<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
<font face="Monaco"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hello, <br>
<br>
I just subscribed to this list because I just got a used G4 M8573 and I
am having a several very mysterious problems - two of which I have
definitely solved. The OS for this computer is 10.5. I had the "jumpy
mouse" problem with an optical mouse that came with the computer and I
switched to an old fashioned ball mouse. I never have had any more
problem since I did that. The second issue was with my printer - an HP
4Plus. Every time I would print something, it would print an extra
sheet with always the same error - OFFENDING COMMAND</font>.</font>That
was an unnecessary waste of paper. I switched printer drivers<font
face="Monaco"> </font>from what was installed for my printer to
another driver in the database and I never have had that problem again
and my printer is back to normal. <font face="Monaco"><br>
<br>
</font>The problems that remain to be solved is 1) I also purchased a
monitor that doesn't work with my computer. The HDI connector works
fine with an ViewSonic monitor but the new monitor which has an ADC
connector doesn't. I don't know if it is the monitor or the computer.
Nothing lights up on the monitor, so I am assuming there is no power
getting to the monitor. I have called a repair shop and for only $79.95
they will check it for me immediately. I don't want to spend the money,
because I already have a monitor that works plus a monitor with an ADC
connector that at this point is surplus, because I don't know if it
works or not!<br>
<br>
2) The other problem that I am having is with the DVD RW combo unit. I
cannot seem to get it to recognize ANY DVDs - even pre-recorded ones,
much less burnable ones. It tries to read them for a while and then
always spits them out. Leopard recognizes that the drives are there,
but I can only read from the CD drive<br>
<br>
Does anyone have suggestions for me to try?<br>
</body>
</html>