thanks for the help folks. There were a few replies but it looks like Paul here hit it right on the head...ran applejack a couple of times and everything has been working like a charm for a couple of days now. John On 8/22/13 7:56 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > I wouldn't worry much if it happens not to many times. Just had one myself. The previous was 6 months ago I guess. Just restart, repair PRAM and do a Repair Disk Permissions a few times. That's what I do. Further no problems. > > Paul Moortgat > > > On 23 Aug 2013, at 00:54, johnny wrote: > >> lately I have been getting a daily white lettering (negative) on a black screen telling me to restart....seems to be a harbinger of more nasties to come. Can anyone tell me what to check for to stop this madness which of course comes at different times and within different programs. >> >> dual 867 maxed out. >> thanks. >> John > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g4/attachments/20130825/b837a26f/attachment.htm>