On Apr 7, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> > 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? Done. (see comments below). > > 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." > I don't think this applies here. I believe I have used this card with 10.4.11 and 10.5.6. Just seems like this installation isn't going well. I re-installed the 10.5.6 Combo, after, with luck, getting the machine to boot into 19.5.6 with video. Same behavior. I also had some more luck and got AHT to run. It showed no hardware problems, and tested the GeForce. Maybe I should put the ATI back in. I was trying to test my video capabilities ... maybe I've discovered it ain't working 100% ... just not totally convinced ... Thanks for your suggestions. Onward ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
