Please Sque, give me more details about this paragraph (?)
"The reason for this is to completely clear the pram which may have been corrupted by the vga converter for example. This is not very likely but worth a look."
What can I do?
Sorry.
remove the power. remove the battery. leave the machine sit for some time, over night is best. after this reinstall the battery (check voltage if possible) then the power resetting the ram is another thing to try
the battery powers the pram where things like time, video and network settings are stored. if this becomes corrupted some macs fail to boot or fail to show video.
with the power cord attached and turned on at the point the pram is always recieving power, the battery is a backup for when you lose power. removing both sources of power clears the pram. you have to reset some settings after this is done, network being the worst.
I suggest you try this first before any other hardware fix like pulling cards or swapping power supplies.
It probably wont help but it rules out the easy stuff first. Another thing to try is a different monitor but you should be able to tell if the hard drive "sounds" like its booting or not. If it doesnt sound like its booting its probably not the monitor.
Best of luck
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