Last night my mac crashed (froze) and I had to turn it off by holding the power button for 5 seconds. I picked up on trying to resolve it this morning and no go - the mac won't start.<br><br>I have a PowerMac dual G4 MDD with a cinema display. When I power on it gives me the Macintosh start up sound, I hear the disks chug for about 3 seconds then it gets a little quieter. The power light on the cinema display is on but the screen is blank.<br><br>What do I do next/first?<br><br>Thanks much-<br>Steven<br><br>--<br>http://www.stevenkimband.com/<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by skim1420 on 10/26/04 10:50 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

Hmm, try holding [command]-[option]-O-F at startup. This will get you into Open Firmware. At the prompt, type:<br><br>reset-nvram[return]<br>reset-all[return]<br><br>The machine should then re-boot. Still happening? Let us know.<br><br>

Thanks, so I did that and exactly the same thing happens.<br><br>I never get the prompt, the screen actually never lights up (beside the power light).<br><br>--<br>http://www.stevenkimband.com/

So you "start it", hear the "bong".<br>Now wait 5-10 minutes.<br>If you hit the volumn up/volumn down keys do you hear the sounds doing that?<br><br>No sig right now, waiting for the next Kerry flip-flop. .

Yes! Also the CD-ROM eject button on the keyboard works too..<br><br>The screen is still blank (with the power button/light on), and when I press the power button it doesn't sleep correctly - the light remains on (rather than glowing on and off).<br><br>Otherwise the system seems to be functioning. What was the keyboard sequence at the login screen to select a user without using the mouse?<br><br>Thanks for the help -<br><br>--<br>http://www.stevenkimband.com/

The mac is also serving up web pages on its webserver.. so I guess it is started up.<br><br>I tried reseating the display connection, still the same. Do you think my cinema display is dead?<br><br>But the thing is, the computer won't sleep correctly either...<br><br>--<br>http://www.stevenkimband.com/

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Do you think my cinema display is dead?<br><p><hr></blockquote><p><br>Do you have another monitor you can try?<br><br>

Yes. So I plugged in a CRT through the Apple-supplied adapter, and it doesn't get a signal.<br><br>I managed to log myself (blind) through the keyboard, so I'm logged in now. I have quicksilver running so I can run applications. Any ideas?<br><br>Thanks -<br><br>--<br>http://www.stevenkimband.com/

video card<br><br>I would rather die free than live in fear, and without liberty.

Okay - so I got it working.<br><br>I used the keyboard to restart the computer (gracefully) and my display has chosen life.<br><br>So... are we cool?<br><br>Thanks everyone - always count on you guys.<br>Steven<br><br>--<br>http://www.stevenkimband.com/