On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:29 PM, schrödinger's cat wrote: > i'm new to imacs, and i have a 17" G4 (lampshade?) imac with a dead > screen. it seems to still boot up, but the screen is black. i need > to > connect it to an external monitor to see what's going on, but the only > video port on the base is of a type i've never encountered before. > did > these things originally come with an adapter to connect to a VGA > monitor > or a DVI monitor? where do i get one and what's it called? anyone > have > one that they don't need/want? thanks in advance to all who reply.
The 17" G4 iMac models all have mini-VGA video (monitor) ports: <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac_800_17_fp.html> You need a mini-VGA to VGA adapter for a common VGA monitor. It is available for $19 from the Apple Store: <http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8639G/A?mco=MTIxODk3Mw>, and most likely less from other vendors. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
