PowerMac G4 monitor detection problem! Help!

skoop2 · 02-27-2006, 01:56 PM

i have problem with detection of original monitor of G4. Have 2 monitors. the original one and CRT. The original one is only blinking. what can i do?

Raven · 02-27-2006, 03:26 PM

Could you specify which OS your using and how your screens are setup (aka connected) with your G4, and which G4 model you have, if you added a second card to use a second monitor, etc...
But as a starting point, if your using OS X, what do you see if you go in System Preferences to the Display ssection. Does it detect the two displays ? Have you also tried rebooting ?

skoop2 · 02-28-2006, 09:37 AM

okay! first thanks for reply. i have Power Mac G4 model: M8493. it has only one video controler with 2 outputs: one standart for normal CRT monitors and the other one is Mac standart. this big one. i don^t know what is the name exactly. when i leave only the original one it doesn^t initialize in the begining too. it has power because when is connected is blinking but don^t initialise. in the monitor properties it is only the CRT one. the other is missing. but it don^t come in the gray screen in the begining too. OS is MAC OS X 10.3

02-27-2006, 03:26 PM	#2
Raven Hall of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 4,782	Could you specify which OS your using and how your screens are setup (aka connected) with your G4, and which G4 model you have, if you added a second card to use a second monitor, etc... But as a starting point, if your using OS X, what do you see if you go in System Preferences to the Display ssection. Does it detect the two displays ? Have you also tried rebooting ? __________________ Waffled foreheads are a symptom of broken keyboards and inexperienced users

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

02-27-2006, 01:56 PM	#1
skoop2 Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 3	i have problem with detection of original monitor of G4. Have 2 monitors. the original one and CRT. The original one is only blinking. what can i do?

02-28-2006, 09:37 AM	#3
skoop2 Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 3	okay! first thanks for reply. i have Power Mac G4 model: M8493. it has only one video controler with 2 outputs: one standart for normal CRT monitors and the other one is Mac standart. this big one. i don^t know what is the name exactly. when i leave only the original one it doesn^t initialize in the begining too. it has power because when is connected is blinking but don^t initialise. in the monitor properties it is only the CRT one. the other is missing. but it don^t come in the gray screen in the begining too. OS is MAC OS X 10.3