23 inch cinema display on g4 question?

Drkn4n

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i have my g4 400 mhz connected to my new 23 inch cinema display, but for some odd reason it will start up and show me the apple icon with the clockwise scrolling on the cinema display but then when it switchs to osx screen it turn black??? but once osx tiger is loaded I can press the keyboard buttons especially the volume up volume down and I can hear the sound it makes...but I have no visual of osx......I looked up on the forums and some said that it might be a ADC connection cause i am running the stock video card which is a ati rage pro card....can anyone help me out with this issue


thanks

fawad
 
The graphics card in the 400MHz powermacs cannot support resolutions higher than 1280x1024. Hence the only way to get your machine to cooperate with your shiny, new, expensive display is to get a new video card, unfortunately.

Have a look at the ATi Radeon Mac editions (PCI or AGP dependng on your model), they seem to have a good reputation:

http://www.ati.com/products/mac.html
 
I concur with ziess, gonna need a new video card or better still get a Mac Mini.

My question would be why put such an expensive screen on such an old Mac. I know they do their job well as I have one, but I would have been more tempted to replace the Mac before spending so much on a screen.
 
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