17'' 800 G4 iMac, suddenly no video

2011-11-04 Thread a1
So what are the standard steps for this situation. iMac was on, I came back in the room and the screen was utterly black. Rest of computer seems to respond i.e boots, cd drawer opens, even seems to go into sleep mode and wake. But no video. Hope this isn't fatal since its my fave mac! -- You

Re: 17'' 800 G4 iMac, suddenly no video

2011-11-04 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:53 PM, a1 wrote: So what are the standard steps for this situation. iMac was on, I came back in the room and the screen was utterly black. Rest of computer seems to respond i.e boots, cd drawer opens, even seems to go into sleep mode and wake. But no video. Hope this

Re: 17'' 800 G4 iMac, suddenly no video

2011-11-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 4, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Jim Scott wrote: On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:53 PM, a1 wrote: So what are the standard steps for this situation. iMac was on, I came back in the room and the screen was utterly black. Rest of computer seems to respond i.e boots, cd drawer opens, even seems to go

Re: 17'' 800 G4 iMac, suddenly no video

2011-11-04 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
What OS is it running? The very first version of Mac OS X 10.5 is prone to whiting or blacking out the screen due to incompatible screen drivers that came with it. This was fixed with Mac OS X 10.5.3. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:53 AM, a1 arichic...@gmail.com wrote: So what are the standard steps