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Pismo screen blurry
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Jø®n
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Nov 18, 2003, 10:33 PM
 
Hi,

Lately my screen of my Pismo gets a little blurry, especially around letters and buttons; little flickering red dots appear. It's more present around the edges and in photo's/thumbnails (shadows) it shows really good. Could it be that the video card is getting bad or maybe a loose connecting some where.

I assume it's in the hardware, because it's shows up in OSX and OS9.

Any suggestions, thanks

Pismo 400, 1024 of ram, OSX2.8
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Nov 19, 2003, 05:46 AM
 
similar event happened with another notebook of mine. I turned out that the connection the screen had to the computer was loose and had to be secured. It is my understanding that if the video card goes - there would be nothing on the screeen.

do yourself a favor and upgrade to Panther! My Pismo is totally usable now...
Pismo 400 | Powerbook 1.5 GHz | MacPro 2.66/6GB/7300GT
     
Jø®n  (op)
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Nov 19, 2003, 11:02 AM
 
I'm planning to get a new Mac soon so I will wait for Panther a bit.

Did you fix the connection your self?
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