On 13/10/09 05:08, "Erik Hancock" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Had my AGP bite the dust power system or logic board Was smoking and
> sizzling as soon as power cord plugged in alt power supply no help.
>
> Purchased a used AGP and swapped the drives and now not sure if it is
> booting up correctly VGA out is not getting signal nor is the DVI to the
> Apple cinema display.
>
> In old mac I had the Radeon 9800 but looks like the fan was fried not
> sure if I should swap out the cards and risk frying the new system or to see
> if I can find my original AGP display card for the VGA monitor.
>
> Any suggestions to try before swapping cards in case unit is trying to
> determine whether VGA vs DVI is active or if Pram or other method can be
> tried to startup system?
>
> Can tell some settings are changed off of old system (10.4) because the
> network and attached HDD/DVD on Firewire hubs are not present. Other
> advice?
>
> Holler back on or off-list
>
> Thanks
>
> Erik Hancock
What's an AGP? - a Sawtooth? If the old card is a 9800 what's the
new/used card with no signal. Very rarely a zap of the nvram and the pram -
by holding the comm/opt/p/r keys immediately after the chime - will cure a
fault - worth a try....a cuda press will also reset the mobo.....
If it will boot and display with an OSX installation disk the problem
may be the system on the HD.
Pete
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