I am looking for help with a problem involving the built-in monitor on a Power Mac 5500/250.
I am unfamiliar with this model and I just bought a used one on eBay. The monitor screen seems to be dead. It sounds OK when booted (I plugged in keyboard & mouse, start it up from the keyboard button, and hear a healthy sounding startup chime, the fan, and the hard drive accessing files for a while). However the screen remains dark. The ?two indicator light (s) on the front face at lower right hand corner are not lighting up either. I tried the pair of butttons at the bottom of the front face that appear to be brightness control, but they did not seem to have any affect. No trace of light could be seen on the screen when the room is darkened, and the screen remained cold even when the computer was left on for a couple of hours. I thought about hooking up a standard 13" mac monitor I had on hand but I didn't find a port in the back of the 5500 that I could use. Without a view of the desktop I could not shut it down normally, I had to use the power button in the back. Has anyone heard of this problem affecting the PPC 5500 ? Am I overlooking a monitor-on switch somewhere? Is there a way to open the case up so I can check to see that the screen is properly connected inside? Any suggestions? -- Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
