Yes, Kris Just to make it clear, taking into account your remarks.
The monitor will eventually fire up - might take two, three, four G5 power-ups, might have to leave it for hours and just sometimes it might come on immediately. Haven't successfully powered up in safe mode because you have to have the USB keyboard plugged in, and it won't fire up with USBs plugged in. The ATI Radeon 9600 pro has an ADC and a DVI-I port so I have only used the DVI port. The adaptor is to allow me to use the monitor which only has a VGA port. The adaptor goes from the DVI-I port on the G5 to a VGA-VGA cable which runs the monitor. I haven't tried a monitor which can take DVI-I. We do have one in the house but I haven't got a DVI-I/DVI-I cable. Once I get the monitor to fire with the G5 it works well, no wobble, a choice of monitor sizes, millions of colours etc. It also always works well with the G4 (using just the same VGA-VGA cable) I figure some loose component on the G5 card is causing a voltage/charge drop. No bulging or leaking capacitors evident. Unfortunately I haven't got another graphics card to try so I was hoping there might be a dodgy component that always gives trouble and could be resoldered or something. ----- Original Message ---- From: Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, 11 May, 2011 20:22:02 Subject: Re: G5 monitor fails to fire On May 11, 2011, at 6:22 AM, ag wrote: > Disconnecting all USBs and pulling power cable for ten minutes improved matters > but now I have to power up 3-4 times or just leave it to another day. I don't understand? You mean you have to reboot 3 or 4 times and on the 3rd or 4th time the display finally works correctly? Have you done a Safe Boot (hold the Shift key at startup)? > I use a DVI/VGA connector, and linking my G4 powerbook to the monitor fires it > up each time so the monitor is fine. I'm assuming you're using a DVI/DVI cable from the G5 to the display? The "DVI/VGA connector" is an "adapter" you're using with a DVI/DVI cable so you can attach to the G4 PowerBook? If the cable that works with the G4 is the same cable that you're using with the G5 then the cable is likely good even if you're using an adapter. If it's a different cable, you need to try the G5 with a different cable, it could be a bad cable. Intermittent video is often a bad video card, and overheating is always a worry with an air-cooled card like the 9600 Pro. When you inspected the card did you look for popped caps? Is the G5 fan unit working normally? Have you tried both DVI ports on the 9600 Pro? --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 -- 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
