At 1:45 PM -0500 2/4/03, G-List wrote: >I'm the proud and probably temporary owner of a Beige G3 300, with >DVD and the A/V card with hardware decoder. I picked it up at >auction and am trying to get it running well enough to decide whether >I keep or sell. >Anyway, it's a G3/300/160MB/7GB connected to an Applevision 17"monitor. >When I start up, the screen comes up, I can watch extensions load, >but as soon as I get to the beginnings of the desktop the screen goes >black. The green "on" light stays on, but nothing else. If I boot >without extensions by holding down shift, everything works fine. If >I use extensions manager to start with no active extensions or >control panels, I'm back to black. >I have booted off the 9.0 on the drive, Norton 5.0, 9.0 install, 8.5 >install, and OSX install, same results with all of them. Have zapped >PRAM 4 times in a row, rebuilt desktop, reseated RAM, VRAM, and >personality card. Clean install of 9.0 and trash old system folder. >I don't have another monitor handy to check that, but this seems to >be a software problem, or maybe a dying display card? >It seems like this might be something that someone has seen before, >but I haven't turned up much. Any help would be appreciated, I'd >hate to part this out. >Best, >Joel
Is there anything in the Startup folder? ... might be the culprit. How about setting up a Disabled Control Panels folder and a Disabled Extensions folder and doing it the old fashion way? Select all files while in each folder respectively and transfer them into the newly created folders, and restart. If the monitor works restore 1/2 the extensions, then 1/2 the control panels, restarting after each trial etcetera, etcetera,... until you have found the problem(s) (corrupt/conflicting/wrong version file(s)) by a process of elimination. I've seen a bad Extension Manager give big headaches. You could use Tech Tools to check for corrupt files throughout the whole startup drive. Lastly, no insult intended, have you tried switching the monitor off and on again? -- -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
