Black screen on Power Mac g4

[alk]

I absolutely love those old LCDs (Apple Studio Display)! I've got five of them now - two DVI models, two of the original purplish ones with the old-style Mac video connector, and one with the blue and white coloring of the B&W G3. They are wonderful displays (relatively low power, too - 45 W max). The only drawback is the max resolution is a little low (1024x768) for my tastes. Still, I recommend them! 119€ seems a bit expensive. I just spent about $70US on one, so I think about 50€ would be appropriate.

Peace,

Drew

 

[The Macster]

You'd be better off just getting a standard "PC" monitor, there's nothing about Macs that needs a special monitor, any regular one will do and are typically much cheaper, people seem to pay a large premium for an Apple logo on the second-hand market for some reason even though they're no better than other screens. That price is too high for what is a pretty old screen, you could get a brand new 17" LCD for what they're asking for that old Apple 15"!

 

[sublime_ivy]

will any pc monitor work with it?

 

[Temetka]

Pretty much if it has a VGA connector, as previously stated.

I am 99% sure his Rage128 card has VGA.

 

[AndyMatts]

Did anyone find resolution to this problem? It just happened to me. No changes in hardware or anything, I just tried to select one of the resolution options available on my display preference menu.

When I picked it, the screen went black (G4 AGP, using a big Sun Microsystems CRT monitor). I know the OS is loaded, because I makes noises at me when I hold down the Esc key.

I reset the PRAM and PMU, so now I get a grey screen, then the "forbidden" symbol, so I know it is capable of output to my monitor.

I've also hooked it up to a newer monitor, and used both types of connections on the graphics card interface, same result.

When I try booting up from the OSX 10.3 or OS 9.2 discs, I get the grey apple screen, then the clock-like "working" thing below it... then it goes black again.

I'm going to try to do a low-level reformat of the hard drive, then try to re-install the OS, but I'm not sure why that would work if resetting the PRAM and PMU wouldn't. I'm freaking out here...

 

[Christopher]

When you put the OS disk in hold the c key until the loading screen appears, then release.

 

[AndyMatts]

When you put the OS disk in hold the c key until the loading screen appears, then release.

Been there, done that...

When I try booting up from the OSX 10.3 or OS 9.2 discs, I get the grey apple screen, then the clock-like "working" thing below it... then it goes black again.

It goes black after it loads up the OS.