On Dec 22, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: > If you can find the parts, the video cards in those machines are > replaceable. By swapping in a different card from another AIO you > could > have a better idea of whether its the motherboard, card, or perhaps > the > monitor that is bad? Note that there are two versions of those > video cards, > one that has audio in/out ports and a simpler one that didn't have > those > ports.
By the way those are not the video cards, those are called Personality Cards. The beige G3's used integrated video chips. > Since the video connector that goes to the built-in monitor in the > AIO is > not the standard 15 pin connector used for external monitors on > other macs > of that era, it will be more difficult if not impossible to try an > external > monitor (neither card has an external 15 pin video out port to > attach an > external monitor) There is a video out plug on the back of the AIO > . The internal video cable uses a different port/connector > that doesn't fit the external monitors...so you would have to adapt > the > connectors somehow to try an external monitor? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
