You guys were right, the video card itself was the issue. The good one's card had no name I could share, but I pulled the two cards out of the "insomniac" Mac, and it's running fine.
I'll swap cards into other working Mac (There were two cards in bad one) to identify bad video card. I also have cards from the two G4s with bad power supplies. So I'm now good to go. I'd never have suspected these cards to be the issue. Much thanks. /Joe On Jun 5, 4:22 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. > > On Jun 5, 2012, at 1:03 PM, JoeTaxpayer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > First, I am a bit OCD. I got carried away with my love of the G4, and > > own 5. One bought new at list price the other 4 off eBay. > > Two have power supplies that bit the dust. So three are still well. > > The three are all running Leopard. Two of the three go to sheep and > > wake up nicely. One has an issue. On waking, the screen is hosed. It's > > not viewable and can't recover. So, this machine can't be put to > > sleep. > > I ran into this recently. Swapping the video card resolves it. I think the > the card was an older design and wasn't fully supported by the driver. > What is the model of video card in the in-sleep able machine. -- 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
