Computer screen dying a slow death
I've noticed that my display is somewhat dimmed in two areas on the bottom of the screen when I wake the computer from sleep.
Ususally looks fine after a minute or so.
Does this mean the screen is dying?
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.10)
No, this is normal for CCFL backlit systems. It's the backlight warming up
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Is my computer dying a slow death? HELP!
Hello all.
I have a Quicksilver that has been acting up the past couple of days. I first noticed it when I tried to make an archive of a file and promptly got an error message saying, "The archive bill of materials cannot be created". OK, not a huge deal, I just used DropStuff which worked fine. A few minutes after that, I opened a PDF and tried to print it. The print dialog box came up, I clicked print and then nothing. It was like I never even sent the file to my printer. No print que, no nothing. So I tried printing some other various documents from other programs and received the same result, nothing. Then Acrobat Pro started acting screwy. All of the menus at the top were grayed out. I couldn't even quit the program, not even using Apple + Q worked. So I had to force quit. I then restarted my computer. I started a few of my programs (I believe it was GoLive, InDesign and Entourage). Not long after that, the computer locked up. Nothing was responding at all.
Today I am encountering the same problems. So I ran Norton SystemWorks on the machine. I know, probably not the greatest disk utility, but that's all I have at this time other than disk doctor which didn't come up with anything. Norton SystemWorks came up with a few "major errors" and said that it fixed them. So I restarted and tried to print a simple, one line of text, email from Entourage and received the error, "An error occurred while printing. Not enough memory." I then tried to print the same document and got nothing at all. No error message, no printed document. Nothing.
I've tried logging out of my account and setting up a new one to see if the same problems occurred and the do. Not being able to create an archive and print anyway.
I'm at a loss. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
All of my OS and computer details below are correct.
Thanks in advance.
Seth
Mac OS X (10.3.9) PM G4: 800MHz/40GB/250GB/1.25GB RAM---15" PB G4: 1.5GHz/80GB/512MB---iPod 20GBI would guess that there were corrupted system files or cache files causing the problem. However, now that you've used Norton's Systemworks the odds are good that the hard drive is now more messed up than before and possibly unfixable. Norton's utilities for the Mac are incompatible with recent versions of OS X and should never be used.
Depending upon the nature of the problem you may have some success with Disk Utility doing the following: Boot from your OS X Installer. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu. After DU loads select your OS X volume from the list on the left, click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
However, DU can only repair disk and directory damage, not file damage. So you may find that the hard drive is OK, but your system still won't work. In that case you need to do an Archive and Install which will let you install a fresh copy of OS X without erasing the hard drive.
If the hard drive is damaged and cannot be repaired by Disk Utility then you will need to reformat the hard drive. Because this will erase all your data you should backup your personal files first.
For disk repairs only use Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, or TechTool Pro. For general system maintenance I recommend TinkerTool System (shareware - www.versiontracker.com.) Maintaining regular backups would also make recovering from these problems much easier.
Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For disk repairs the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior. DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption. However, DW is not yet compatible with Intel Macs. TechTool Pro provides additional repair options including file repair and recovery, system diagnostics, and disk defragmentation. TechTool Pro 4.5.1 is Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility called Macaroni that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep.
OS X automatically defrags files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems.
I would also recommend downloading the shareware utility TinkerTool System that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old logfiles and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the commandline.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand. I also recommend booting into safe mode before doing system software updates.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Deja Vu (Shareware)
4. SuperDuper (Commercial)
5. Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware - not universal binary.)
6. LaCie SilverKeeper (Freeware - not universal binary)
7. RsynchX 2.1 and PsyncX 2.2.1 (Freeware)
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at www.versiontracker.com and www.macupdate.com. -
My ATI 1900XT is dying a slow death.... Should I replace it with Nvidia
All,
My machine now hangs whenever I use graphic intensive applications or games. So I think it is time to replace the 1900XT Card that came with it.
Problem I have is what to replace it with. I have read that the new 8800 Cards will not allow Leopard to boot from the Install Disk. Is this true and is there a fix that does not involve swapping cards to simply do a rebuild or Boot Disk Repair.
Looking for some Guidance pleaseYou read right, 10.5.2 or later. Wait and hang in for now, and boost the fans; clean out dust bunnies the card pulls into the chamber. The 2600 is the el cheapish solution if you want to wait and see but need a quick fix.
I never reboot from the install DVD. I put it on FW disk to boot from, and I really wanted to hold off and wait for later DVDs anyway rather than be stuck in the "dot zero" world.
I'd skip spending on the 8800GT. -
Howdy everyone,
Just curious if anyone else has run into this odd problem... I've had a WRT54G2 for less than 90 days and last night it seemed to die a slow death over several hours.
The first symptom was all browser pages loading extremely slowly or not resolving at all and later the router appeared to not be connecting to an also newish Linksys CM1000 modem. I then logged into the router and confirmed it was not receiving an ip address from the modem. The modem and net connection are both fine after a direct connection test so the issue is definitely the router and now the router isn't connecting to the modem at all.
I've done all the usual troubleshooting including multiple power recycles and resets to no avail.
Anyone else run into this slow death spiral?
Thanks.Have you tried to upgrade the firmware of your Router? You can download the firmware from the Linksys website and Upgrade / Re-flash the firmware on your Router.
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1. Startup in Safe Mode http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
2. Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
3. Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
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I have never seen DEVELOP on the menu bar for Safari, hence my query regarding testing.
What OS are you using and what version of Safari?
If you want to check your HDD, Open Disk Utilities>First Aid and run Verify and Repair.
The only remedy that I can think of that may work is an OS reinstall.
I seriously doubt that your MBP is being hacked.
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I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro last updated to the Mavericks OS. The screen died and I took it into an Apple store and was told replacing the screen and the hardware to repair everything would cost almost as much as buying a new laptop or a cheaper model. I was told that I can use a drive sled to access data I need on my hard drive. How do I remove my hard drive and use a drive sled to get to the information I need? What makes matters more complicated is I need to update my iPhone and my iTunes/App store purchases. How can I accomplish this?
My wife has a late 2008 Macbook Pro as well, which I am assuming I need to run my hard drive. Is there a way to just access just my hard drive without interfering with hers?
I know this is lengthy. Thanks to whoever looks at this and offers advice/instruction.the device you need is an External enclosure for a 2.5" (laptop form factor) SATA drive.
A USB-interface enclosure will be slow, but is adequate for this task and for re-purposing as a backup drive later. A firewire-interface drive would be faster, but is harder to find, more expensive, and faster than needed for this purpose.
The drive will mount as an "extra" drive on your wife's Macbook, and you can drag and drop whatever you wish. You could create a separate Account for yourself on her computer, and use Migration Assistant or just copy your stuff over to the new account. Then it would not interfere with her files. -
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My computer screen has a whirling disc that I can't get rid of ????
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• you are extremely short of RAM memory
• Your hard Drive is failing and a Bad Block is being re-tried hundreds of times to get good data.
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I have done that several times. In fact, every time I call Verizon with my phone problems, they have me do the same things repeatedly. I keep telling them I have already done them but they insist they are SURE it will work this time. It never does. After doing the factory reset and it still not working correctly, they act like they are confused, almost like I am lying. I did what you suggested above on the slim chance it would work this time but it did not. I bought two S5's that day and the other one works perfectly fine. I know I got a bad phone. Verizon just does not listen. It is a bad phone. I just want a new phone that works properly. Is that too much to ask? I bought a new phone that has been bad from day one. Why oh why do I have to spend hours of my time on the phone, in the store, on the computer, trying to rectify this? It shouldn't be this difficult! Help please!!!
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Two days ago I installed Mavericks to my MacBook Pro. The computer is very, very slow. I did not have that problem before. Also as I change between windows the whole screen is blurred with horizontal lines. Once safari, email or another app opens up it take a few minutes before I can actually use it. The cursor pauses like crazy. Quite frustrating. I checked the captibality before downloading and it met all the requirements. Help please!!
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
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I had PSE 12 installed on my Mac that died a sudden death yesterday.
I had PSE 12 installed on my Mac that died a sudden death yesterday. I can't find anywhere to download 12....everything takes me to 13. After spending $$$$$$ on a new computer, I can't outlay another $79 to upgrade to 13. Anyone have any advice for me?
You need to go to this link:
<Download Photoshop Elements products | 13, 12, 11, 10>
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Computer loading pages too slow. How can I fix this?
Computer loading pages too slow. How can I fix this? When I go to iMac Manuals a gey/black screen appears. What is going on with this?
Unfortunately you haven't provided any useful information, such as what iMac you have, which version of OS X is installed, the capacity of the HD and how much is still available, etc...
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my iphone is disabled and locked due to my 2 year old pressing too many numbers on my lock screen, but my computer had died and I need to sync it to open it and use my phone. Can I sync it on a new computer, or how can I get it to work and open again as I have text messages and EVERYTHING on my phone I need.
Sorry, just getting back. Since it is a used phone, you may have to contact the prior owner to see if they cleared their Apple ID and passcode. You could not force it into recovery mode? It sounds like it is still locked with someone's passcode. This may not help but I will link it here anyway: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
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How come my mac computer is always running slow
My Mac computer is always running slow. The wheel keeps spinning. What is the problem?
Activity Monitor – Monitor Performance Problems
Performance Guide
Why is my computer slow
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy
Try running this program and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read.
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Since installing yosemite my computer/screen blacks out, but still running
Since installing yosemite last week, my computer/screen blacks out, but still running. I have since rebooted everything, started from scratch and utilizing my external drive transferred all files/apps back. Did not help, in fact it is getting worse. Computer screen blacks out every 5 min or so and have to power up again. Also, continue to get Java message updates even after all have been updated over and over again. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.
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