Re: [NTLK] [OT] Is this a video card problem?

Definitely sounds like your OSX install has gone bad! Since you can see
anything (recognizable) on the screen it is not the graphics adapter... Boot
from the CD and try to repair the installation.
// Peter
2009/3/31 Jon Glass <jonglass@usa.net>

> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Ian P. Currie <ipcurrie@mac.com> wrote:
> > Have tried with external monitor - same thing.
> >
> Do you have OS 9 installed on this? Can it boot into OS 9? If so, try
> holding down the Option key when you boot, and wait for a list of
> bootable disks to pop up. If you still don't see anything, then it is
> likely your graphics or monitor, or somewhere between the two.
> (actually, you can try this even if you don't have OS 9 installed, as
> at least you will know if it's hardware or not) If You can see the
> bootable systems, try booting into OS 9, and see if that works. It may
> simply be a massive OS corruption of your OS X install.
>
>
> --
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <jonglass@usa.net>
>
> "I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals." --Jack
> Nicklaus
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