Thanks, Steve! And thanks to the rest of you for your input, too. I resoldered those 3 resistors (had to pull 2 capacitors in order to get to them) and the problem is solved. I wait on bated breath every time I boot my Mac, but the display comes up perfectly every time now!
Having fixed this problem, however, another one has re-surfaced. This one seems pretty minor, but I wonder if it is a harbinger of things to come. Every now and then the screen cuts of and cuts right back on. Basically, it flashes a black screen at me for a fraction of a second. During the "flash," it makes the "I'm changing resolutions" sound. The flash lasts about that long, too, but there's none of the resolution-change screen gibberish. Any ideas? Thanks a lot, Jesse > > This is a common problem with the Multiple Scan 17. It is due to dry > joints > (cold solder in USA) on 3 390 ohm surface mount resistors on the video > board. If you removed the metal cover on the back of the video board to > resolder, you would have missed these, as they are on the other side of > the > PCB. It is a double sided board. Remove the board from the metal can, then > look between the video IC LM2205N and the video power IC VPS07S heat sink > on > the component side of the PCB. The 390 ohm resistors will have '390' > marked > on their body and will be the largest on the board. You may have to remove > some adjacent electrolytic capacitors to get good access with a soldering > iron. > > Steve Bell -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
