Search results

After cleaning the computer, video card and cable connectors then reinstalling with no strain on cables the blinking has stopped. Thank you guys for your gracious help. You will be blessed.

Thanks for the cleaning tips. It's cleaned, reinstalled and I'm replying through it. Graphics card contacts were tarnished and a new pencil eraser restored the bright gold finish. Will do the web work through this computer and if the blink reoccurs I'll swap monitors and see if it happens on the...

Question: What is/are the best circuit board cleaners for computers? I use clean pencil eraser on card contacts then wipe with dry Kleenex, but what cleaner is best for removing smog residue?

No loss of image is apparent during the blink. We use 2 PowerPCs. The other is a G4 MDD with Leopard and a 20" Apple Cinema display. If cleaning and card reseating doesn't stop the flicker I'll try swapping the monitors. Thanks for the tips. I'll report back.

Wife just finished a grueling 6 hour stint working with email and she said the blinking increased in frequency as time passed and her eyes are sore from it. Increased operating time = increased heat accumulation. Dust retains heat. Gotta clean inside the computer. The monitor works very well...

Could be because it's 13 years old. 3 weeks ago the monitor screen started an occasional random blink that has become more frequent. Nothing in the adjacent environment has changed recently. The cable appears to be good. Video card? Gotta learn about that. Computer is G4 tower, Digital Audio...

I done been sayin' for 40+ years that: Normal in the normal sense ain't natcheral in the natcheral sense." Thank you so much. If this event/thread helps others along the way then it was a good thing.

Thank you, Delta Mac, for your support and guidance through this mind boggling event. It might be good to spread the warning to never apply one name to both computer and user.

It's back! In 80GB original: Finder>Users>Master>Get Info>Name I changed the name from Master back to jerryechosyn then did restart. Home folder came up and Firefox went to Copper Mail like it oughta. Didn't work yesterday. Now I will see if Silver Keeper does corrections before I go into 300...

Both hard drives, original (80GB) and backup (300GB) have the real home folder tucked in them. Working from original now. the hard drive and home folder have the same short name: jerryechosyn. Why did he do that! Computer is named Jerry Echosyn's G4. Empty duplications of jerryechosyn home...

The Apple Support page about this that I found is: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1876 Xlab page and this Apple page show two paths so i will wait for your opinion. There are now 19 copies of jerryechosyn empty folders in The 80GB.

I found an article: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/renamehomerecovery.html but I wont do anything rash. Looking back into jerryechosyn >Finder> Users> Master I see my complete home folder is in there. Yahoo! Earlier at Apple Knowledge Base I saw a tutorial about this recovery, but that constant...

Sophos finished at 1:35PM and showed no threats. Referring to the 80 GB original drive: On 3-26 at 8:57 PM at desktop I changed the name of the 80GB drive to Master in the manner I previously described. On 3-26 at 11:28 PM I changed it back to jerryechosyn and the first duplicate was...

Time is 11:50 AM. I started Sophos AV in full scan at 5:30 AM and it is now at 75% done. A few minutes before doing that I saw in the users folder in Finder that there were 15 copies of the original jerryechosyn folder. It produced the 15th almost before my eyes. ??

Earlier today I found the 40+ steps @ Apple Support and got the willies. When I login Finder is always open at desktop. I did the uncheck and recheck in Finder pref.. It does not change after reappearing. Left column of finder window shows at top Network, backup, FreeAgent Drive. Below the...

I can't say if this is helpful, but I went into Spotlight and can bring up things from the original Bonnie account. Not her mail and bookmarks in the browsers or saved items from the original desktop.

About an hour ago I changed it back to jerryechosyn in the Get Info pane since other places show that. In Sys Pref the Startup Drive pane shows jerryechosyn and FreeAgent Drive. Sys Pref Accounts has only Bonnie (Admin) Finder shows only jerryechosyn with the house icon beside it. No word Users...

3 days ago I booted to the backup FreeAgent drive to check it and it was a functional duplicate of 80 GB Master so I switched back and all was normal until I messed with the 80GB by changing the name at desktop from jerryechosyn (short name) to Master. Nothing improved when i changed the name...

I need to back up and start this post over by providing the correct equipment data. We have 2 computers and I gave you info on the wrong one. Result of being very distraught, I guess: Mac pre-Intel year 2001 PowerPC Digital Audio 733 MHz with OS Tiger. 80GB factory hard drive, 20GB retrofit hard...

Year 2002 Mac PowerPC MDD (pre Intel) desktop 1.25 MHz with OS Leopard: After reading several postings, threads and articles in the web about changing the name of a hard drive I thought it would be safe to do so. I was wrong. Now the screen is like the pristine out-of-the-box screen. My whole...