My PowerPC G4 (2.1) iMac - the upside-down pudding basin and flat screen on an articulated arm - has developed a problem since I installed OS-X 3, Panther - new installation from OS Disks, not up-grade.
With Panther I continued my OS-9 practice of leaving the iMac connected to my Broadband supplier, more or less, all the time. With OS-9 the system worked OK. With OS-X the system �Sleeps� after some time and �Wakes up� on pressing the mouse button - EXCEPT - when I go to bed and come back some hours later. Then I find that the screen display has �broken up� into vertical striations. In the top third of the screen the icons can be seen although they are distorted by the overlay. In the bottom two-thirds the striations completely blot out the screen and the lower icons. The Dock, normally set to �Hide� does not reappear and, although I can move it to left or right only the first three/four icons - Finder, Safari, Mail can be seen so I cannot work out if I am still connected to my ISP. �System Preferences� comes up but I can only see the top third and attempts to get at the Startup Disk to test the machine by restarting is impossible - it is in the obliterated area. My only (?) resort is to �kill� and restart the machine with the On-Off button - not a procedure that I am happy with. Any suggestions? Frankoriol -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
