Cinema display problems
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- laurus
okay, so i finally get my 20 incher, get it outofte box, follow the instructions, start my computer and watch it start.
Just when I think 'finally, Apple got it right' my monitor goes black. I restart, it stays black. I connect the old monitor with the new one, the computer strts displaying only on the new one and in the middle of startup switches to the old one.
I disssonnect the new one, start with the old one, my keyboard works, but the mouse is frozen. I reboot from a CD, zap the P-RAM and it starts OK.
I'm on a G4 dual 500.
I'm in the middle of work, I can't afford to install the system again.
Any ideas how I can start using the damn monitor? Local support is worth nothing. I ordered a G5, but it'll be a while till I get it and i don't want to wait.
Every time I buy apple I end up regretting it. Steve Jobs' punishment in hell will be an endless progress bar frozen just before its end telling him when the torture will stop (a beautifully designed aqua one).
- ikbenvanrijn0
you rockin os 9 or the alley cat?
- moth0
This is why went PC.
- ikbenvanrijn0
read the system requirements on the bottom right of the page.
- waynepixel0
OSX only
- unknown0
Every time I buy apple I end up regretting it. Steve Jobs' punishment in hell will be an endless progress bar frozen just before its end telling him when the torture will stop (a beautifully designed aqua one
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Yeah it's their fault you can't read. The Rage 128 Pro card in your system is a VGA card- not a DVI card so it is not supported.
- BonSeff0
i ran a 20 on my g4 running 9.2
- ikbenvanrijn0
i bet you didnt have a 32meg video card bonseff :o)
- rise0
curse of the bambito
- BonSeff0
yer right, its a 64 meg
- laurus0
To all the know-all-trigger-happy-snotty-li... so fucking computer literate it's scarry"-you-know-who-you-are-typ...
I read the instructions. my card is compatible, my system is compatible. It just doesn't work. actually, it works until the computer finishes starting up.
If you can't give constructive advice, just shut the fuck up. Some of us are trying to work here. We don't give a flying fuck how great you and your mother think you are. And wipe your nose, it's disgusting.
- laurus0
Now, can anybody actually give some helpful advice?
- brundlefly0
I would try reseating the vid card, if you have an old one boot with it and let the driver switch back to it, then shut down reseat the new one, sounds silly, but it worked for me once...
might just be the vid card or monitor, you should be able to just exchange it...
- laurus0
thanks, brund.
- ribit0
Have you called AppleCare? (it's bought new isnt it?)