On 17 Aug 2010, at 00:14, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
> > On Aug 16, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Mike Linnett wrote: > >> Evening all, >> My MDD is playing up. When booting normally it gets as far as the blue >> screen (before the login window appears) and that's it. Most annoying. > > Snip > >> The symptoms started after I pulled the gpu to give the fan a bit of a >> clean, if that helps any? > > Try resetting the Radeon card, or find out what got dislodged when you > removed it or blasted it with air. > > If by 'pulled the gpu' means you actually removed things FROM the Radeon > card, I'd look to reseat the thing. > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > Hmm, haven't tried reseating the card, simple things eh? Cheers Bruce. I removed the fan from the card, blasted it with air and screwed it back on, but that's it, nothing too technical. It all displays fine if I do a safe boot, but I'd prefer to not have to do that forever. Mike -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
