On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Jeffrey Engle <[email protected]> wrote:
> I built a G4 1.25 MDD for my wife and the monitor that she's been using > with it has suddenly developed some problems. I went to turn it on the other > day (her MDD & Monitor) and the whole thing was dead as a doornail until I > unplugged the 17" Apple LCD, then it powered up fine? I tried the same > scenario with another MDD and got the same results... then I powered up the > the MDD and tried to plug in the monitor after it was powered up and as soon > as I did, the computer shut down instantly. any thoughts? Jeff > I know I'm coming to this thread late, but I've also got a persnickety ADC monitor. If the USB port is connected directly to the ADC connector and my G5 goes to sleep, the monitor will go black and nothing will wake up the system. Sometimes it will even do this when its idling, as opposed to sleeping. The only option at that point is to yank the power and reboot. The system log would show several USB errors. My fix for this was to isolate the USB on the monitor entirely. I plugged a DVI-to-ADC converter into the DVI port (as opposed to just using the ADC port) on my video card, and didn't route any USB at all to the monitor. So far this has worked perfectly for me. Eric -- 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
