Subject: Re: PowerMac 7300 display problem
To: None <wysoft@extremecode.org, port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/17/2005 17:54:09
At 1:21 PM -0800 1/17/05, wysoft@extremecode.org wrote:
>I've got this PowerMac 7300; nice old box. Problem is, I can't get it to
>correctly sync on any of my VGA monitors. I've applied the System Disk
>nvram patches
>from the NetBSD FAQ, which work - but only for one reboot. If I reboot the
>system a second time, the VGA monitor no longer syncs. I have a really old
>Apple Color Display that will sync up every time, and if I disconnect that
>after MacOS comes up, connecting the VGA monitor works.

I've got two 7300's and neither will sync, even with the patch applied. My
7600 syncs flawlessly. The best my 7300s will do is alternating white and
black columns. I generally run them headless.

tim