G4 Powerbook Display / memory question.

Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hi,



This is my first post and I'm hoping that someone maybe able to help me with a powerbook refurbishment I'm currently attempting. I bought a bit of a lemon off ebay its a G4 1GHZ powerbook and it has a cracked screen. Having looked more closely it has no ram installed and no HDD. I have now fitted a hard drive (currently unformatted). Before going to the expense of buying a screen I want to know if the powerbook is in working condition. I have tried to get some screen output to an external dvi capable monitor but I get no signal at all. I have tried holding down the apple and F1 key on boot to divert the video signal to the external monitor but I get nothing.



Currently when I power up I get a single beep and my question is - Do I need to have ram fitted before I'll get a video signal? I was hoping to get some life out of the pb before going any further with my spending.



Any advice would be gratefully recieved.



Cheers



Jon
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