Hello everyone at MacRumors!
Yesterday I bought a secondhand G5 and I want to use it as a sleak HTPC.
Specs:
2x PowerMac Dualcore 2,5 Ghz
1,5 GB RAM
Nvidia 7800 GT Vcard 256MB
250 GB harddisk
I am pairing it with a Sharp Aquos TV via a HDMI --> HDMI cable with a DVI block on the G5. I am running into some issues which I hope you guys can help me with!
Issue #1: The G5 will not give vision via the HDMI --> HDMI cable and using only the Sharp TV on its own. It makes noise and when I change the channel to the proper source its fans start blowing at top speed and it does that non-stop. Sometimes I see the apple logo at startup but this is roughly 50/50.
When I plug in a VGA --> DVI display in the other port it WILL detect that and go to the desktop pretty fine. At display settings I can even see the Sharp, set the resolution and disconnect the VGA screen and it keeps working... At system restart however, it goes back to line 1 of this paragraph.
Issue #2: When I do get it in working condition via the VGA screen 'trick' the screen does not fill my TV all the way. With Overscan on it goes a tad to far and the top bar falls of completely as well as 2cm's on both sides and 0,5cm's on the bottom.
Any idea's how to solve this?!
Kindest regards,
Fisk
Yesterday I bought a secondhand G5 and I want to use it as a sleak HTPC.
Specs:
2x PowerMac Dualcore 2,5 Ghz
1,5 GB RAM
Nvidia 7800 GT Vcard 256MB
250 GB harddisk
I am pairing it with a Sharp Aquos TV via a HDMI --> HDMI cable with a DVI block on the G5. I am running into some issues which I hope you guys can help me with!
Issue #1: The G5 will not give vision via the HDMI --> HDMI cable and using only the Sharp TV on its own. It makes noise and when I change the channel to the proper source its fans start blowing at top speed and it does that non-stop. Sometimes I see the apple logo at startup but this is roughly 50/50.
When I plug in a VGA --> DVI display in the other port it WILL detect that and go to the desktop pretty fine. At display settings I can even see the Sharp, set the resolution and disconnect the VGA screen and it keeps working... At system restart however, it goes back to line 1 of this paragraph.
Issue #2: When I do get it in working condition via the VGA screen 'trick' the screen does not fill my TV all the way. With Overscan on it goes a tad to far and the top bar falls of completely as well as 2cm's on both sides and 0,5cm's on the bottom.
Any idea's how to solve this?!
Kindest regards,
Fisk
