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Powerbook G4 15" 1.0GHz dead video card?
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Carol Stream, IL USA
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Powerbook G4 15" 1.0GHz FW800 60GIG HDD / 1.5GB RAM 10.5.X
iBook G3/800 12" 30GIG 640MB RAM 10.4.11
Mirror Door G4 1.0DP .5TB/1.5TB/40GB/30GB 1.5GB RAM 10.5 Server
Mini 1.83GHz C2D 80GB HDD 1GB RAM
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Originally Posted by Big Mac 
Video card, sorry man.
Thats what I thought. Oh well... she had a good run. 
I guess this is my excuse to save up and get a MBP 
At least the HDD is ok so I didn't lose any data 
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Powerbook G4 15" 1.0GHz FW800 60GIG HDD / 1.5GB RAM 10.5.X
iBook G3/800 12" 30GIG 640MB RAM 10.4.11
Mirror Door G4 1.0DP .5TB/1.5TB/40GB/30GB 1.5GB RAM 10.5 Server
Mini 1.83GHz C2D 80GB HDD 1GB RAM
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I had what I thought was a dead video card on my 17inch 1GHZ, but after a brief consult with an Apple Genius (my brother) he suggested checking the RAM.
Lo and behold I removed the Kingston stick (which had worked for years) and it booted up fine, no video issues.
RAM gets old and breaks apparently. Anyway I hope it works for you, because RAM for those machines is dirt cheap.
Good luck.
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I have Mac
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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I second general smiley and suggest you remove any RAM from the lower RAM slot as this was prone to failure.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Carol Stream, IL USA
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Originally Posted by GENERAL_SMILEY
I had what I thought was a dead video card on my 17inch 1GHZ, but after a brief consult with an Apple Genius (my brother) he suggested checking the RAM.
Lo and behold I removed the Kingston stick (which had worked for years) and it booted up fine, no video issues.
RAM gets old and breaks apparently. Anyway I hope it works for you, because RAM for those machines is dirt cheap.
Good luck.
Sorry for the long delay... I didn't get an email saying this thread had responders, but I did try the RAM swap, and no go. The screen is still jacked out. I tried each RAM stick I have (one OEM 512 and one Corsair 1.0GB) and tried each one in each slot. Video is still jacked out.
I think this is one case of NOT a faulty lower RAM slot
It is a dead video card 
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Powerbook G4 15" 1.0GHz FW800 60GIG HDD / 1.5GB RAM 10.5.X
iBook G3/800 12" 30GIG 640MB RAM 10.4.11
Mirror Door G4 1.0DP .5TB/1.5TB/40GB/30GB 1.5GB RAM 10.5 Server
Mini 1.83GHz C2D 80GB HDD 1GB RAM
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