Q: Display issues
I was running a backup on my old PB (backing up my iTunes library on one external FW drive to another external FW drive) and at some point when I went to check it the display was garbled.
When I accessed the computer by VNC, the display on the client machine was also garbled. When I connected my TV as an external display it was garbled too.
However, strangely, when the screen saver activated (Flurry), the display on the PB was not garbled. Upon stopping the screen saver the screen was still garbled.
I did not have the foresight to take a picture to show what it looked like, but it did not look like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHoa8SMgX5Q
Upon reboot the display is fine now. If it happens again I will take a photo.
When I accessed the computer by VNC, the display on the client machine was also garbled. When I connected my TV as an external display it was garbled too.
However, strangely, when the screen saver activated (Flurry), the display on the PB was not garbled. Upon stopping the screen saver the screen was still garbled.
I did not have the foresight to take a picture to show what it looked like, but it did not look like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHoa8SMgX5Q
Upon reboot the display is fine now. If it happens again I will take a photo.
PowerBook G4 15" Aluminum, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 1 GHz PPC, 2 GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
Posted on Mar 20, 2011 7:28 AM