Hi all,

PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2002, Mac OS 10.4. Apple 17" adc display and a generic 15" display on the vga link. These have all been working quietly together for about two years.

Last night I tried to burn ASD 2.5.8 to DVD using Roxio Toast.
I have never before burned on this mac.
All ok until writing the leadout which did not complete.
Unable to eject dvd using Toast, keyboard, Finder - all failed.

Restarted while holding down mouse button but it failed to eject the dvd and what's more failed to startup! Tried target disc mode - nothing showed although.Command shift P R - failed to chime.
Option - failed to give load disc options.
Replaced macally keyboard with apple keyboard, replaced logitech mouse with apple mouse - failed. Removed all usb except keyboard and mouse, removed all cards from internal slots - failed.

Finally removed second/vga display - success!
So, the display was suspect, however when I tried that display connected to my trusty Pismo it worked as usual - perfectly.

Which leaves the Nvidia GeForce4 MX as the only culprit, and with it the question why is the adc connection is still working perfectly with the 17" Apple display?

While all this was happening both displays had a faint glow as if they were ready to go. It seemed as if the mac found the generic display but then let go as "no rgb input" appeared after a while.

I guess it would be a good idea to look around for a new display card - unless someone has knowledge of a different reason for this event?

Ged

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