Recent content by pattyd

oh sorry, i meant, i did NOT buy any any hard drive or powerbook

if someone else has this prob sometime: it turned out to be a dead monitor, which was probably worked to death. in its wake, probably due to monitor-caused surges, the other casualty was a new lacie dvd burner external which now has a click of death like zip disks when they go. hard drive fine...

the local pc genius (no mac people here) is coming over to see what is wrong before i go spend more $. i will post what he says if useful. he thinks he can do something, and i hope he is right. patty

flickers is too weak a word for the mini meltdowns. have spent two dreadful weeks trying to figure out what is wrong, disconnecting all, getting dedicated grounded outlets, replacing surge controls, cables, purging data, etc. i thought it was the monitor and got a new apple 23" which i can't...