imac blueberry trouble

[leverknight1]

i have a friend who has an imac dv and it doesnt want to use the built in monitor tube is there a way to fix this?

the symptoms are the last few succesful boots the scree turned green on one then on restart it was blue does this sound like a fatal prob.?

we got it to boot it is just using an external monitor.

 

[Badger]

Display problems on these models are often the result of trying to install OS X when the firmware has not been updated. Sometimes even loading a CD that has a version of OS X may cause it. If this is the cause then updating the firmware will usually resolve it. This site explains the problem and provides a walk-through to repair it: http://www.gileskennedy.com/panthereatsimac.

 

[leverknight1]

no this thing was running 8.6 from the factory has never even seen an osx disk and it was giving ram problem messages but the ram is good.

we got it to boot off cd w/o a hard drive the monitor sounded like it clicked on but then like 3-4 seconds later it clicked right off after no picture was displayed so i just plugged a pc monitor in the mirror port on the back and it displayed perfect on that.

we installed the firmware update and it still wouldnt't display on the built in display. i cant explain it but it does work when you have a monitor in that port as far as i can tell it is the analog board and the place i found one at was 220 and they arent willing to spend half the price of a eMac or a mac mini for an old out of date imac.

so i will probly be getting an imac dv soon.

 

[Aptmunich]

Take out the monitor and do a custom install of a flat panel in there

Or turn it into an aquarium!

 

[Badger]

I checked the Apple iMac G3 forums and there are several questions about the same problem but no solutions. The concensus is that the monitor is dying. As your friends found the repairs could be more than getting another similar iMac or a major part of the cost of a new mac.

 

[leverknight1]

yeah it is just a waste of money once they get rid of the others they have or they die too i will probly be getting all of them for cheap to none.

 

[macEfan]

Take out the monitor and do a custom install of a flat panel in there

Or turn it into an aquarium!

I still havent finished my imacquarrium yet. it is harder than i though it was going to be. But once it is done it will be quite nice

try the flat pannel approch. (it will make the imac a lot lighter too)