On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 08:53 PM, Ron Goebel wrote: > I have a G4 QuickSilver running OS X 10.2.5 with no problems until > about a week ago. What have you installed hardware or software in the last week ? The darkened screen is a kernal panic. It usually is caused by hardware conflicts with OS X, at least on my machine. What I would do is reinstall the updater right over your current 10.2.5. That might fix things. groucho