Monitor wont work with my Mac Mini G4 (Analog/Digital) (please help!)

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tyclonebauer2410

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So I have this old Mac Mini G4 I'm trying to sell but I can't without wiping the Hard Drive. Well, when I connected it to my monitor it just shows the Boot Image of the Apple logo and then turns black and the little blue light on my monitor just flashes slowly.
Its a Samsung monitor and it works with my Gaming PC but not with this mac it seems like and I don't have any other monitors to try it on so if anyone could help me out, please do!
 
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It's possible - but honestly, I'm not 100% sure on the whole Apple ecosystem.
In a general sense, a driver issue at the time the OS loads would explain you seeing the Apple splash screen then losing display - but I can't say definitively.
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The G4 mini should have DVI..... are you running to a DVI monitor? Or use an adapter in the chain?

With the Apple logo appearing, you can clearly get a display but, gut feel is one of two things:
1. There's a driver issue, resulting in losing signal once it boots past the Apple splash screen
2. There's no HDD or OS installed, so there's nothing to boot into past the splash screen.
 
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I have seen the Desktop once but that was 2 Days ago now I just get the boot screen. Also im using A DVI monitor.
 
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Hmmm, very strange.

Honestly, I'm not sure how to fix it.

What I'd suggest though, since your end goal is to actually wipe the drive - is you'd be better off wiping it as a secondary drive in another system.
You can't (easily) wipe a drive, to the point of being in a position to sell, while it's the primary boot drive.

I'd disassemble the G4 mini, remove the HDD and wipe/format/nuke it on another system
 
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Do you think it could be A Driver issue? It worked on a Different monitor last year when I used it but this Samsung monitor just doesnt seem to want to work with it.
 
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It's possible - but honestly, I'm not 100% sure on the whole Apple ecosystem.
In a general sense, a driver issue at the time the OS loads would explain you seeing the Apple splash screen then losing display - but I can't say definitively.
 
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Alright well thank you for helping me out with all you know about this! :)

 
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