[HM] iMac flickering screen

[David Crandon]

I'm pretty sure I've heard of this...do some searches on the pages and 
forums of http://www.macintouch.com and http://www.macfixit.com. I'm 
sure you'll find something.

David Crandon


On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 07:12  PM, Mary C. Youra wrote:

> My daughter, who is away at college, called today complaining that her 
> iMac's screen is flickering. She has an older iMac (with CRT), indigo 
> I think--either 2000 or 2001, OS 10.2.6, 384mb. I ran a search of 
> Knowledge Base documents, which retrieved one that mentioned 
> interference from fluorescent lights or other appliances. She has now 
> tried plugging her dorm refrigerator into another outlet, as well as 
> her desk lamp, but it hasn't made a difference. (For good measure, she 
> also unplugged her computer for about 15 minutess before reconnecting 
> it.) Since that didn't help, the KB doc said to take it in for repair, 
> which is our next step when we visit on Friday. I'm wondering, though, 
> what we're in for. Does anyone know what might be causing this?
>
> Mary Youra
>
>
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