Mel writes, <Sometimes adding or changing a PCI card screws up what was working before. You did replace one video card that was working with a NVIDIA card. I'm not suggesting that you give up your second monitor but I am suggesting that until that NVIDIA is removed and you restore the card it replaced, you won't know if the NVIDIA card is the cause of your problem. Ordinarily I wouldn't suggest this removal but you have tried quite a few other reasonable options all to know avail.
If the NVIDIA card should be the cause of your problem and since you wish to use two monitors, that might require a solution which would be beyond your current problem and would require a solution I am not qualified to offer.> You do make an interesting point, i.e., "Sometimes adding or changing a PCI card screws up what was working before," because it was after I got the Radeon video card (and maxed the RAM then too), my G4 stopped booting in OS 9, where it always did previously. The NVIDIA card is the one that actually came in my machine, but last year I got it into my head that a Radeon card would solve a particular problem, so when I bought one, my BF took the NVIDIA out and replaced it with the Radeon...which didn't REALLY solve my problem, but ehhhh, OK...so I put the NVIDIA away Then at the end of the year when I decided I wanted to hook up the second monitor, I didn't see any problems with putting back the card which had originally come with this same machine.....and I since I don't have to boot in OS 9 that often, I didn't realize THAT problem for a long time. But yes, something screwed up somehow before the Firewire on my external HD but only after I asked my BF to help me out messing with the video cards! And yes, CUDA was pressed at the initial installations, and later on PRAM was zapped too..... Mmmm, then again how do we know more messing around with the video cards might not make the problem worse instead of fixing it?! Well, OK...next time my BF is here -- and if cleaning out the FW ports with toothbrush and alcohol doesn't do it -- yes, then maybe I'll try this. I really do need for him to do the messing around in the computer innards. Thanks, ~Yersinia. ________ "Facing terror isn't half as fun as sharing it." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
