If the system was dropped you may be out of luck with the display. Trinitron tubes (as used in the CC) are particularly susceptible to shock damage. My guess is that the area which appears to have color problems is in the corner of the damage, yes? Running the system for an extended time will not help with a degaussing issue in any event. Typically the degaussing circuit is activated on system power-up. You may find that multiple power cycles (with a brief delay before turning the system on) will help, but probably not too much. You can also (possibly) find a manual TV degausser at Radio Shack, but they are not as common as they once were.
It sounds like you hard drive is dead. I have had drives fail like that... They run for awhile and then click (usually followed by the drive spinning up again). Kind of hard to say anything else. No way for me to tell for sure of course, but try another HD to see if that fixes it. I have never had any luck with having a computer shipped to me. It seems that everybody thinks they know how to pack them properly, but they invariably arrive in numerous bits and pieces. Derek -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
