Apple iMac G4 Desktop "black monitor" Questions

monitor, which has never been set to do so, started going to sleep on it's own about 3 weeks ago. It is very difficult to get it to wake back up. Sometimes it blinks off and on for a long time, before

...black screen. Shined a flaslight and don't see any images on the screen If you can find an older SVGA monitor, try hooking it up to the port on the back of your mac. If you get video then chances are ...

...black mode- and that did not help it any. Control-Option-Command-8 failing that, try booting in other user accounts try plugging the monitor in after its booted up try booting it in safe mode does it ...

...black screen connect external monitor and see if it is the lcd that is fried, hold a flashlight up to the screen and see if you can detect anything happening on the lcd. Could be the inverter or ccfl ...

all the way across the 17" monitor. The one I had before that was a little, fat iMac that was a monitor with the computer guts enclosed with see-through back. The monitor slowly went black on that one

...black - is it possible that the monitor has gone bad? Or does that suggest something worse? It is quite possible that your monitor has gone bad with age or impact. Fastest test is to hook up a ...

...black screen then the problem is either the video card or the screen itself. Unfortunately it is very difficult to tell which one. You might try to use an external monitor. If it works, then the ...

black line on the right side of my monitor/ screen. It fades in and out with rainblow lines and then turns solid black. The width is about 2 inches wide. HiIt sounds like a display failure.Best way to

black Some models of G3 iMac have an external display connector under the rear belly plate. Connect a monitor to this connector. If that monitor shows your desktop, your main CRT is blown. The cost of