When starting up - no video

Hi there,
I have been having problems with my G5 when starting it up it will not display any video. I hear the start up sound, but the monitors do not turn on. This has been going on for the past few months, it usually takes 3 tries before the monitors will kick in. But most recntly it took over 10 - i finally disconnected all the external drives and when starting up he monitors came on. I have tried resetting my video ram. Do you think i need to get a new video card?

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a2043 wrote:
When I try to start a new video recording I receive the following error:
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I am using Quicktime Pro on an iMac running Mac OS X 10.6.5. Quicktime will work with iSight but not with my PS3 eye (usb webcam). I am able to choose the PS3 eye from Quicktime preferences and the video screen will show up with video from the PS3 eye (so I know that Quicktime recognizes the cam). But the error dialogue box appears immediately.
Other information - I am using macam.component for Quicktime and the PS3 eye works perfectly with Macam.
Welcome to Discussions, a2043
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