Need help fom my imac, monitor impression?

it is almost running out my imac apple care, and in some light condition it seems to me to se the dock on boot screen... but if i use a white background and maximum brightness i can't always see it
i can't really tell what can be, but my options are...
i see it only after my mac get stuck and i have to reboot, usually happen with the screen turning light gray, as at boot and i have to keep the power button down to shut and the reboot
the second option could be ambient light, at night you can not see it, but you can see more with bright day and no direct light... some times not that much
i can't understand

If your Apple Care is still running, contact Apple Care as soon as possible.
My LCD recently had a problem and the LCD screen was replaced. Your problem sounds different but it's worth phoning Apple Care and sorting it out.

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Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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Need help deciding between iMac or Display

I'm hoping some of you mac pros can help me with some advice. A few months ago I made the switch and bought a macbook and realised how great it was for photography, but am now wishing I had a larger screen. I can't decide if I should keep the macbook and get a display to hook it up to, or sell the macbook and buy a new imac. If anyone with either of these could help me out with some pros and cons I would be most grateful !!!

Hi LilacRose
If you bought the Macbook for portability then buy a screen, if possible go to a dealer and take you Macbook to try some out.
You probably will need at least a 20" so consider if you have permanent space for presumably an iMac (the keyboard will store under the screen on the stand) or the screen.
It comes down to what other things you want to do with the machine, for instance if you want take it to show friends or family photos you have, then maybe keep the Macbook and have the benefit of the big screen for editing etc.
Remember that although Macs hold their value you will still lose some money possibly.
chris
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) G3 600 iBook 640MB OS X (10.2.8) Lacie d2 60GB & 250GB Firewire Windows XP

Need help/advice for XB270HU monitor. G-SYNC does not work. Monitor Flickers. No signal.

I recently bought this Monitor and have been having constant issues with it. Before I start, here are my specs.
GPU:GTX Asus Strix 970
CPU:i5 4690k @3.5GHz
RAM:16gb
OS:Windows 7
All my drivers are up to date, and in the NVidia control panel G-Sync is turned on. However while gaming I still get horrible stutters everytime the FPS fluctuates even a tiny bit even going from 140FPS down to 90 FPS. I was under the impression that changes to FPS it would remain smooth down to 30/40 FPS? Not so at all. There is no difference between this and my old monitor besides the fact that it can go up to 144hz.
Secondly everytime I turn on the monitor, it goes black and says no signal and then proceeds to launch at 800:600 resolution, flicker black, 1920:1080, flicker again and arrive at 2560:1440. Sometimes it wont ever receive a signal and my second monitor will turn on instead and take place as primary monitor.
It is plugged into the Display port and is secure, as far as I can tell the chord is in good condition.
And finally sometimes during gameplay, ableit rarely, I get random flickers of black screen for half a second here and there. When this occurs it happens about 3-4 times and then stops. Worrisome!
Part of me hopes that I have a terrible, broken and faulty monitor and could get a replacement. Because then I wouldnt try to justify why I spent nearly $1,000 dollars before tax for this thing. But then the other half of me would not even want to get a replacement because of how big of a let down this one has been. I'd rather just never have bought this one at all and have my money back.
Any help or suggestions are appreciated. If anybody has had similar problems please speak up!!

Booserbob,
If you are willing, I would like to see about having a new Display Port cable sent out to see if that resolves it. If it does, I would be interested in obtaining the cable you received with the monitor, I have been trying to get one from a customer having this issue with no success as of yet. If you are interested, send me a PM (private message) with the following information and I will get to work on it:
Serial number:
Contact name:
Contact number:
Email address:
Shipping address:
Purchase date:
Resolution attempting to use:
Max resolution monitor will work at 144 Hz:
Video cards is use:
Video Connection:
Symptoms:

[nVidia Series] Need Help: Can not detect monitor

I have built a computer from scratch and the computer restart itself once awhile. I tried to update all the drivers by running a live update from MSI. All the drivers were updated, except the BIOS. I also updated the newest AGP Video driver. When I restarted the computer, the monitor went blank. It says no sync. I tried with different monitor, same thing happened. Everything is running in the system, lights all are on. I thought it might be the video graphic, so i put on an other video card to test it, same thing, no screen. I don't know what to do now. Please HELP?
MSI PT880 Neo V2.0 -LSR (MS-7043 v1.2)
Intel P4 HT 3.2GHz 800MHz
Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 512Mbx2 (VS512MB400)
GeForce FX5500 128mb AGP Video v71.89
IDE0 (Master) - WD Caviar SE drives 200Gb 7,200 RPM 8MB buffer
IDE0 (Slave) - WD Caviar SE drives 120Gb 7,200 RPM 8MB buffer
IDE1 (Master) - PX-716A DVD±R/RW CD-R/RW internal E-IDE
Fudin ATX868WBP "Scorpio" 420W Mid ATX Case
Raidmax ATX12V PSU +3.3v/26A +5v/32A +12v/13A -12v/0.5A -5v/2A
Windows XP Pro SP1a w/all pre-SP2 Critical updates

I bought the Antec NeoPower 480 and installed it. Ran it over a few hours, no restart, it's a good sign.
I use the SpeedFan 4.24 program to monitor my system.
Under the VCORE: 1.36v
+3.3V: 3.30V
+5V: 4.97V
+12V: 12.04V
-12V: -12.03V
-5V: 3.55V
+5VSB: 5.48V
VBAT: 3.14V
Fan1: 2722 RPM
Fan2: 0 RPM
Temp1: 35c
Temp2: 45C
HD0: 31C
How come the +12V only has 12.04V, shouldn't it be 18V? I have 5 fans running in the case, not including the PSU fan and CPU fan, but Fan2 is 0 RPM. Also, Temp2 sometime went up to 52C, then dropped to 45C. Is this normal? Did I install the power supply correctly?

Need Help: Can not detect monitor

I have built a computer from scratch and the computer restart itself once awhile. I tried to update all the drivers by running a live update from MSI. All the drivers were updated, except the BIOS. I also updated the newest AGP Video driver. When I restarted the computer, the monitor went blank. It says no sync. I tried with different monitor, same thing happened. Everything is running in the system, lights all are on. I thought it might be the video graphic, so i put on an other video card to test it, same thing, no screen. Please HELP?
MSI PT880 Neo V2.0 -LSR (MS-7043 v1.2)
Intel P4 HT 3.2GHz 800MHz
Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 512Mbx2 (VS512MB400)
GeForce FX5500 128mb AGP Video v71.89
IDE0 (Master) - WD Caviar SE drives 200Gb 7,200 RPM 8MB buffer
IDE0 (Slave) - WD Caviar SE drives 120Gb 7,200 RPM 8MB buffer
IDE1 (Master) - PX-716A DVD±R/RW CD-R/RW internal E-IDE
Fudin ATX868WBP "Scorpio" 420W Mid ATX Case
Raidmax ATX12V PSU +3.3v/26A +5v/32A +12v/13A -12v/0.5A -5v/2A
Windows XP Pro SP1a w/all pre-SP2 Critical updates

try to refer to this link
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php

Need help finding a good monitor for a Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core (2.0)

Hi
I've owned Macs since the 90's - the past 7 years have been using Imacs... I'm going to purchase a Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core (2.0) with the Nvidia 6600LE card. Whats a decent monitor for it? It's DVI output only as far as I can tell - I want at least a 22 or 24 inch monitor and want a fairly inexpensive one as I'm a poor man (Social Security disability). Can anyone suggest one - I can't tell what screen resolutions are optimal for the card (googled till my eyes hurt) if I knew that I could start hunting CompUSA, Sams Club, etc.

Check out newegg.com. I just got the same G5 you have this past summer and a couple months ago finally decided it was time to ditch the old 21" CRT Viewsonic Ive been using for years.
I picked up a 21" Acer widescreen HD LCD on sale for $119.00 from newegg and could not have been happier..
Ive never bought anything from Acer before but its so far got no complaints from me other then, the DVI cable they give you is the wrong type to use with your G5's video card. Lucky for me it had a DVI-VGA adapter so I could get running. Its running just fine at 1900x1200 without any dual link DVI connecter.
One thing I like about newegg is you get to read user reviews and they are not afraid to tell you if something is bad. Theyve always got different models and brands rotating on and off sale so check em out and make sure you check the reviews and you can find a killer deal.
I think the Viewsonics I looked at in the same size were around $199 or so.. I wouldve got one but Im a broke and jobless kinda guy nowadays so had to get one as cheap as I could..

Need help connecting my iMac to my receiver

I recently bought this product http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/RCA-mini-spdif.html
the 3.5mm mini to digital coax. I bought it so I could hook up my iMac (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86810) to my receiver. However, I connected it, and no sound came out. On my receiver I kept switching the signal from analog to digital, to see if that would do the trick, but no luck. So then I tried connecting the 3.5mm to my iPod to see if it was just my computer that wasn't compatible, but that didn't work either. Did I pick the wrong cable? Or could it be defective? My coaxial cable for my DVD player works fine by the way

Which iMac do you have? I have the iShight iMac whaich does have a digital out in the form of a mini optical out (through the output jack), you need to get an optical cable with a mini adaper at one end and make sure you select optical rather than coaxical on your reciver if you can...
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/6064041/wo/ER1qnhGv8blL2pY4F IK1iFRH2Zb/3.PSLID?mco=CC849D81&nplm=TF331
Apple has a good cable in the store, its the one I use. If its surround sound you will need to changed a pref in DVD player to let the sound pass through to the reciver to be decoded in DTS or Dolby Digital
All that is assuming you want a digital connection and have an optical in on your amp, otherwise I look silly but you did say you bought a digital cable.
Stu.
Power Mac G5 1.8 Single (900 MHz Front side bus) & iMac G5 iSight 1.9GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Xorg need help - I fried my monitor

:(:( I just fried my 3 year-old babe s monitor, might have been because of the &^%#@*#$ xorg.conf
with auto generated xorg.conf by hwd -xa, i managed to have dwm for a while, and there came D-Day, i left the laptop on for a 3 hours working on other stuff, when i came back, i was welcome with a ominous black screen omg. Since then, i havent had any success revive the monitor again, HDD, VGA onboard chip .... everything is working just fine, but the monitor...
so i plugged in an extra LCD and temporary used it
I think because i ignored the warning: "This will fry old monitor" and i thought my laptop isnt that old :/
Now i just got a new Dell Inspiron 1545 which has df resolution 1376x768
so i have a couple questions, please help me so that i wont destroy the new one :P
1+ are the Horizontal sync and Vertical Refresh rate very important? and if yes, which range should i use to be considered "safe choice"?
I m currently using default HorizSync 28.00 - 78.00 and VertRefresh 50.00 -75.00 (default by hwd -xa) on Intel X4500HD using xf86-video-intel driver in extra repo. I couldnt find these information in the manual :|
2+ any idea how i destroyed the old monitor ?
3+ anybody used Dell Inpsiron 1545, can i see your xorg.conf ? thanks
thanks a lot

No, It's not your faulth. By "Old" monitor it means old crt. Probably it was about time to change the laptop (or low quiality lcd was installed) ;p
Also you should be able to run without xorg.conf - just install driver for your video card.
EDIT:
Also when an LCD monitor can't display certain mode it gives "Out of range" error, it doesn't try anyway.
Last edited by Dheart (2009-04-04 09:16:18)

Need help getting my iMac to boot to main screen

Last night while I was using my iMac, we had some serious rain and all of a sudden the power went out. Then it went back on, and then off again. The mac was off and I figured give it a rest?
Went back to restart today and I can't get past the apple logo with the spinning gadget under it. I tried loading the OSX CD and holding down the "C" key to run from the OS but its still the same.
Anyone have any ideas on how I can jump-start her, or do you think something is fried? I don't know what could be because the display lights up, the "tada" plays, the apple graphic comes up... but then its sort of just sitting there.
Any/all ideas are appreciated.At this point when I boot the machine with the OS X CD in,it goes like this:
1. Tada sound
2. Screen lights up
3. Apple logo appears
4. Segmented spinner starts going under the Apple logo
If the OSX disk is in the drive, and I hold down the C key...
5. The screen turns blue
6. Then the starfield appears
7. The OSX menu appears in the middle with the choice of language
8. I select continue and the menu bar appears across the top of the screen
9. In the center of the screen there is a box with icons and a continue button
10. I select continue and the menu switches to a screen asking me if I want to install the disc's OSX version
Note that I have tried to boot by selecting the "Startup Disk" from the top bar menu and that only seems to send me back to #7. Clicking continue brings up a new window where I have three "choices" the first (Install OSX on existing HDD) of which is greyed out and can't be clicked because the version on the HDD is newer than the CD version. Next it seems that I'm being prompted to take the second option; that is to Archive and install OSX while preserving users and network settings. The third option is one I'd like to avoid; that's where you erase and install... completely erases destination volumne and installs a new copy of OSX. At the bottom of these three selections is an "OK" button.
So I'm now wondering what the 2nd option really does. Will it simply replace the OS X with the CD version and leave all my apps and data alone?
BTW, I have done the PRAM reset deal but that didn't seem to do anything.
Thanks again for the help folks. I do appreciate it.
Mike

So even though I can get the starfield screen, a menu bar, and the window to install the operating system... the motherboard could be fried? That would stink, and I'm still wondering how, if something on the motherboard is cooked, its prompting me to reinstall the OS?
I'll try the shift key and see if that helps. Another person has suggested I take it to an Apple store and have them install the OS as they could do all the updates in minutes while it'll take me a few hours starting from scratch.

Need Help - Page Centering on Monitor

I am trying to center my index.html page on the center of my
monitor. When I view it on my monitor it is always locked onto the
left side of my monitor. I am using "fixed width" for my page
layout. My code looks ok. I feel the problem is in my "body tag"
but everything looks ok. What and where am I not seeing?
I forgot to mention..... I am using Dreamweaver CS3.
Thanks for you help.
Becker

David, that's a great link for this question :-)
Take care,
Tim
"David Powers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:glicu0$enc$[email protected]..
> dwceb wrote:
>> I am trying to center my index.html page on the
center of my monitor.
>> When I view it on my monitor it is always locked
onto the left side of my
>> monitor. I am using "fixed width" for my page
layout.
>
> Wrap your content in a wrapper div, and create a style
rule that gives it
> a width and sets both left and right margins to auto.
This short video
> tutorial shows how:
>
>
http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/center_page/
>
> --
> David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4",
> "PHP Solutions" & "PHP Object-Oriented Solutions"
>
http://foundationphp.com/

I need help with my iMac g5!

Hello everyone,
This is my first time with a Mac so i don't know much about them yet. I just bought a used imac g5 running Mac OS X 10.3.5. The previous owner had a password but turned it off and somehow i turned it back on some i'm locked out. So i found online how you can reset your password without any discs and i found a way to elegidley "trick" your mac to think it was new so i tried it and royally screwed up my mac. First i tried "launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist" and it did nothing. Heres what i did that screwed it up: At startup i pressed Command+S to open the command prompt. I typed "mount -uw /" then i typed "rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone" then "Shutdown -h now". The first time it did nothing the second time it screws up my mac royally. Now when i turn on the PC it chimes, loads Mac and then takes me to a blue screen with an blank dialog box. My ouse pointer show up and i can move the diolog box but thats it i can't shut it down or anyhing! and i the only way to shut it down is the power button which is bad. What the heck did i do???? Did i destroy it? can it be fixed? and how much will it cost? What's going on? and why am i getting a blue screen with a blank box?? I have no apple discs but i read on a Apple Community form that Apple can send you one for free is that true?
Help me!!!!!!!!

Welcome!
I have no apple discs but i read on a Apple Community form that Apple can send you one for free is that true?
Not entirely true. If you are in the US, phone the Apple Store at 1-800-MY-APPLE and ask for an operating system specialist. Give them the serial number of your computer and they will use that to see if they still have system software disks for that exact model.
If they do, there is a nominal charge of about US$16 for creating and shipping the replacement disks. However, the older the computer, the less likely that they will have something.

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