On 12/18/03 1:18 PM, "Jacob Saariaho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Someone handed a 350Mhz iMac over to me last week. I was hoping to > install Panther on it and give it as a Christmas present to my niece. > 128 MB is low for Panther, but I thought it would be fine for a 10 year > old. Only problem is (and I should have known this) you don't get > anything for free. Turns out there's a video issue, the screen gets > vertical lines of "stationary static" (my own term). Sometimes very > little, sometimes to the point were you can't see anything. Installing > Panther (with the firmware update) didn't help. Starting from a system > 9 disc didn't make a difference. Zapping the PRAM repeatedly didn't > help. Reducing the resolution helped, but only setting the colors at > 256 keeps it from happening. Of note, quicktime movies seem to play > fine. Does anyone know what the problem might be, and how to fix it. I > have some ideas of my own, but I want to be as certain as possible > before I start buying parts off Ebay and dismantling this thing. > This does NOT happen on the 350 MHz iMac I am using to write this email. If there is a video issue, perhaps you have a hardware problem. Did you install the firmware update prior to upgrading the iMac? I did, and it works fine. By the way, 512MB costs only around $75, and that makes the iMac "relatively" fast. -- Bruce ____________________________________________________ B R U C E K. klutch-at-erols.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
