Video flicker
G5 Dual 1.8G 10.4.11 GeForce FX 5200 2 monitors Westinghouse CMC17 1280x1024 DELL E207WFP 1680x1050 These 2 monitors played-nice for months, then the CMC-17 suddenly developed a flickering series of maybe 10 horizontal bands that slowly move down the screen. They are not apparent at all with absolute white or absolute black areas, the more mid-grey things get in an image, the worse the flicker appears. The DELL still looks perfect. This happened when I disconnected everything from the machine to install a larger second hard drive and then reconnected and fired it back up. Where should I be looking for if it's the machine, the card, a cable or the monitor? thanks John V -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
On Jan 19, 2013, at 12:02 PM, JohnV wrote: Where should I be looking for if it's the machine, the card, a cable or the monitor? Switch the monitors to each other's video port and see if the bands stay with the same monitor or stay with the same video port. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
Il giorno 19/01/13 20:34, Kris Tilford ha scritto: Switch the monitors to each other's video port and see if the bands stay with the same monitor or stay with the same video port. ... and switch the video cables too, to test them as well. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
flicker stays with the Westinghouse monitor On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 19, 2013, at 12:02 PM, JohnV wrote: Where should I be looking for if it's the machine, the card, a cable or the monitor? Switch the monitors to each other's video port and see if the bands stay with the same monitor or stay with the same video port. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
OK, this will take some wrangling... a day or two to get at it. Swap the port connections at the back of the G5 observe, then Swap the cables where they go into each monitor observe will do On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 19/01/13 20:34, Kris Tilford ha scritto: Switch the monitors to each other's video port and see if the bands stay with the same monitor or stay with the same video port. ... and switch the video cables too, to test them as well. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
A Viewsonic here has problems with an external power supply. It works well when a replacement is plugged in. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 5:14 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.comwrote: If you have no toher cables to try get rubbing alcohol or contact cleaner, an old tooth brush with power disconnected scrub the cable ends and all ports, briskly and completely. Look for loose or broken pins. Bad cable insulation etc. The starting point for repair should always be the obvious elements. And this gets them out of the way if it is something more complex causing the failure. I have had many great monitors that people thought were totally wasted brought to life with a simple cleaning. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:12 PM, JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net wrote: OK, this will take some wrangling... a day or two to get at it. Swap the port connections at the back of the G5 observe, then Swap the cables where they go into each monitor observe will do On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 19/01/13 20:34, Kris Tilford ha scritto: Switch the monitors to each other's video port and see if the bands stay with the same monitor or stay with the same video port. ... and switch the video cables too, to test them as well. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-**list.shtmlhttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/**lists/netiquette.shtmlhttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** group/g3-5-list http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Twitter on a G4 or a G5
It unfortunately has come to this. It looks like I need to join Twitter. I have a DA G4 with 10.411 or a G5 10.5 whatever. What do i need to run Twitter by spending the least amount of money possible. Thanks, Mark Murphy -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
At 17:16 -0500 1/19/13, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: A Viewsonic here has problems with an external power supply. It works well when a replacement is plugged in. In the good old days of cathode ray tubes rolling bands were almost always due to an interference. the AC power's 60 Hz, with harmonics, and the 15 or so kHz horizontal would get harmonically linked to create the bands. They moved because the frequencies were nearly , but not exactly, the same. That's not precisely your problem with modern digital monitors but you did alter the load on the power supply when you installed the new disk. If the supply is now overloaded or is exercising its capacitors a little harder now it's possible that the result could be some rolling interference. Can you turn off the new disk while still having something to look at? Or is it a replacement in a single disk box? -- -- From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Twitter on a G4 or a G5
Firefox 3.6.28 works fine... On Jan 19, 2013, at 15:11, smac0031 m.smurph...@gmail.com wrote: It unfortunately has come to this. It looks like I need to join Twitter. I have a DA G4 with 10.411 or a G5 10.5 whatever. What do i need to run Twitter by spending the least amount of money possible. Thanks, Mark Murphy -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
On 1/19/2013 1:02 PM, JohnV wrote: These 2 monitors played-nice for months, then the CMC-17 suddenly developed a flickering series of maybe 10 horizontal bands that slowly move down the screen. This is indicative of filter capacitors going bad in the power supply. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
