Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-12 Thread pdimage
On 11/05/2011 21:59, blindspot-smi...@yahoo.co.uk blindspot-smi...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: The monitor will eventually fire up - might take two, three, four G5 power-ups, might have to leave it for hours and just sometimes it might come on immediately. Haven't successfully powered

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-12 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 12, 2011, at 2:22 AM, pdimage wrote: Sounds like a bad dvi/vga adapter - have you checked for bent pins on it? - try a different adapter. Cable pins can be bent too causing intermittent contact. I agree, the adapter (or cable) seems a likely culprit. It seems like a DVI/DVI cable

G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread ag
My DP G5 running OSX 4.11 fails to wake up the monitor on start up. Monitor at the moment is a Dell flat panel but it was the same with my old Apple studio monitor. G5 chimes happily but monitor's amber light stays amber and fails to go green. I use a DVI/VGA connector, and linking my G4

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread Dan
At 12:22 PM +0100 5/11/2011, ag wrote: DP G5 running OSX 4.11 fails to wake up the monitor on start up. Monitor at the moment is a Dell flat panel but it was the same with my old Apple studio monitor. Ok. So it's not the display. G5 chimes happily but monitor's amber light stays amber

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 11, 2011, at 6:22 AM, ag wrote: Disconnecting all USBs and pulling power cable for ten minutes improved matters but now I have to power up 3-4 times or just leave it to another day. I don't understand? You mean you have to reboot 3 or 4 times and on the 3rd or 4th time the display

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread blindspot8888-smiths
trouble and could be resoldered or something. - Original Message From: Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, 11 May, 2011 20:22:02 Subject: Re: G5 monitor fails to fire On May 11, 2011, at 6:22 AM, ag wrote: Disconnecting all USBs and pulling power

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread Alex Barnes
Have you checked the monitor cable? On May 11, 2011, at 2:59 PM, blindspot-smi...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Yes, Kris Just to make it clear, taking into account your remarks. The monitor will eventually fire up - might take two, three, four G5 power-ups, might have to leave it for hours