Ok. It's starting to sound like there is something up with the onboard vide on your machine. There was another reply that suggested playing with the video cable. I don't think that will cause or solve your problem because if there was a problem with your video cable, it would affect the screen in different ways (missing colours, no sync, etc)..
Next suggestion, which I think you were thinking about doing anyways is to grab a pci video card and boot your machine with it and not the onboard video. Those lines could be caused by a cold solder joint, or a bad connection on one of the components of the video circitry. If it goes away with time, that suggests that it might be heat related. Perhaps there is a component on there that heats up/cools down, and after many many times of this happening, (or maybe ther were other extream heat conditions) that the connection either internally in that component, or a connection to the board might be flakey as the component expands and contracts. So ya, just give it a shot with a PCI card, and I bet the problem will not happen any more. -nils On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 11:31:05PM -0400 or thereabouts, applejackxx wrote: > > Thanks for suggestions. > ? > First I do not have an additional VRAM chip, so that is not the problem. > ? > I have been able to get the lines to go away. > ? > It goes like this: > ? > I will open up the machine and check to make sure all the connections to > the motherboard are secure and then I will boot the machine. Usually > after doing this once the lines are perhaps different but still there. > If I do this about 2 or 3 more times then they are usually gone. > Although there have been an instance or two when they have not. Then if > I just leave the machine on for awhile it will just go away on its own. > ? > I have checked all of my ram chips ( 64meg, 32meg, 32meg) separately and > I have had some level of the problem with each one. The 64meg chips on > its own had the least lines and they did clear up by the time that the > startup had ended. The chips all different configurations but they have > brand names ( 64meg- Kingston, 32meg- Texas Instruments, 32meg- Micron). > ? > Otherwise I have tried to blow some of the congealed junk off of the > board. > ? > Any other advice would be appreciated. > ? > ? > >-----Original Message----- > >From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana > Collins > >Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:48 AM > >To: G-List > >Subject: Re: G3 Beige - Horizontal lines> > > > >> From: applejackxx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: G3 Beige - Horizontal lines > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I just got a G3 Beige 233mhz but I have these strange horizontal > lines > >> on the screen. Also, there are some dashes following the curser. On > >> start up the cursor is sometime 2 vertical lines like the number "11" > >> about 5 times the size of the normal cursor. > >> > >> When I use this monitor on other computers it is fine. > >> > >> Here is a screen capture > >> > >> http://home.comcast.net/~applejackxx/screenimage1.pdf > >> > >> > >> What can I do about this? > > > > > >This was one of the symptoms I experienced in my search for the correct > >installation obstacle. What fixed my problem was discerning a bad RAM > >module. Lots of you folks shared that OS X is far more finicky (or far > less > >forgiving) than prior OS's. Perhaps this is one of those finicky > moments? > >>Since yours is a beige, and not "New World", do you happen to have a > VRAM> > >upgrade card (SGRAM style) not seated properly? > >Best regards, > >Dana -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
