Trying to Connect to Server over what was (as of OS X 2 or thereabouts) a working connection to my old Performa running system 7.5 (File Sharing is on). Server address I'm using is afp:/at/Performa:*
Result: "Looking up Performa" for about 5 seconds, then "The Finder cannot complete the...
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There is a slow corrosion problem in the display-to-nVidia ADC (sp?) connection. Cleaning the plug with Radio Shack spray-on cleaner fixed the problem. Occasionally it reappears; unplug, wiggle, plug back in and it's gone.
This is supposedly a known problem -- "silver tower...
In the last few weeks my Mac doesn't sleep; when I press the sleep button, it starts to sleep, then re-awakens after a second or so. I believe I have isolated the problem to the USB hub in the display; if I start up with the display not connected, wait for startup to complete, then press the...