On Apr 7, 2009, at 9:08 PM, insightinmind wrote: > Its starting up, going to Desktop (I assume ... I can see the > internet connection for it is up), but no video. > > To shut down blindly, I discovered, control/eject plus return.
This sounds right. It would seem to be starting up and shutting down normally without video. > Now I did a Restart with C for the Installation DVD, and I get video. > Doesn't that mean the card is ok, somethings wrong from the OS X > partitions holding the system? or is something wrong with my hard > drive? Yes, I agree, this means the card is OK and there's likely a software issue with the HD. Perhaps replace the old video card and then reinstall the latest COMBO update and see if that can solve your issue? I saw this on the web <http://blogs.ebay.com/mac_geniuses>: "most Nvidia video cards appear to exhibit a slow boot time (2-3 minutes in most reported cases) initially in Mac OS 10.5 Leopard in Powermac G4s." It says there is a "solution" but sounds like a firmware or hardware solution: There is a solution. Mac_Geniuses customers who experience a slow boot time with various Nvidia graphics cards (Geforce 6200, Geforce 6600, Geforce 6800, & Geforce 7800 GS/XT/GT) and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard in their Powermac G4 can now contact me for free update. It will involve either returning the card to me to update the card or a simple system modification and will solve this most common boot issue with Leopard. Customers concerned about this boot issue may send a question to seller through Ebay to arrange to get the current fix for this problem. Perhaps contact this guy, he seems to know the answer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
