Hi all, It brightened my day to see the name michael s. macdonald appear here again. where have you been, my powercomputing guru?
wayne > From: "michael S. Macdonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Power Computing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:40:34 -0600 > To: "Power Computing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Dead Monitor, or Dead video CArd? > > The PTP is working okay if you hear the bong. That means the startup > sequence has checked all the items on the system bus and pronounced them OK. > > Your problem is that whatever card is in the PTP is not syncing with the > monitor you tried (presumably it wasn't the Colorsync). PTP's came a with > third party IXMicro cards as standard equipment, usually the 8 meg version, > although some of the last off the line had 2 and 4 mb versions. > > It's pretty easy to check if that is the card installed in your PTP simply > by opening the side and checking the card. The IXMicro 'twin turbo' was a > pretty skookum card in it's day, and relatively trouble free, easy to set > up if the software was installed, and would run most monitors even without > the control panel being installed. > > Try your colorsync with the unit. It is highly unlikely that you can or > will damage your monitor with the stock IXmicro card. Then scout around for > another video card to plug into one of the other 5 PCI slots you have. The > PTP can run up to six monitors, and having at 2 monitors running makes your > time at the keyboard much more fun. > > Cheers...Michael > > (hello again) > >> Hi, I have a PTpro225, thats sitting dead in the water right now. >> Can I try to hook up the PTP Box to my Mac Colorsync working monitor, >> and check to see if the video cards the problem, and not risk hurting >> the Colorsync 20" monitor?? in case the video card in the PTP is >> damaged? I get a startup chime on the ptp, and it sound like its >> starting up )but the dead screen is just a half size horizontal grey and >> nothing shows up on the desktop, so I cant tell if the PTPs actually >> working.. > > -- > Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> > --> 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]> > List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
