Monitor acting up

I just purchased this USED iBook G3. It works great except for one one or two things...
1- The screen blanks nearly all the way out. At first I thought the screen was totally black but after I shined a light behind it I could see that it was just extremely dim.
2- I'll shut the iBook down but the white light on the front of the machine seems to glow intermitantly like it is in sleep mode instead of actually powering down. That just seemed weird to me.
I did a little bit of investigating on my own both here on these forums and elsewhere but I feel more confused now than before.
I would like to know this:
What's the best waay to tell if it is a hardware issue or a software issue?
If it is a hardware issue how can I tell if it's an issue with the reed switch, inverter board, or the logic board?
If it is a software issue will doing a totally clean install of OSX solve this?
ibook g3 16mb vram Mac OS X (10.4) 700mhz processor, 60gig hd, airport card, dvd-rom cd-rw

I'm using the ibook right now at a cafe and the screen still goes blank as if the backlight is shutting off. If I shine a light on the screen it still shows an extremely faint image. I reset the pmu as was suggested but no go...
I tried running disk utility to repair the disk. Then I shut it down and smashed the pram on resart. Then ran disk utility again. For some reason when I did this it booted into safe mode...
Last thing I swear... When the screen goes blank (like it just did now) if I close the case and then open it again the screen comes back for a while...
Please help thanks...

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h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock 48.4KHz
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800x600 (0x67) 49.5MHz +HSync +VSync
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800x600 (0x69) 36.0MHz +HSync +VSync
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h: width 640 start 704 end 768 total 864 skew 0 clock 35.0KHz
v: height 480 start 483 end 486 total 525 clock 66.7Hz
640x480 (0x5c) 25.2MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.5KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 60.0Hz
720x400 (0x6d) 28.3MHz -HSync +VSync
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0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
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range: (0, 128)
underscan hborder: 0
range: (0, 128)
underscan: off
supported: off, on, auto
coherent: 1
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supported: off, on, auto
coherent: 1
range: (0, 1)
1440x900 (0x5d) 106.5MHz -HSync +VSync *current +preferred
h: width 1440 start 1520 end 1672 total 1904 skew 0 clock 55.9KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 934 clock 59.9Hz
1280x1024 (0x5e) 135.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1296 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock 80.0KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 75.0Hz
1280x1024 (0x5f) 108.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew 0 clock 64.0KHz
v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 60.0Hz
1440x900 (0x60) 136.8MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1440 start 1536 end 1688 total 1936 skew 0 clock 70.6KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 942 clock 75.0Hz
1152x864 (0x61) 108.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1344 total 1600 skew 0 clock 67.5KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 900 clock 75.0Hz
1024x768 (0x62) 78.8MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1024 start 1040 end 1136 total 1312 skew 0 clock 60.1KHz
v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total 800 clock 75.1Hz
1024x768 (0x63) 75.0MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1328 skew 0 clock 56.5KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 70.1Hz
1024x768 (0x64) 65.0MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock 48.4KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 60.0Hz
832x624 (0x65) 57.3MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 832 start 864 end 928 total 1152 skew 0 clock 49.7KHz
v: height 624 start 625 end 628 total 667 clock 74.6Hz
800x600 (0x66) 50.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 856 end 976 total 1040 skew 0 clock 48.1KHz
v: height 600 start 637 end 643 total 666 clock 72.2Hz
800x600 (0x67) 49.5MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 816 end 896 total 1056 skew 0 clock 46.9KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 604 total 625 clock 75.0Hz
800x600 (0x68) 40.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock 60.3Hz
800x600 (0x69) 36.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 824 end 896 total 1024 skew 0 clock 35.2KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 603 total 625 clock 56.2Hz
640x480 (0x6a) 31.5MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 720 total 840 skew 0 clock 37.5KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 500 clock 75.0Hz
640x480 (0x6b) 31.5MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 664 end 704 total 832 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz
v: height 480 start 489 end 491 total 520 clock 72.8Hz
640x480 (0x6c) 30.2MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 704 end 768 total 864 skew 0 clock 35.0KHz
v: height 480 start 483 end 486 total 525 clock 66.7Hz
640x480 (0x5c) 25.2MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.5KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 60.0Hz
720x400 (0x6d) 28.3MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 720 start 738 end 846 total 900 skew 0 clock 31.5KHz
v: height 400 start 412 end 414 total 449 clock 70.1Hz
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x57
Timestamp: 154815
Subpixel: horizontal rgb
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
dither: off
supported: off, on
audio: auto
supported: off, on, auto
underscan vborder: 0
range: (0, 128)
underscan hborder: 0
range: (0, 128)
underscan: off
supported: off, on, auto
coherent: 1
range: (0, 1)
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x58
Timestamp: 154815
Subpixel: horizontal rgb
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
filter:
load detection: 1
range: (0, 1)
dither: off
supported: off, on
audio: auto
supported: off, on, auto
underscan vborder: 0
range: (0, 128)
underscan hborder: 0
range: (0, 128)
underscan: off
supported: off, on, auto
coherent: 1
range: (0, 1)
2560x1440 (0x5a) 241.5MHz
h: width 2560 start 2608 end 2640 total 2720 skew 0 clock 88.8KHz
v: height 1440 start 1442 end 1476 total 1481 clock 60.0Hz
Thank you for any help on this odd problem!

Hi dailyjoe
1. Reset your SMC exactly as instructed in the following article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1543
2. It would be normal for you to have to startup your iMac if it lost power while in sleep mode, look at the box "Start up automatically after a power failure" in the Energy Saver preference.
I have always left the box for "Start up automatically after a power failure" unchecked and do occasionally find the iMac is shutdown because the power has gone off. I would suggest leaving the box unchecked, it's better than having the iMac going off & restarting multiple times if you are having bad weather or power issues.
Dennis

[Solved]Dual Monitor Setup

So, I inherited a new monitor from my friend just a couple days ago and had a go at setting it up. Here's my current setup, to illustrate:
-- MOD EDIT -- Please follow image posting rules
The one on the right is mirroring the left at the moment, which happened via default when I booted up. I have the monitor to the left plugged via a dvi cable, and the one to the right that is rotated (for the purpose of better viewing webpages) with plain old vga. Both are running off my only graphics card, a Radeon X300:
$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
Here is the compatible resolutions and refresh rates and such for each:
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3
640x480 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1
DVI-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 450mm x 280mm
1680x1050 60.0 +
1280x1024 75.0 60.0*
1440x900 75.0 59.9
1152x864 75.0 70.0 60.0
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
720x400 70.1
S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
So, this information aside, I went and tried to add my second screen and make everything happy, I used the dual screen section in the X.Org Wiki page, which I believe was for the nVidia users, but I couldn't find any direction otherwise, so I figured with a few changes it could work with my radeon just fine. I am on xorg-server 1.9.4.901-1 with openbox as my window manager, no complete DE.
This is my current /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf written for two monitors, which at the moment does not work, saying no screens found when I run startx:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "DualScreen"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
Scren 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" #Screen1 is to the right of Screen0
Option "Xinerama" "1" #To move windows between screens, set to 1
EndScetion
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "Enable" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "Enable" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "radeon"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "radeon"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0" #Set to 1 to make both monitors act as one big screen, with no distinction between the two
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050_60.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor" "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes 1280x1024_75.00
EndSubSection
EndSection
And here is the same file, in a working configuration:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "radeon" #Driver used for this monitor
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0" #Collapse Monitor and Device section to Screen section
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24 #Choose the Depth (16 || 24) (24 for true colour)
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050_75.00" #Choose the resolution
EndSubSection
EndSection
This leaves me with 3 questions I cannot seem to figure out:
1) What did I do wrong with the non-working xorg config file, giving the error "no screens found"?
2) Another extra twist of difficulty comes from the rotated monitor on the right. How should I adopt for that, with resolutions and such?
3) Xinerama/Twinview - I am confused which one of these I should choose, what they offer over the other, or should I just not bother at all?
I would like, in a "perfectly good configuration", windows to be able to move from each monitor to the other, the monitors to be two distinct monitors (ie. they don't mirror each other), a maximized window to only fill up just the one monitor (and not both), and finally, fullscreen programs (like games and such) only fullscreen to the monitor they are on. Is such a configuration possible with all of these parameters?
-Scott
Last edited by Inxsible (2011-06-05 18:33:38)

BurntSushi wrote:
Your desired configuration is quite common, and indeed, is the default setup provided by Openbox---once the monitors are properly configured, of course :-)
Anywho, modifying xorg.conf files for something like this is a thing of the past, man. (Incidentally, you have made the lethal mistake of assuming an nvidia config will work with an ATI card. For example, "TwinView" is only available when you are using the nvidia proprietary driver.)
Judging by your use of "radeon" as your video driver, it looks like you're using xf86-video-ati. Therefore, congratulations, xrandr will rescue you :-) (This should also be the case if you you're using the Catalyst driver.)
thinkwiki should be enough to get your feet wet. Note: This guide is a bit dated, but 90% of it is still relevant and useful. For example, it claims that you need to modify your xorg.conf to add a Virtual screen size---this is only true if kernel modesetting is disabled. If it's enabled (and it should be if you're using xf86-video-ati), then you're good to go. If you're using Catalyst, you will have had to disable KMS. So you'd either have to add a Virtual screen to use xrandr, or configure your monitor setup with amdcccle.
Finally, you asked about rotation. I don't think this is anything that `man xrandr` can't answer, and you should be okay as far as support goes---rotation was added in RandR 1.2, which any civilized video driver should support. (Except nvidia blob.)
Anywho, feel free to come back with more questions if you have any!
(For terminology sake, this means you will be using neither Xinerama nor TwinView to configure your multi-monitors. You will be using RandR if you use xrandr. Interestingly, your screen setup will still be reported to Openbox via the Xinerama extension. You may be interested in a utility like `lxrandr` if the command line frightens you.)
Xrandr does the job elegantly, thanks! It's a simple matter of putting the commands I needed in openbox's autostart.sh. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
#xrandr --output DVI-0 1680x1050 --output VGA-0 1280x1024 --right-of DVI-0
# xrandr --output VGA-0 --rotate left
Scott

OS X Mavericks v10.9.3 update monitor philips

The OS X Mavericks v10.9.3-update created a problem. The Philips Displayport Monitor 272C4Q doesn't show any image anymore. What left is a black screen. My iMac and MacBook Pro has the same problem. The computer sees the monitor, act like normal, but there is no image.
I haven't updated my MacBook Air: this one is still working properly. Help ...

Hi PierkePitt,
Sorry to see this, strange question, as the monitor still works on a Mac which hasn't updated to 10.9.3 there could be a problem with that particular OS update and the driver used for the monitor. You mention that it shows up under Displays in System Preferences, are you able to Click on the Arrange tab and click the Gather all windows button to bring over the display settings for the Phillips Monitor and see if it recognises the model and type of monitor?
I'd also try changing the resolution on that display temporarily to Scaled and see if a lower resolution does anything?

Monitors problem on startup - weird flickering, zigzag distortion

I'm at work on a G5 PowerPC Dual 2GHz, OS 10.5.6.
After upgrading to Leopard in a different studio, and then switching this CPU to a studio with two Samsung 214T 21" Monitors connected via DVI, a problem has started. When starting up, both monitors show a distorted desktop display. The displays both show the same broken up vertical columns, about 3 inches wide, and every other column shows a sliced-up portion of the desktop. Also there is weird zigzag flickering in some columns. As soon as I select any monitor resolution, or turn on mirrored displays, the monitors act fine. It seems like it may be a sync-type of problem but I'm not sure.
This problem did not happen in the original studio when the CPU was upgraded to Leopard. That studio had two Samsung VGA displays connected with DVI adapters.
Please note that I tried resetting PRAM, I gave it 4 chimes.
Also note this CPU is used for sound editing, It has Pro Tools HD hardware, as well as a recently installed Blackmagic Decklink PCI video capture board.

I am having the same problem, and i have seen reports of similar effects with other models of HP laptops. It appears to mainly be a problem in the signal from the graphics card to the screen, so either the plugin on the motherboard, the plugin on the back of the LCD screen, or the wire ribbon itself. I isolated mine to being a loose wire ribbon and by reseating the connection on the LCD screen, mine was repaired. I still keep an eye on it because if one place can be effected by socket creep, they all can. (socket creep is where a plugin or socket location disconnects over time for no other reason other than age)
Give it a try if you know what you are doing in that aspect, if not you may need to take it to a servicing center and have them do it. I suggest learning how to do it yourself, as once you begin learning how to maintenance your own machine, you can troubleshoot many different problems based on experiences with others.
Hope this helps! Best of luck to you!

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