On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Hal wrote: > >> Interestingly, I tried the open firmware procedure described above, >> and when it rebooted, the screen stayed on the grey OF screen with >> black text while the computer rebooted, with no display. It's almost >> like it doesn't know the video card and display are there. I also >> tried the Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner and did the "Deep Cleaning" >> with no change in results. > > It seems obvious the card works, otherwise you wouldn't see the Open > Firmware screen. Have you used verbose boot (Cmd-v) to see what's > happening? At this point, I think it's some higher level video > problem, I'd recommend reinstalling the latest Combo Update for > whatever version of OS X you're using.
I'll try the combo update for 10.5.8 next. If that doesn't work, I'll probably resort to doing an archive and install... That just takes a lot of time... Thanks for the help! -Hal -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
