So.
I've got a Sawtooth, single 400MHz, OS9.1. It's been running fine since I set it up again a few weeks ago for doing some music like back when.
I only have one monitor, a completely standard 17" Dell CRT, for reasons space conservation and female acceptance, which I sometimes use for a Compaq tower as well.
Today I turned on the Sawtooth and wondered why the monitor didn't come on. It took me about a minute to realise that the monitor was plugged into the Compaq... so I powered down the G4 and plugged the monitor in.
I turned it on, heard the bell, saw the monitor power LED turned green when it was supposed... saw nothing on the screen, and then the monitor went back into power saving mode (orange LED). OK.
Reseated graphics card, tried that switch on the monitor, I've resetted the PRAM once, twice, and more times. It can do FW target disk mode, and from what I can hear of the hard disc it's definitely booting (ie. it sounds exactly like it normally does when starting up, same sequence of spin ups/downs, searching, etc.) but there's nothing on the screen. I've got no networking services of any sort turned on, so I can't get at it from the outside. The monitor works fine with the Compaq. I've tried booting from CD and that sounds about right too.
I'm thinking the video card is dead but I really don't want it to be...
I've got a Sawtooth, single 400MHz, OS9.1. It's been running fine since I set it up again a few weeks ago for doing some music like back when.
I only have one monitor, a completely standard 17" Dell CRT, for reasons space conservation and female acceptance, which I sometimes use for a Compaq tower as well.
Today I turned on the Sawtooth and wondered why the monitor didn't come on. It took me about a minute to realise that the monitor was plugged into the Compaq... so I powered down the G4 and plugged the monitor in.
I turned it on, heard the bell, saw the monitor power LED turned green when it was supposed... saw nothing on the screen, and then the monitor went back into power saving mode (orange LED). OK.
Reseated graphics card, tried that switch on the monitor, I've resetted the PRAM once, twice, and more times. It can do FW target disk mode, and from what I can hear of the hard disc it's definitely booting (ie. it sounds exactly like it normally does when starting up, same sequence of spin ups/downs, searching, etc.) but there's nothing on the screen. I've got no networking services of any sort turned on, so I can't get at it from the outside. The monitor works fine with the Compaq. I've tried booting from CD and that sounds about right too.
I'm thinking the video card is dead but I really don't want it to be...