did all that and now it is working. next set of woes are on a new thread. this thread is closed. aravind
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 07:20:27 -0700, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday, October 4, 2004, at 03:57 AM, Tim Collier wrote: > > > > > By the way, which G4 iMac is this? > > Read carefully...he never said 'iMac'. > >> > > >> what i have when i open the side panel is > > The only Macs with 'side panels' are PowerMacs. > > > >> 1. dust dust dust > >> 2. 256mb Ram my seller said 64mb,. so bonus > >> 3. a 20gb ultra ata harddsik instead of a promised 10gb ., i am not > >> complaining. > >> I connect and power up. > >> the power switch lights up and the starting music is heard. > >> the monitor lights turns on green and then a blinking orange. > > first I'd carefully blow out the dust rhinoceroses. > > It's good the startup chime is heard. This means the motherboard is > happy. > > It's possible that the video card has become slightly dislodged in > transit. > > Carefully pull and reseat the video card. > > It's also possible that the monitor is getting fed a frequency that it > cannot handle. Macs want to start up at 75 Hz, if your monitor doesn't > do that, or doesn't do that at the resolution the system was last set > to you could have a problem. Can you try a different monitor? > > Try zapping the PRAM, hold command-option-p-r down while starting the > machine. Keep holding until the system <bong> is heard three times. > (there's a pause between each one, they're restarts of the machine) > > >> -- > "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. > Bruce Johnson > > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
