>I have a PowerCenter 166 with 112mb ram and 4 mb video >ram and a 300 MHz Sonnet G3 card. Recently, when >booted, my monitor shows only 256 colors when it had >been set at millions. When I check the monitor and >sound control panel, it only shows 256 colors .... I >lost my millions! Upon restart, the problem >disappears, but returns again the next day after a >shutdown. >Also, at start-up, I get a pair of vertical, dotted >purple lines that trail up to the finder arrow. When >I move the arrow around the lines, they start to >disappear like I was using the eraser from MacPaint. >Also, sometimes, the lower half of my screen has a >random pattern of odd, purple dots. Eventually, these >dots disappear after the screen refreshes (e.g., when >an application is opened). I'm tech supporter in a belgian Apple Center, and had this problem a few times with PowerMac 7500 and 7200... Just take a look at your VRAM components and see if they are well fitted in the connectors... The problem should dissappear after that. Good luck ! Mike. -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html> Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD <http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html> - - - - - Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
