Hi
My old iMac (manufactured in 1999) hasn't been used for some time. Yesterday when I turned it on, the monitor wasn't on. The power indicator light was still on, the keyboard gets recognised (the CAPS LOCK/NUM LOCK keys are still functional), the mouse gets detected (this a wireless optical mouse and the status light on the transmitter unit indicates 'Connected'). When I turned it on, I can hear the Apple's 'boot up' music, the sound of the CPU fan running and of the hard disk spinning. It's just that the screen isn't on.
It was an iMac and everything is integrated inside that big 'monitor' box. There is no plug for external monitor. I opened it up today, trying to spot some obvious problems, i.e. loose connections, leaked capacitors, but couldn't find any.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it, or at least feed the monitor output of the iMac into a VGA monitor, or a TV (if the Mac has compositive video output) and check if the thing is still working?
My old iMac (manufactured in 1999) hasn't been used for some time. Yesterday when I turned it on, the monitor wasn't on. The power indicator light was still on, the keyboard gets recognised (the CAPS LOCK/NUM LOCK keys are still functional), the mouse gets detected (this a wireless optical mouse and the status light on the transmitter unit indicates 'Connected'). When I turned it on, I can hear the Apple's 'boot up' music, the sound of the CPU fan running and of the hard disk spinning. It's just that the screen isn't on.
It was an iMac and everything is integrated inside that big 'monitor' box. There is no plug for external monitor. I opened it up today, trying to spot some obvious problems, i.e. loose connections, leaked capacitors, but couldn't find any.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it, or at least feed the monitor output of the iMac into a VGA monitor, or a TV (if the Mac has compositive video output) and check if the thing is still working?