Setting up a Studio display on a G4

i would like to set up a 17" Apple Studio monitor with my G4 AGP (1 gig RAM) and an ATI Rage 128 pro ADC card. i have heard great things about these monitors. is there anything i need to know/have prepared/downloaded to make this combo work, or is everything i need already in my OS 10.4.11? any opinions/thoughts on this set?

odd thing, i plugged in the card, hooked everything up, using my VGA monitor instead of the ADC Studio display. when i started up the machine, the screen of my monitor was all Blues and greens.......no reds at all. is the card at fault, or did i not install right? its not the monitor, as it works just fine on other machines and this one with my old video card put back in. i would like to use my studio monitor, and put my VGA back on the machine i had it on before. do i need to get another card?

Similar Messages

  • Dual ADC Apple Studio Displays (clear acrylic) with Mac Mini

    I currently have the old school Apple Studio Display ADC monitor hooked up to my Mac Mini using the ADC to DVI adapter. I have a second Studio ADC Display and another ADC to DVI adapter to run Dual Displays. I just bought a SEE 2 XTREME DVI to USB which is used for adding multiple monitors. I have it all hooked up. Its just basic plug and play after installing the Mac driver. My second monitor power light just flashes and wont turn on...Any suggestions? I already made sure both monitors and both ADC to DVI adapters worked, and they do. Please Help!! Any info would be greatly appreciated.

    yea, I checked that out about the light flashes. I have tried both monitors seperately and they both work fine...just not with this DVI to USB dual monitor adapter. Also, when I had them hooked up individually, I made sure the resolution was set the same in the system preferences > displays.

  • Boot Camp - Windows 7 (64 bit) - Apple Studio Display - Driver

    Used Bootcamp to add Windows 7 to my Mac Pro running 10.6.4
    Works great but the Apple Studio Display becomes too dim on start-up of Windows 7 & I cannot control the brightness by using the Display's control.
    As well, there is no software control.
    Any idea where I can obtain a Driver for this Display for the 64 bit version of Windows 7?
    Many thanks!
    ...John

    From what I've found, it comes from some driver introduced in the boot camp update 2.1.
    Some workarounds:
    - install winACD, but it doesn't work on 64 bits systems, so no luck for us
    - boot in OSX, set the brightness as you want, disconnect the USB from the ADC adapter, then boot in windows. But you lose the USB ports of the display, you have to reconnect it when you use OSX if you want to enjoy your display, and you have to reboot 2 times if you want to change the brightness in windows...
    Some person said that it was caused by "KbdMgr.exe", but I couldn't find it.
    A real solution, like a boot camp driver update would be great...
    Message was edited by: Ptsm

  • 17" Studio Display flickers on & off, then died

    My Apple Studio Display is about four years old now.
    Yesterday, it started flickering on and off for a while, then it completely died.
    I let it set overnight, and proceeded to make "funeral arrangements" for the beast that I had so lovingly cared for...
    I even took the Studio Display to my daughters home and connected it to hers since its the same computer.. and it started flickering again, on and off, etc...
    Late this afternoon I went to pay my respects to my Studio Display whom I had been cussing out all morning, when it "came alive"....yes....."alive"....
    And, as I write this, I feel like a much loved member of my family has risen from the dead and as if nothing had ever happened to it...nothing...nothing..
    In my insignificant opinion, this "Studio Display" is about the best looking monitor I've ever seen from Apple. But, I will not be "fooled" again...
    Now that this f%#@&'in display is working, I've done some important research as to what other monitor I'll be buying when this piece of crap really dies on me!...
    I recall that I paid $1,000 for it originally. I've checked out some highly rated monitors, and when this present miscreant passes away, I most surely will not spend a cent to have it repaired, but go to the nearest Compusa or Staples, or whatever and pick up a non-Apple monitor, and hope for the best....
    In the meantime, perhaps someone here could possibly explain to me why this piece of **** should die and then "revive" on me?...
    But, I'm so "******" that I've actually prepared myself for its ultimate and rapid demise, that perhaps, just perhaps, I'll be glad when it happens!...

    Hi Bob, I suspect it's the Backlight or the little Inverter assembly.
    When it's dark shine a flashlight in it and see if you see a dim Desktop.
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3809281
    http://macguild.org/display-repair.html

  • Display Problem - Video noise with 15" Powerbook and 23" Studio Display

    I just bought a used 23" Studio Display to act as a second monitor for my 1.0 GHz 15" Powerbook. In my set up, the display is rather noisy -- there are consistant flickering lines of white pixels throughout the display. The lines are worst in dark areas, though they may just be showing up under contrast. The Powerbook it is connected to still looks normal.
    The first strange thing is that the display works perfectly with another 1.25 GHz 15" Powerbook I have to test it on. In both cases, I have connected the monitor to the Powerbooks with a new Apple brand powered DVI to ADV Adapter.
    The second strange thing is that the display seemed to act fine until I reinstalled my Wacom tablet driver so that it would work with dual displays. I've uninstalled the driver, but it the problem is still there.
    The third strange thing is that the display is fine while booting up. The blue boot up screen is very crisp looking and noiseless. It only starts showing noise when the login screen shows up.
    Any thoughts about what may be causing the problem or how to fix it would be appreciated.
    Thanks.
    angus.
    Powerbook 15" G5 dual 2.0   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   23" studio display

    Well I called AppleCare yesterday and, believe it or not, we actually got the USB ports acting normally - well at least I can boot up with the keyboard plugged into the back of the monitor.
    They had me reset the Open Firmware and that seemed to do the trick. Of course, the night before I updated to 10.4.10 so that may have had something to do with it, too. No idea.
    As for the power sensor button thing, they wanted me to plug the monitor into a different system, either at a Genius Bar or a friend or whatnot to see if it would behave in the same manner - not wanting to activate. I took it to school with me and hooked it up to one of my teacher's G5 and it behaved the same way. It took like 15 times touching the sensor to bring the system up.
    So I'll be calling them back and see where they want to go with this. Maybe I'll get lucky and get a new shiny monitor - or not...

  • Video noise with Powerbook 15" and 23" Studio Display

    I just bought a used 23" Studio Display to act as a second monitor for my 1.0 GHz 15" Powerbook. In my set up, the display is rather noisy -- there are consistant flickering lines of white pixels throughout the display. The lines are worst in dark areas, though they may just be showing up under contrast. The Powerbook it is connected to still looks normal.
    The first strange thing is that the display works perfectly with another 1.25 GHz 15" Powerbook I have to test it on. In both cases, I have connected the monitor to the Powerbooks with a new Apple brand powered DVI to ADV Adapter.
    The second strange thing is that the display seemed to act fine until I reinstalled my Wacom tablet driver so that it would work with dual displays. I've uninstalled the driver, but it the problem is still there.
    The third strange thing is that the display is fine while booting up. The blue boot up screen is very crisp looking and noiseless. It only starts showing noise when the login screen shows up.
    Any thoughts about what may be causing the problem or how to fix it would be appreciated.
    Thanks.
    angus.
    Powerbook 15" G5 dual 2.0   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   23" studio display

    It's plug and play, so that's not an issue.
    The debate about running the clamshell closed is so that, if the extra desktop space is not required, there is no point "stressing" the video ram and videocard and cpu by having the other display running - all resources can turn to the external display.
    As for extending the desktop, yes you can do that with Photoshop - you have the space of the PB and the new display, entirely up to you what you put where - just drag across.
    Performance wise, I don't imagine that Photoshop would cause as many difficulties as say video editing might, and I've not come across anyone saying that they have had performance issues from running the extra display - you may get some extra heat as the processor is taxed though.
    If in doubt, you could test at an Apple Store or reseller.
    Also, you might find getting extra ram a useful upgrade.
    Hope that helps, best of luck.

  • Apple Studio Display 21inch - calibration fails

    G'day all, I've reviewed the topics on this display and none seem to fit my problem. Further, I'm convinced that it's not a display problem but an OS Tiger 10.4.11 problem but I reckon that this is the forum that will be best suited to answer.
    In essence, the problem is that a get an overly white screen with very bold colours - as if the contrast and brightness is on steroids and I cannot get past the first page of the ColorSync Assistant. This condition occurred as a result of allowing a service technician to use my Mac to set up a satellite modem - you'd hope that technicians would be more responsible . . . . .
    Anyhow, as I said, I'm convinced that the problem has more to do with OS 10.4.11 than the display as this works perfectly with another user. Specifically, the technician was logged in as PowerMacUser (isn't that original?) and that is the user which gets a problem display. If I log in as another user (i.e. PowerCenterUser - yes! there's one of these on the network) then the screen is normal and I can calibrate the display. So ColorSynch and the Studio Display are working.
    But when I log in again as PowerMacUser nothing has changed. I did make sure that the color profiles in the Computer/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Display were the same as those used for PowerCenterUser even though they are global, but that didn't make any difference. And I have tried to find out where user-specific data is used to modify display profiles but without success.
    I have a suspicion that it may have something to do with a file named <boot> but I won't pursue this unless I have a prod to so do.

    This is an update. I'm a bit impatient so I got up at 02:30 and did some more research.
    I found that the file boot.efi was still in my trash (OldUsers . .System>Library>CoreServicesboot.efi) and followed BDAqua's excellent advice in regard to this (see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11661635&#11661635).
    Thus I verified both discs in the PowerMac,did a Safe boot - which failed to correct the colour problem. I then reinstalled Mac OS 10.4 - which failed to correct the colour problem and I'm now in the process of bringing this up to OS 10.4.11.
    The only approach that I can think of now is to create a new user since users other than PowerMacUser (see previous post) do not experience the colour problem.
    Any, more creative, ideas would be welcome.

  • 20" studio display & AGP G4

    i bought a 20" flat panel LCD acrylic studio display and can't get it to work with my power mac G4 AGP "sawtooth". i have the display hooked via DVI to ADC adapter like i did with my 17" flat panel LCD acrylic studio display, which worked fine. the 20" starts, i see the gray screen and the little gear is spinning as the system starts up but then it goes black and turns off. this is the second 20" display to do this so i do not think both displays are defective. any ideas whats wrong?

    What resolution setting do you have on the G4? It might not be compatible with the monitor.
     Cheers, Tom

  • Apple 21" studio Display monitor-help

    I have a G4 and just got an apple 21" studio display monitor
    I work in photoshop CS2 what do I put the resolution at? Color and refresh?
    what should the white point and gamman be? what should the profile on themonitor display?
    I WENT INTO THE PREFERENCES AND LOOKED AT THE DISPLAY..THANKS..JAN

    (for my photos the service I use said to use sRGB the resolution)....
    Then open CS2 and under Photoshop scroll down to Color Settings, go to Work Space and set the RGB tab to sRGB. At the top of the menu under Monitor it should be your Apple 21" Display.
    If it is not then it will change after you calibrate the monitor. Open System Preferences/Desktop and change your desktop to a medium gray (you can change it back after you make the necessary color corrections). Now choose Display, select your preferred screen resolution, and millions of color. Now choose Color from the upper tab to Calibrate the monitor. If you check the box "Show profile for this display only" the menu will be simplified. Now select Calibrate and use the professional mode. Just follow the on screen instructions and do all of the color setting using the 1.8 gamma and native whiter point.
    After the monitor is calibrated you will be asked to save and name the calibration. I would recommend a name similar but different from the default Apple 21" Display setting, you can even include the date if you calibrate often.
    Reopen Photoshop and check the Work Space the RGB/Monitor the setting should be your recent selected calibration.
    Joe
    Power Mac G4 Gigabit Ethernet   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   1.5 GB Ram, ENCORE/ST G4, Tempo SATA, ATI Radeon 9000, Adaptec 4000

  • MacBookPro 3.1 display is negative mode, Apple Studio Display is positive

    When I have the laptop hooked up to the Apple Studio Display 17", all of a sudden, the 'polarity' switched on the display. That is to say it displayed the opposite color mode from the laptop.
    I can switch back and forth from positive(regular) to negative using the universal access preference control panel. How do I get the monitor and the laptop to agree?

    Hi, the problem is a combination of Boot Camp 2.1 and the ADC->DVI box. I've described a solution here:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7211956&#7211956
    Basically:
    [1] Plug everything in normally
    [2] Boot into Mac OS X
    [3] Set brightness to what you want (eg. in System Prefs, or via keyboard)
    [4] Unplug the USB cable belonging to the ADC->DVI adaptor (this means anything plugged into the monitor now won't work, so you may need to also move peripherals from the monitor to the mac, or to a USB hub)
    [5] Boot into Windows (XP SP2 or SP3 in my case)
    [6] cue "I can see clearly now the rain has gone"
    The disadvantages to this are:
    [1] You're a USB socket down on the deal (the display gave you 2 but took up 1, now you only have the 1 that it was being plugged into)
    [2] To readjust brightness (if you find yourself doing this regularly... I don't) you need to go Mac OS X-> plug cable back in -> adjust brightness -> remove cable -> reboot into XP.
    For me (2007 Mac Pro, 23" stripey Apple Cinema Display with ADC->DVI adaptor) it was happening under an ATI 1900XT and also under an Nvidia 8800GT, each time I'd tried reformatting the Windows partition, reinstalling Windows XP etc. Whenever it was Boot Camp 2.0.x it was fine, but adding Boot Camp 2.1 to the party wrecked the brightness. XP SP3 made no difference whatsoever.
    Of note, if you'd rather not sacrifice the USB port (it didn't bother me, as 2.1 also made my 802.11n network finally usable under XP, which was more important to me than losing a USB socket), the original poster in the above linked article suggested reinstalling the Boot Camp 2.0 drivers (from the Leopard disc) as an alternative fix (seemingly they'll overwrite anything Boot Camp 2.1 installed, thus "rewinding"). As I say, for me I needed the wireless network so didn't want to go back, but it might work for you as a 2nd route.
    I've filed a bug on this, so let's hope the Boot Camp team knock out a fix soon,
    Ken

  • 23" Studio Display with Power Book (17")

    I am considering running a 23" studio display with my 17" PB. From perusing the discussions here it seems this is entirely possible (although there is some debate over keeping the clam shell closed during operation...). As a photographer and heavy user of Photoshop my concern is this: will I get full perfromance from the 23" in this configuration...will it perform to the extent that it would if connected to a current desktop Mac. Also....will adding a studio display to the PB diminish its performance in any way, either with its own screen on or off? For your information, the PB is relatively new; purchased within the last year. Also, if there are any Photoshop users out there: is it possible to set up the smaller 17" screen for things like palettes etc., and reserve the 23" for the image being edited, only? Thanks.
    PowerBook 17" & G4 Quicksilver desktop   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  
    PowerBook 17" & G4 Quicksilver desktop    

    It's plug and play, so that's not an issue.
    The debate about running the clamshell closed is so that, if the extra desktop space is not required, there is no point "stressing" the video ram and videocard and cpu by having the other display running - all resources can turn to the external display.
    As for extending the desktop, yes you can do that with Photoshop - you have the space of the PB and the new display, entirely up to you what you put where - just drag across.
    Performance wise, I don't imagine that Photoshop would cause as many difficulties as say video editing might, and I've not come across anyone saying that they have had performance issues from running the extra display - you may get some extra heat as the processor is taxed though.
    If in doubt, you could test at an Apple Store or reseller.
    Also, you might find getting extra ram a useful upgrade.
    Hope that helps, best of luck.

  • 21" Studio Display with Windows

    OK, I had this running once with Win 2000, but I don't know why my studio display is not recognised as an Studio Display in Windows XP.It only goes up to 85HZ as Plug&Play Monitor. I know this is an Appple Forum, but I need to get the 100HZ-Setting for this Monitor. Someone knows which Sony Driver might work for this? It is a 21" Monitor blue white.

    Yes.

  • Color Bars all over my Studio Display Occuring steady

    Just turned on the computer, and my screen is full of different colored vertical bars, and weird tings everywhere. Did several restarts, no changes? All has been fine until this???
    I have not installed any new hardware or software lately.
    Help needed please. Thanks for all suggestions.
    I'm a G5 1.8 Dual OS10.4.6
    It appears that the desktop is on screen, but very difficult to be usuable except the pull down menus are slightly visable. I did try a restart holding the shift key down...but the same mess came up only without the desktop behind the bars..think it was the log on page.

    I too have an Apple 21" Studio Display. I love it as it is very accurate for print based graphic design.
    I also get the weird color bars. Used to work fine on my G4, but on my G5 dual 2g I get the weirdness. Could be the VGA to DVI deal.
    I remedy this by going to the display preferences and changing the resolution to another setting. That clears the mess and then I change it back.
    Simple and quick! Other than that I have no perminant answer.

  • Two 20" Studio Displays on a G5 Dual 2.3 gHZ

    I recently purchased a new G5 tower and two 20" studio displays. In addition to the typical monitor connection cable (whose name I don't know), each display has a firewire and a USB connector. Since there are not 2 firewire ports on the back of the tower, I am not able to connect the firewire cable for both of the monitors. Things seem to be working fine. Are the Firewire and USB connections from the monitors to the computer solely to activate the USB and firewire ports on the back of the monitors or do they serve additional purposes?

    The firewire cable is just for the firewire ports on the back of the LCD. Same with the USB cable, except that the USB cable is also used for the brightness setting.

  • Re: Problems with USB hub in Studio Display

    Ok, so I read a couple of posts here about USB hub problems with studio displays. Well... lucky me. I just got a used 17" studio LCD from craigslist.com (a local person) only to discover a day after getting it that it abruptly tries to go to sleep on its own; or the usb hubs in the back stopped responding; and/or it would intermittently flicker on and off like it was trying to go to sleep but couldn't. The screen itself is perfectly fine and clear when its own and I can get it to stay on for awhile with no problems, but just from my impression from the thing, this problem is going to continue. Was there ever a reasonable solution for this USB issue? My computer was running fine before on a 17" CRT Studio Display. And unfortunately, I've already given that one away.
    <--- Poor student, so I'm hoping I'm not SOL.

    Is your USB hub a self-powered one? Meaning, does it have its own external power supply?
    If it is, make sure its power supply is plugged in to a live source. Also, some self-powered hubs have a small selector switch, allowing the choice of bus or self power; if it has such a switch, be sure it is not set to "bus".

Maybe you are looking for