Monitor won;t power up, but the rest powers fine, and it has a valid system, because it plays a movie on startup, andI can hear it over the speakers.

Anyone know of any fuses that die, or cables that come loose?

~Marchie

~Chaplain Marchie

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iMac.

Monitor won;t power up, but the rest powers fine, and it has a valid system, because it plays a movie on startup, andI can hear it over the speakers.

Anyone know of any fuses that die, or cables that come loose?

~Marchie

~Chaplain Marchie

Holder of the Compact Mac -
-Stick of Justice, with Explodeing CRT head
-Wand of Power with Shocking Flyback Transformer Tip
~~"We are all Mad here"~~

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Which model iMac?

Jeremy

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Can't he use a external monitor like what we where talking about eariler maclover?

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It's a tray loader, BlueBerry.

hmm... anyone have sources for iMac analog board repair manuals?

~Marchie

~Chaplain Marchie

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You could always hack it into a different case and use an external monitor, I suppose. But are you good at high voltage work?

~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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You Honour, Judges of this Court Martial, Major ~Coxy, Ladies and Gentlemen of the courtroom. The case before you today is simple. Did Chaplain Marchie, posessing full knowledge of the problem at hand, pass on enough information to his superior Officers so that they could make an informed judgement, as to the best approach for committing troops to the battle front code named Deep Purple. I speak of course about the battle for vision on the allegedly 'purple' iMacintosh personal computer previously owned by an unknown Mercenary, possibly of dubious alliance.

Captain Chaplain Major Marchie, under what circumstances did you aquire said iMac? More to the point, and it is a very valid point Your Honour - the point is: was the imac working previously? Or is the previous owner of the allegedly 'Purple' iMacintosh personal computer simply 'ditching it' because the problem is terminal!? Believe me Your Honour, terminal is not a word I use lightly. Because if this iMac is terminal Your Honour, and i only say 'if' because we have not yet sent in our troops - our dedicated sons and daughters no less - if this iMac is terminal, and given said previous problems, should not the iMac Tank be completely stripped down for spare parts for redistribution amongst the ranks. Or indeed Your Honour, is the good Chaplain, a Chaplain Your Honour, heinously with-holding vital information, and thereby restricting the flow of rations that are vitally needed back at the front.

In short Your Honour, there is ablsolutely no proof, proof Your Honour, before the court today that suggests that the Chaplain has attempted pass on vital information, such as whether there are any signs of life in the Monitor at all, or indeed the video circuitry of the iMac itself. The fact that it passes the Power On Self Test - a 'POST' they call it, and boots up, and plays a movie - even though we cannot see it, suggests that in fact there is nothing wrong with the hardware. However we cannot confirm, nor deny these reports and therefore cannot be certain of the status of the aforementioned hardware.
Likewise Your Honour, there is no mention at all of whether there is any physical dammage. Physical damage that, once described, would lead to our leaders creating theories of that could be wrong, and the logical deployment of resources and troops to the battlefield. If indeed Your Honour, it is a faulty analog board, then we would have to send in our finest and most brave to neutralize the situation. On the other hand it may only be necessary to zap the PRAM, or replace the battery. And in that case, if we had sent in the troops for a fruitless mission that any Corporal could do, then we would have dangerously committed what may be construed as a hostile attack on a defenceless enemy.
And finally Your Honour there has been blasphemy. By the Chaplain! Blasphemy Sir, because the object of Deep Purple project is not of our kind. It is not a lowly Compact Mac, an underpowered Performa, nor is it an entirely underestimated, understated, overclocked Quadra. Neither is it a comely computer possessing of feets. NO Your Honour, this purple beast is not of our kind at all for it is possesed of a PowerPC Central Proton Unit. This is a direct countermand of the contraband!

In conclusion Your Honour it is obvious that apples must be compared with apples, and it is well known that the Apples are always greener on the other side of the fence. So therefore the only conclusion that can be reached is that you can lead them to water but you can't eat them. Drink more fruit.

I rest my case.

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As with any fault, you have to give us a bit more tham "iMac, boots up, no monitor" The make, model and type of hardware is always required - whether it's a Mac, PC or a VHS video player! Then a full description of the fault.
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I rest my case.

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Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 26 Apr 2002 06:32:51

But that post was terrific!!!!!!!!!!! Website feature article!

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As long as the iMac's official use is being a peripheral to a 68k computer, then it's OK, I suppose.

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The term you are looking for jt is dismissed without prejudice.

I'm not sure on the exact revision. Is that printed on the mobo?

It's at least a C isn't it? blueberry?

It came to me broken, because of this monitor problem, from the University of Michigan.

I'm willing to pay for repairs if need be (replacement of analog board or something)

~Marchie

~Chaplain Marchie

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do you like green eggs and ham?*

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External displays on iMacs aren't supported till the slot loading models.

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do you like green eggs and ham?*

*note - due to requests i put a dividing line in it looks like this "-" don't miss it... lol...

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LOL! hey, foetoid! peripherals in MY turf, i could edit in an apropriate dividing line, so you might want to dispense with that little dig in this forum!

whatever . . . in another thread, marchie had outlined a hack to divert the older iMac's internal 15 pin video feed to a switchbox setup so he could drive the internal imac monitor from the mobo or use it as a display for the feed from a 68k hooked up to a hacked video IN port. (i think!?!)

sounded pretty cool, i hope he pulls it off!

jt ™. .

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External displays on iMacs aren't supported till the slot loading models.

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do you like green eggs and ham?*

*note - due to requests i put a dividing line in it looks like this "-" don't miss it... lol...

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