check battery voltage under load first. then vram. charles lenington Jerry Roberts wrote: > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------
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