On Feb 16, 2010, at 7:19 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > > On Feb 16, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >> On Feb 16, 2010, at 7:43 PM, John Carmonne wrote: >> >>> I can't seem to find Disk Utility on my OS9 startup disk? That's why I ran >>> FirstAid. >> >> You need to boot your OS X startup disk to run Disk Utility. >> >>> Yes I booted an external Tiger drive to repair permissions and repair disk. >> >> And . . . was it fast...er than the internal HD or the same? >> >>> It shimmers ever so slightly but is kinda annoying. >> >> Yes, that's one of the drawbacks of CRTs and why they're nearly extinct. If >> you can't get rid of the shimmer by making refresh rate adjustments (meaning >> it's a hardware problem rather than software), you'll need to find someone >> who can repair CRTs. I had one that had a bad capacitor once and it was >> repairable, but these are DANGEROUS to work on because of the high voltages >> so I'd recommend not doing anything yourself unless you know what you're >> doing and have the correct tools for discharging the vacuum tube. > > > Kris can you explain refresh rate adjustment? I'm OK around capacitors, II > guess if one is discolored or a little bulged that my be an indicator. > > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda USA > > I just ran the bench test on Drive Genius 2, and my G3 iMac 600 is slower than a BW G3 400? So is this test indicative of a HDD problem?
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