Hi.
Sorry for any trouble, but I've a bit of a sticky problem. Here it is: my aging G4/400 has been relegated to keeping my messaging clients, etc. going while I watch movies or such on my G5 desktop.
Tonight, however, when I woke my G4 up -- possibly 20 minutes after allowing it to sleep -- I got a black screen divided into 3 vertical portions by two approximately 1.5" vertical bands of coloured columns, with each coloured column exactly one pixel wide.
Naturally, this happens after even the extended warranty ran out, and I just lost my job two weeks ago.
My questions are along the lines of what could cause this -- failed display, or something "worse" -- like a $600.00 replacement screen isn't bad enough. It certainly looks like something hardware related, and my G4 has always been treated extremely well. I did notice some time back a "highlighted" area at the base of the display, dead centre, which was always there when the computer was powered on, and that was more or less all the time, save I would sleep it frequently.
I am a bit freaked out by this, and deeply appreciate any help you might be able to offer.
Best wishes, and thank you very much for offering help to us poor buggers with neither clue nor job.
Dave
Sorry for any trouble, but I've a bit of a sticky problem. Here it is: my aging G4/400 has been relegated to keeping my messaging clients, etc. going while I watch movies or such on my G5 desktop.
Tonight, however, when I woke my G4 up -- possibly 20 minutes after allowing it to sleep -- I got a black screen divided into 3 vertical portions by two approximately 1.5" vertical bands of coloured columns, with each coloured column exactly one pixel wide.
Naturally, this happens after even the extended warranty ran out, and I just lost my job two weeks ago.
My questions are along the lines of what could cause this -- failed display, or something "worse" -- like a $600.00 replacement screen isn't bad enough. It certainly looks like something hardware related, and my G4 has always been treated extremely well. I did notice some time back a "highlighted" area at the base of the display, dead centre, which was always there when the computer was powered on, and that was more or less all the time, save I would sleep it frequently.
I am a bit freaked out by this, and deeply appreciate any help you might be able to offer.
Best wishes, and thank you very much for offering help to us poor buggers with neither clue nor job.
Dave