Hi, I have several S900s in my office and I can't get one of them to send video to the monitor.
Maybe I'm not stating that correctly, so here's what's taken place: -- I did a fresh install of 9.0.4 on a fresh drive, but the Apple 20" monitor kicks from the green "on" light, to the orange light, which I presume is "standby." -- So I replaced the video card, 16mb, from another machine. Same results. Nothing. -- I plugged the first video card into another machine. It worked okay. -- Then I moved the monitor to another computer. It came on perfectly. -- And then I took the drive to another computer. That S900 fired up just fine. -- Then I plugged another drive into this machine and it also spun up, but gave no video. So, I'm left with the conclusion that it is something else besides what has been mentioned. Questions: 1. Besides dealing with serious motherboard stuff, which I don't feel I am capable of doing, what measures can I take to try to troubleshoot this? Has this ever happened to you? What did you do to fix it? 2. If the video is blown on the motherboard, I can't imagine trying to repair it. So, is it a major pain to pull the whole board out and put another one in? I have a couple of spare machines that have been cannibalized and both have boards in them, though I don't know the conditions of each. 3.. Are there any pictures, drawings. or tutorials posted anywhere to help if this is the route I need to take? Thanks for any help you can offer. Jerry -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
