On Nov 28, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Dan wrote:
> > At 9:48 AM -0800 11/28/2008, skyvalley4jesus wrote: >> Quite a scene last night. I happened to look over at my G4 iMac >> (round base - 1ghz) and the screen was rapidly flashing. You would >> see the desktop background & then black. > > OS? Screen saver and sleep settings? To tell what's happening,,, > we need details... > >> At first I thought the display was about to go out. I moved the >> mouse and the screen went >> back to desktop as normal. Is this a sign? > > My instinct is to say it's probably just the built-in screen saver > spazzing out. I've seen it happen a number of times. I've got it > set to randomly slide show from a folder... Now and then it just goes > nutz trying to change the pictures as fast as it can. It ends up > flashing about the way you describe... > > If that's the case, try changing the settings a bit... > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth > I'll second Dan's thoughts on this one. The fact your screen went back to normal points to screen saver and sleep settings. I'd set to defaults, then shut down and restart before customizing them again. -- Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
