[Guy1341]

I have a PowerMac G4 Dual 1Gig Quicksilver. And this just happened after 4 years of bliss. When I got home from work the other night and powered on my mac. The power light on the computer came on and I heard that wonderful start up chime. However, my monitor failed to come on. In fact my monitor (a 17" clear case studio monitor), the little power light (for lack of a better tearm) on the lower right hand corner, failed to come on. Now I want to know, is it a monitor problem, a video card problem, or something much much worse? And help will be greatly appreciated.

[Typhoon14]

Easiest way to find out: How the monitor to another machine and see if it works.

[Nobody]

I also have a monitor problem with my G3 Blue & White...It has worked fine for 6 years then a few months ago it started making a crackling sound when I turned it on...It slowly got louder with each day until finally the monitor made a LOUD cracking sound and seemed to spark slightly when I tried to turn it on and the screen was black...I purchased a refurbished monitor ( exactly the same as my old one ) from PowerOn Services Their webpage and it worked fine for a few days , but now the crackling has returned....I am wondering if there is something wrong with the video card ?....Do they where out ??....unfortunately , attaching it to another computer is not an option since it is the only one I have....Thank you for your time and knowledge /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Rick

[texas_macman]

Look at the Tip at the end of the PRAM section in this site. Mac PRAM, NVRAM, CUDA/PMU & Battery Tutorial
http://www.geocities.com/texasmacman/pram.html


Cheers, Tom
Mac Troubleshooting, Maintenance & Tips
http://www.geocities.com/texasmacman/MacTroubleshoot.html

[Mycroft_Holmes_MW]

Rick, crackling sounds from the monitor are a pretty good sign of a hardware failure. I don't think a video card would cause this. It's more likely that that model monitor has a common cause of failure (analog board failures in CRT displays are not uncommon.) Maybe you can send the refurbished unit back for repair or replacement and try again.

[Nobody]

Sorry it has taken me so long to reply and give thanks to texasmacman and MycroftHolmes....texas[u]macman , I did the steps outlined in that article you linked to , unfortunately it didn't work /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Rick

[macnuke]

how cheap?
THIS ONE was just written up by Peter Cohen of macworld and it's 300 buckaroos
17" wide screen
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[Nobody]

That's a nice monitor macnuke , thanks for the info...I think I have it down the either the Westinghouse in the link above , or a LG 17 LCD #L17505...any have any opinions on those ?
Rick