinstall & see if that helps.</p><p>- try repairing "permissions". I do this first whenever I have a problem.</p><p>- get a 2nd video card...and hook your 2nd monitor up it (two video cards in your G5)</p><p>- buy another 2-port video card that hopefully works...and plug both monitors into it</p><p>- pay a computer tech. big bucks to figure out the problem</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 835241, member: 56379"] Well...I can't say for sure. But when you plug in a 2nd monitor, and the Mac freezes up...assuming the monitor is fine...then the video card would be the next place to look. I'm assuming that your G5 has 1 video card with two video ports on it. If you had a 2nd video card you could test (by hooking up 2 monitors)...but I'm assuming you don't have a 2nd video card. So you can either: - work with just 1 monitor - you could try going to the video card manufacturers website, and see if they have drivers that you could download & reinstall & see if that helps. - try repairing "permissions". I do this first whenever I have a problem. - get a 2nd video card...and hook your 2nd monitor up it (two video cards in your G5) - buy another 2-port video card that hopefully works...and plug both monitors into it - pay a computer tech. big bucks to figure out the problem I hope this helps, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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