<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On 13 Oct, 2007, at 16:16, Lee Strosch wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><PRE style="white-space: pre; "> I tried the PCI video card from my G3, but there was still no picture. I have zapped the PRAM, and tried a different battery. Any other suggestions? <BR style="white-space: pre; "></PRE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>This may sound very elementary but, have you tried using totally different RAM chips in your Mac? I ask this because it is common for a Mac to refuse to boot and show a video signal when the installed RAM chips are not compatible with a Mac.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>When you start the Mac, do you hear the normal startup chime, or do you hear a discordant series of individual notes or a beeping sound? Is there any sound at all when you press the power button? You may have a RAM problem and not a video problem.</DIV></BODY></HTML>