[G4] Monitor Blinking

[Robert MacLeay]

If you don¹t have a spare computer, go buy a spare monitor!

You can pick up a 17² CRT at Goodwill or similar thrift stores for five
dollars these days.

Do your testing, and afterwards, if you don¹t have room for it in the garage
(or better, a dual head video card allowing you to use two monitors
simultaneously), donate it back to them.


>> Anne Keller-Smith wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is there any way to check out the monitor itself? Guess I'd like to get
>>> a heads up and if I need to purchase a new one give myself some time to
>>> buy it online as opposed to going to the local spot, which would be more
>>> expensive. Also localize the problem to monitor, computer hardware, OS
>> or something else.
>> 
>> And Rich replied:
>> My guess is the monitor itself is flaky.  Do you have another computer
>> you can try it on?  I'm not familiar with Apple's 17" LCD, but it'll
>> probably work with a PC, too, for testing purposes.