Yellow lines flashes horizontaly on screen?

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Yellow lines flashes horizontaly on screen?

Hello. For a few seconds when a webpage (i.e. DeviantArt or Flickr) is loading a flash of yellow lines sometimes horizontally goes across my screen. It does not do this outside of Safari? My screen looks good, never dropped or anything and it's IMMACULATELY cared for. Any ideas guys? I got apple care but getting this to replicate itself is hard which is why I have not been to the apple store instead I'll use REAL geniuses, YOU! :P Thanks!

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), MacBook & 3G iPhone

Posted on Aug 13, 2009 10:11 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 13, 2009 10:31 PM in response to TNSLTWN

If it really only happens in Safari, it is probably not a hardware problem. What happens when you view the same page using a different Web browser (Firefox or Camino)? Do you see the same lines?

One possibility is that you have a misbehaving Safari plug-in or other enhancement. Look for files in:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/
(where ~ denotes your home directory in /Users/<your_name>/

Do you see anything suspiciously new?

Try moving all files of them out, re-launch Safari, and see how that goes.

Good luck.

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TNSLTWN Author

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Aug 14, 2009 2:03 PM in response to Steve Davidson

Awesome I will do that! I do not see the problem in Firefox or anything and I rarely use Firefox because I'm a Safari person. :P Thanks again for your help! Love this site!

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TNSLTWN Author

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Aug 14, 2009 9:39 PM in response to TNSLTWN

BTW that fixed it! I removed the plugins! THANKS SO MUCH! Whew, what a relief!

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