[G4] Help needed on G4 after power surge

[Crandon David]

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


On May 31, 2006, at 8:04 AM, <tommylaws1 at cox.net> wrote:

> I 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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