[G4] Help needed on G4 after power surge

[Michael England]

On that note. If you are, and you should, going to purchase a power 
surge protector also look into APC as well. They are a good brand and 
you will need to purchase a battery back-up with surge protection and a 
voltage regulator. So many people get there equipment fried from not 
protecting there investments. Don't waste money on crappy surge 
protectors. I got mine brand new on Ebay for $40.00 and it retails for 
$100.00. It has enough capacity to keep my computer, monitor, and a few 
small external devices on for a enough time hour after power failure and 
it protects my cable line to my router as well.

For comparison and a general idea:
http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE725BB

Try another monitor    &    Should you have TechTool Pro and try that to 
see if it can diagnose the card would be my best suggestion. Other wise 
I would say it may have gotten zapped due to the timing of it working + 
surge = not working. Hopefully nothing else in the computer did as well. 
Taking it to a tech to look at my cost you a bit, but may not. Call 
around your area and ask.

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>While I can't help you fix the computer, what I can tell you is that  
>almost all surge protectors on the market are junk. You need to spend  
>at least $45 or so for a 2-4 outlet protector. Two good brands are  
>Tripplite and Monster.
>
>David
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>On May 31, 2006, at 8:04 AM, <tommylaws1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> have a G4 AGP, with 850+gig ram, an internal 40gigHD and external  
>>300gigHD running 10.4 Tiger and connected to a 24" Dell monitor.   
>>The entire system was supposedly protected by a power surge  
>>connector.  Until this morning, when a 5 sec power outage occurred,  
>>the Mac ran perfectly however, after this power outage, the Mac  
>>apparently isn't outputting any video, although it appears that the  
>>machine is coming on, green lights flashing on the super-drive, etc.
>>I have tried everything I know, restarts, checking input modes on  
>>the monitor...nothing.  All I get from the monitor is that there is  
>>no composite video input.
>>Any ideas appreciated.
>>Thanks
>>Tom
>>    
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