thanks Dan.
just reset the PRAM and pulled the power cord on the box for 60sec.
no joy.
this machine -was- physically MOVED for the first time in years, over
the weekend. From wha you;re reccomending and what little I found on
line about this symptom, the 'resaet connections" thing resonates.
off to that next... though how do I reseat EVERYTHING inside teh tower?
On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Dan wrote:
At 12:17 PM -0500 11/23/2011, JohnV wrote:
PPC G5 tower. osx 10.4.11 no problems
This morning, right now, the image on screen is bizarre... If a
finder window comes up, I can see though the text and if I move
the window around, elements of the pixel image stay put -AND- move
-AND leave trails and the window bevocomes oddly worn-looking
lake a ragged cloth, with squares of greyish artifcts. even now
the tex I'm typing is blurred.
any idea what happened overnight to this thing?
Could be that the pram/nvram lost its saved resolution, and the
video card picked one that the display doesn't properly support.
Try selecting a different resolution.
Could be that the display cable became unseated. Try reseating.
Could be that your video card is dying. Try reseating it.
Check your system.log ... there might be some apropos messages there.
Try booting into Safe Mode; see if the video issues persist there...
- Dan.
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