My Imac (Bondi Blue rev B, OS 9.2) has a curious problem: when asked to
restart the
video stays off. I get the chime and the drives spin up but the screen
stays black. The
light on the reset button stays green, instead of turning orange and
then green like it does
on a usual startup. the real pisser is that the 'programmer button' does
the same thing.
Special->Shut Down usually works ok, though occasionally I'll restart
with the
power button and get no video.. This can only be cured by interrupting
power for
a few seconds at the power strip, and then it will come up fine. Does
this ring any
bells?

John

On 9/16/03 9:07 PM, in article 3F67C1CE.29C33A05@verizon.net, "John Loza"
<jgloza@verizon.net> wrote:

> My Imac (Bondi Blue rev B, OS 9.2) has a curious problem: when asked to
> restart the
> video stays off. I get the chime and the drives spin up but the screen
> stays black. The
> light on the reset button stays green, instead of turning orange and
> then green like it does
> on a usual startup. the real pisser is that the 'programmer button' does
> the same thing.
> Special->Shut Down usually works ok, though occasionally I'll restart
> with the
> power button and get no video.. This can only be cured by interrupting
> power for
> a few seconds at the power strip, and then it will come up fine. Does
> this ring any
> bells?
>
> John
>

Try replacing the PRAM battery. While not all of the above sounds exactly
like a battery issue, it may solve the problem and is cheap (under $20.00
from Radio Shack; get the 3.6v alkaline battery that's about 1/2 "AA" size).
Be sure to press the CUDA button to clear the PRAM; sometimes the battery on
these drained abnormally fast if the CUDA was not pressed.

Brian

Thanks Brian, I'll give it a shot.

John

Brian Paul Ehni wrote:

> On 9/16/03 9:07 PM, in article 3F67C1CE.29C33A05@verizon.net, "John Loza"
> <jgloza@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > My Imac (Bondi Blue rev B, OS 9.2) has a curious problem: when asked to
> > restart the
> > video stays off. I get the chime and the drives spin up but the screen
> > stays black. The
> > light on the reset button stays green, instead of turning orange and
> > then green like it does
> > on a usual startup. the real pisser is that the 'programmer button' does
> > the same thing.
> > Special->Shut Down usually works ok, though occasionally I'll restart
> > with the
> > power button and get no video.. This can only be cured by interrupting
> > power for
> > a few seconds at the power strip, and then it will come up fine. Does
> > this ring any
> > bells?
> >
> > John
> >
>
> Try replacing the PRAM battery. While not all of the above sounds exactly
> like a battery issue, it may solve the problem and is cheap (under $20.00
> from Radio Shack; get the 3.6v alkaline battery that's about 1/2 "AA" size).
> Be sure to press the CUDA button to clear the PRAM; sometimes the battery on
> these drained abnormally fast if the CUDA was not pressed.
>
> Brian

John Loza <jgloza@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<3F67C1CE.29C33A05@verizon.net>...
> My Imac (Bondi Blue rev B, OS 9.2) has a curious problem: when asked to
> restart the
> video stays off. I get the chime and the drives spin up but the screen
> stays black. The
> light on the reset button stays green, instead of turning orange and
> then green like it does
> on a usual startup. the real pisser is that the 'programmer button' does
> the same thing.
> Special->Shut Down usually works ok, though occasionally I'll restart
> with the
> power button and get no video.. This can only be cured by interrupting
> power for
> a few seconds at the power strip, and then it will come up fine. Does
> this ring any
> bells?
>
> John

PRAM is a good place to start, power off and than Hold
command+option+p+R hold these 4 down and power back on wait until you
hear your imac chime 3 times although I usually go 4 than release the
keys see if this clears the problem. If you system is more than 4
years old and you have never replaced the battery than this is a good
thing to do, video problems date and time issues are both good
idicators of a dead and dying battery. You can always Reset the CUDA
but pull the battery out before you do this.