Apparently your hard drive isn't putting out a video signal to the monitor for some reason. One possibility would be a sick hard drive or operating system. If I had another mac as you do, I'd take the hard drive out of it and stick it in the starmax and see if it worked then. I suspect that it will- then you have to figure out if you can get the old HD running. Do you have the monitor connected to a video card? if so try connecting to the built-in video port. A bad video port is also a possibility but rare. Make sure the connection to the video port is good (unplug-replug)- you've probably done this though, should have been the 1st thing to try. George (NickUtah)
> About a month ago, the machine (vintage 1997) conked out -- I could hear the > chime and the HD spinning, but black screen. I was advised to install a new > battery. > > I installed a new battery, pressed the cuda button with the power cord > plugged in (did this several times) and pressed the start button. I can hear > the chime and the spinning of the hard disk. Then, with the computer > running, I attached the monitor cable. The light on the monitor turns green > for a few seconds, then turns amber -- the sleep mode. I do not see the > smiling mac or anything else. The screen is black. > > I tried holding down shift-option-command-delete with Disk Warrior in the CD > drive (which spins and accepts a disk). I have also tried zapping the p-ram. > > I know the monitor is OK (it is attached to the G4 I am using in order to > post this message). I have a hunch that the problem involves a connection > between the SM and the monitor. > > Suggestions are welcome. > > OS 9.1, 128 ram, 30 GB HD, ethernet card, USB card. -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
