[G4] Gifted with a G4/500

[Doug McNutt]

At 19:47 -0400 4/30/08, Michael Koch wrote:
>The computer was on a network(ether net)
>when the monitor was removed; the computer
>never completed start up; if it had it would have shown
>up on network. When monitor was reconnected
>computer completed start up and was on network.
>Only the mac servers will work without a monitor as far as I know.
>correct  me if I am wrong ( do not know about intel mac's)

A long time ago I helped make a headless G4 work. The solution was a paper clip shorting two wires on the video connector on the AGP board. Needless to say I have forgotten the details but I shall review the archives. It might be on this list from 5 or so years ago.

There is something about the difference between VGA and Apple pin assignments.
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