Dean, How far is the lamp from your monitor? One possibility for the quiver is that the lamp's transformer (if it uses one) could be producing a large electric field which would affect your screen. I've noticed a similar situation where someone placed his computer on the opposite side of the wall from a refrigerator - huge electromagnetic fields there - everytime the compressor came on, his screen would squiggle like crazy.
By the way, I would generally not plug in anything else into your computer's power strip except your computer and monitor, since they would be electrically "closer" to your computer and any goofiness of any of the other items on the power strip could affect your computer. In particular, I would be careful about plugging printers into the same power strip. I would put the computer on a UPS and ONLY the computer and the monitor (or related equipment, such as an external disk drive). Printers have extremely variable loads, and should not be plugged into a UPS. It would depend quite a bit on your computer why it would shut down mysteriously on you. Another factor (assuming it is external, since we can't really rule out a computer problem), is bad power from your electric company. If you have a brownout and your circuit is heavily loaded, voltage could drop quite low (below 90 volts is not uncommon) and your computer's power supply could shut down. California (I note from you sig) is quite notorious for having flaky power (so is Hawaii, for what it's worth). If you don't have a UPS, I would strongly recommend getting one. They're getting to be quite inexpensive, and well worth the cost. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean M. Estabrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:43 am Subject: [Finale] Fear OT > Ok, this is interesting. I just turned off a flouresent (sp) desk > lamp > plugged into the same power strip as my computer, and the screen > quiver > stopped. That doesn't explain why it shut down on it's own last > night, > but the lamp connection is obvious. Hmmmmm. > > Dean > > Para mí, la música es la respiración de la vida y de Dios. > Per me, la musica è l'alito della vita e di Dio > Pour moi, la musique est le souffle de la vie et de Dieu. > Für mich ist Musik der Atem des Lebens und des Gottes. > > Dean M. Estabrook > Director of Music > St. Andrew Presbyterian Church > Yuba City, CA > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
