Powermac G5 Not booting

[poiihy]

So after trying all the suggestions turns out that the Dvi-vga adapter i was using had all the analog pins snapped off, not sure how this happened, maybe i lent it to somebody who used it in the wrong slot? But after buying a new one it now shows the No OS icon. Time to hunt down a spare hard drive and get this thing running. Sorry to everyone who wanted parts

'Snapped all the alalog pins off" I think what you got there is a digital-only adapter if exactly all the analog pins are missing.

 

[redheeler]

'Snapped all the alalog pins off" I think what you got there is a digital-only adapter if exactly all the analog pins are missing.

A "digital-only" DVI to VGA adapter. Explain to me how that is even possible.

 

[Gamer9430]

OK. I'll remember that.

Oh, do you know how to enable private messaging, so I can receive them?

It should be in the User CP

 

[jbarley]

A "digital-only" DVI to VGA adapter. Explain to me how that is even possible.

I was wondering that also, but a "Wiki" search comes up with this...

"The interface is designed to transmit uncompressed digital video and can be configured to support multiple modes such as DVI-D (digital only), DVI-A (analog only), or DVI-I (digital and analog)."

So who knows?

 

[poiihy]

I was wondering that also, but a "Wiki" search comes up with this...

"The interface is designed to transmit uncompressed digital video and can be configured to support multiple modes such as DVI-D (digital only), DVI-A (analog only), or DVI-I (digital and analog)."

So who knows?

Well VGA is analog so...

 

[jbarley]

I was wondering that also, but a "Wiki" search comes up with this...

"The interface is designed to transmit uncompressed digital video and can be configured to support multiple modes such as DVI-D (digital only), DVI-A (analog only), or DVI-I (digital and analog)."

So who knows?

Forget my previous post please,
For some reason I was thinking Connector when I should have been thinking "Adapter" or even better "Converter"