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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: rtgwbmsr on 21 December 2002, 04:40

Title: PowerBook Display Corruption
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 21 December 2002, 04:40
PB G3 233
160 MB RAM
Jaguar 10.2.3 (Only happened in 10.2, 10.2.1 and 10.2.2 I haven't seen it in 10.2.3)

Does anyone know what the cause of this is? Never happened in Mac OS 8 or 9. Usually I force shutdown the computer and it goes away, but it is very annoying.

Here's what it looks like (~600 KB)
http://www.akgames.net:8000/Downloads/Files/Personal/Cpt.tiff (http://www.akgames.net:8000/Downloads/Files/Personal/Cpt.tiff)
Title: PowerBook Display Corruption
Post by: trc3 on 21 December 2002, 08:09
Does it just happen randomly?  Or when you plug in another monitor or run a certian app or something like that?
Title: PowerBook Display Corruption
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 21 December 2002, 21:48
Just randomly on some startups
Title: PowerBook Display Corruption
Post by: billy_gates on 21 December 2002, 10:29
is that a screenshot taken from inside the computer or was that a camera picture.

If it was a screenshot there is something wrong with your video card (bad)
If it was a photo there is either something wrong with your video card or display (bad)

That really sucks Man.  If you ever feel the need to remove crap of such a minor sort from your presence send it to me (i'll even pay the shipping)
Title: PowerBook Display Corruption
Post by: psyjax on 21 December 2002, 20:33
Download and install the new upgrade. It fixes issues with old ATI cards, this may be what is causing the problem. As I understand it your pbook isn't even officially supported. Don't sweat it, I think the upgrade will fix it.
Title: PowerBook Display Corruption
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 22 December 2002, 08:10
quote:
If it was a screenshot there is something wrong with your video card (bad)


Yes it was a screenshot.

 
quote:
It fixes issues with old ATI cards, this may be what is causing the problem. As I understand it your pbook isn't even officially supported. Don't sweat it, I think the upgrade will fix it.


My PowerBook is supported. It is a Wallstreet, not the original PBG3 aka Kanga. I haven't had any problems since the upgrade, but I've only restarted my computer once since then.
Title: PowerBook Display Corruption
Post by: psyjax on 22 December 2002, 22:11
quote:
Originally posted by The Muffin Man:


My PowerBook is supported. It is a Wallstreet, not the original PBG3 aka Kanga. I haven't had any problems since the upgrade, but I've only restarted my computer once since then.


Cool, i bet that fixed it  (http://smile.gif)  Oh, thanks for clearing that up, I thought the Wallstreets werent.
Title: PowerBook Display Corruption
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 31 December 2002, 10:01
Fuck. It just happened in OS X 10.2.3 now...

The corruption varies though. Sometimes it's not as bad, and other times half the screen is black and the other half is horrible.