Photoshop CS 6 display problem

hello.
I have problem with photoshop cs6.
Drivers is ok, cs5 work correctly.
I attached link:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8jcMJ1qN-eXV0lUOVIzbTBkVXM/edit?pli=1

I am not able to judge the issue just by the link that you posted.
I believe the picture is some what getting transparent in the upper section i believe.
However, you may try this :
Goto Edit menu >> prefrences >> performance and then try to uncheck USE GRAPHICS PROCESSOR.
Close and then Launch PS.
Now try to open any image and check.

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I bought CS4 a week or so ago, and installed it on a system running XP32 with service pack 3, 4GB of ram withe the /3GB switch set, nVidia 8600 GT card (which according to the list is supported), and multiple spindles for images, scratch, applications, and so on. I found other topics earlier so I downloaded the most recent drivers for my video card.
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16GB RAM
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Adobe Photoshop Version: 12.1 (12.1x20110328 [20110328.r.145 2011/03/28:10:30:00 cutoff; r branch]) x64
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:10, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Physical processor count: 8
Processor speed: 2394 MHz
Built-in memory: 16361 MB
Free memory: 13322 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 14694 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 128K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Disabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Basic
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: False.
OpenGL Crash File: Detected.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
Video Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Video Card Renderer: GeForce GTX 560M/PCIe/SSE2
Display: 1
Display Bounds:= top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 1080, right: 1920
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Driver Version: 9.18.13.697
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Video Card Driver: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
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A tip and workaround for how to get ATI mobility/laptop drivers so that Windows no longer thinks the ATI is a desktop card:
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http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
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I couldn't use the original apple drive, it locks up, the newer one had banding, the newer radeon drivers direct form ATI wouldn't work until they were modded and then they cause black screens.
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http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
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delete ATI driver manually
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After testing various configurations, disabling two - six of my eight monitors I am at this point:
I am now using nVidia's lastest and greatest piece of crap (read driver), version 266.58, released just two days ago. After an initial snag with maximized windows extending to the bottom of the main monitor (underneath the taskbar), a re-install & reboot solved that issue.
All three driver versions tested (260.89, 260.99, 266.58) now allow me to start PhotoShop without any problems; providing I first disable the two monitors fed by my onboard graphics (nVidia 780a based), leaving me with six monitors connected to three GTS-450 cards. I can even re-enable the two other monitors once the program is open, and it continues to work fine. However, I must disconnect them again for the next start of PhotoShop.
On an interesting side note:
After disabling six monitors (leaving only two on a GTS-450), I was also able to open and run SoundBooth CS5, which previously would not open, citing the audio driver as the problem. After sucessfully starting SoundBooth I could re-enable all six other monitors (incl. onboards),
and that program now opens and works fine with all 8 monitors connected. [ODD !!!]
Other than Adobe Software, I've had only one other issue with my setup:
When playing online poker at PokerStars, occasionally and quite randomly one of multiple tables would freeze up. I'll try disabling the two onboard monitors for that program as well to see whether the random freezes stop.
Overall, while I think that Adobe produces fine software and nVidia has been in need of an overhaul for quite some time now, I also think that Adobe and nVidia software engineers need to work more closely together to ensure that problems like this don't arise in the first place after a product has been released to the public. IMHO, this is avoidable!
PS:
Here's a link to a great tool for multiple monitors, Display Fusion by Binary Fortress.
I use the free version, it allows you to do cool things like have individual wallpapers for all
your monitors, or stretch a single image across all monitors. With the Pro Version ($25),
you can also add individually customizable taskbars to each monitor, and a lot more.
http://www.displayfusion.com/

CS4 impage display problem at zooms less than 200%

I upgraded from CS1 to CS4 yesterday and immediately encountered a problem with the way Photoshop (not Bridge) displays images to the monitor. At zooms of less than 200%, the image that appears is divided into squares in which the correct picture is displayed below each square's diagonal and solid vertical lines of color are displayed above the diagonal. I've checked jpeg, tiff, and psd files. At 200% or higher, everything is fine. This problem does not happened in CS1.
Has anyone seen this problem before?
Dell XPS 420
ATI Radeon HD 2600XT
(I checked and the driver is up to date)

Open GL takes a lot of video horsepower, but even high end video cards don't always work perfectly. There may be more than one thing going there. Adobe is still working on problem. But if you have low end card it will probably never work as PS intended.
Read the posts on lag problems and which cards are recommended to work with CS4.

CS4 extended. Capture One vs Photoshop . How can I be sure that photoshop use my Display icc Color Munki Color Profile?

CS4 extended, OS10.7.5 . When I process an image in Capture One Pro and then open it in Photoshop CS4 extended and compare to my original image in Capture I can see a big difference . ( Darker in C1 and flat in CS4) I contacted Phase One and they said that the problem was probably due to photoshop who do not recognise my Color Munki Display icc profile . How can I be sure that photoshop use my Display icc Color Munki Profile? Thanks !!!

Hello Station_two,
Thanks for you response.
Yes . that's what I did as I created an icc profile with Color Munki .
My problem is when you look at the left image ( Capture One ) and the same images processed and open in Photoshop ( Right image ) I can see a big contrast difference ...
Now, let's assume that photoshop work automatically with my icc Color Munki in display panel , why the image in Capture One do not look the same ? Is it a question of setup in C1 ? In c1 ICC /Process recipe I have Adobe rgb (1998) selected....
Thanks!

Trial version of photoshop will not display picture, why?

Two days ago I downloaded a trial of Photoshop Creative Cloud. I played for a bit then suddenly the pictures I brought into photoshop would only display in the side bar while the normal display area had a blank transparency. Anyone have any ideas as to why?

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Photoshop has encountered a problem and needs to close

I have had the cs4 software about three weeks, Everything has been running perfectly un til this morning. I was attempting to past an image to a vanishing point and got the hourglass/ spinning circle that is was working, then an error message about memory and photoshop needs to close. I closed all other programs and rebooted to attempt to correct whatever issue it had. Now whenever i try to use the program it lags badly with the simplest of tools(quick select) and then i get the photoshop has encountered a problem and needs to close. I am running windows 7, 3GB ram 2.75 usable, anthalon amd 2 dual core m300 2ghz 64 bit,
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
Can someone please help me figure out how to fix this.

Fault bucket 19706014, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: Photoshop.exe
P2: 11.0.2.0
P3: 4bf2d91c
P4: VanishingPoint.8BF
P5: 11.0.0.0
P6: 48d395f1
P7: c0000005
P8: 000000000004a430
P9:
P10:
Attached files:
C:\Users\Johnny\AppData\Local\Temp\WERB71F.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
C:\Users\Johnny\AppData\Local\Temp\WERFBFC.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:\Users\Johnny\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9A4.tmp.mdmp
These files may be available here:
C:\Users\Johnny\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_Photoshop.exe_e 4881f26a567c586252e8667502237add319ee67_0ccd2665
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: c3830bd2-e129-11df-a41a-000272ab905c
Report Status: 9

Wierd lines on my display and frequent lock-ups w/ and w/o display problems

When booting I sometimes get weird lines and blocks on my display (the GRAY Apple screen) and then it hangs, other times the computer will boot and run fine for 20-30 minutes and then the display goes wonkers with blocks and lines and the computer does not respond. The only way I can get it to boot is to reset the PRAM by letting it CHIME 3x and then occasionally it will boot without issue and run, while other times I still get the blocks and lines on the display.
When I am able to get it to recover and re-boot after the lock-up and display problems and occasionally the box in the middle asking me to re-boot similar to a kernel panic the OPS gives me the option to REPORT the error and here is the error for others who would know more...
Thank you in advance,
Darren
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 104960 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 5
Anonymous UUID: 7D1AEF43-7E19-4F58-A1E0-48FA992A2814
Wed Nov 18 15:49:50 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x9cdb10): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00009410: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xd2000000, BAR0 0xd2000000 0x5d3e2000 0x084700a2, D0, P1/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5c99b7d8 : 0x21b2bd (0x5cf868 0x5c99b80c 0x223719 0x0)
0x5c99b828 : 0x9cdb10 (0xbb7fec 0xc209c0 0xbc3660 0x0)
0x5c99b8c8 : 0x147690d (0x8b5ac04 0x7edf004 0x9410 0xabd962)
0x5c99b908 : 0x1534e6a (0x7edf004 0x9410 0x5c99b968 0x9)
0x5c99b948 : 0xb51ca5 (0x7edf004 0x91ed004 0x0 0x0)
0x5c99b968 : 0xac155b (0x91ed004 0x5c99baa4 0x0 0x0)
0x5c99b9b8 : 0x145f290 (0x7edf004 0x3d0900 0x5c99baa4 0x0)
0x5c99bad8 : 0xab2821 (0x7edf004 0x91cf004 0x815200c 0x200)
0x5c99bb18 : 0xb1f172 (0x7edf004 0x91cf004 0xeb9bcc0 0xeb9bc04)
0x5c99bbc8 : 0xb202db (0x7edf004 0x91f0404 0x0 0x0)
0x5c99bc58 : 0x14bb7a3 (0x7edf004 0x91f0404 0x9 0x2)
0x5c99bd68 : 0x14ed407 (0x7edf004 0x91cf404 0x0 0x0)
0x5c99be98 : 0xad3934 (0x7edf004 0x91ca404 0x0 0x0)
0x5c99bec8 : 0x9d61fb (0x7edf004 0x91ca404 0x0 0x0)
0x5c99bf08 : 0x5491b5 (0x0 0x9499680 0x1 0x29c50a)
0x5c99bf58 : 0x5481e6 (0x9499680 0x1 0x5c99bf88 0x547d9d)
0x5c99bf88 : 0x548640 (0x8abaf00 0x7e9ecc0 0xe780850c 0x2a6e5f)
0x5c99bfc8 : 0x29d68c (0x8abaf00 0x0 0x10 0x88bbfc4)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.0.6)@0x136b000->0x17f1fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.0.6)@0x96f000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.0.6)@0x96f000->0xc21fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x932000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.0)@0x961000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.0)@0x943000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10C540
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.2.0: Tue Nov 3 10:37:10 PST 2009; root:xnu-1486.2.11~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 3788331456483
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 2.0 (addr 0xf02000, size 0x12288) - last unloaded 94521475551
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 2.2.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 2.2.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 2.2.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 2.2.2
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring 5.0
com.pctools.iantivirus.kfs 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.2d0 - last loaded 31800108689
com.apple.filesystems.ntfs 3.1
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.7.9a4
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros 412.19.4
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU 1.4.5d1
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.0d4
com.apple.DontSteal_Mac_OSX 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMeromProfile 19
com.apple.driver.ACPISMCPlatformPlugin 4.0.1d0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.4.9
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.0.14
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.1.0
com.apple.GeForce 6.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTrackpad 1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 1.8.0b4
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.6.0
com.apple.BootCache 31
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.6.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2 3.1.14b1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 3.8.4
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 3.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.security.sandbox 0
com.apple.security.quarantine 0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 2.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 96.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 96.0.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 1.7.9a4
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction 17
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction 14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction 20
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 310.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 73.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.7.2fc1
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 1.7.9a4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 1.7.9a4
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily 41
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.0.1d0
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 6.0.6
com.apple.NVDAResman 6.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.0
com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.2.4f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 3.8.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 402.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 3.8.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 3.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 6
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 281
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.3
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.3.0
Model: MacBookPro3,1, BootROM MBP31.0070.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.2 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.16f11
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, PCIe, 128 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x87), Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.4
Bluetooth: Version 2.2.4f3, 2 service, 0 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
PCI Card: pci168c,24, sppci_othernetwork, PCI Slot 5
Serial ATA Device: ST9320421ASG, 298.09 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857E
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x021a, 0x5d200000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x1a100000
Anyone know what is causing my problems? I thought it was heat so I downloaded a CPU and FAN temperature monitor and the CPU was getting VERY HOT at first so I then ramped-up the CPU FAN SPEED to maximum - it turns out the CPU FAN was not rotating well at low speed - since then I have cleaned and checked the fans and they all work as they should and blow on high(er) when the CPU temperature is above a certain level.

S.U.
Is there a kb article or something that would illuminate what to look for in these logs, or is it a matter of learning by osmosis?
Both. I am not skilled in reading logs. It is a very technical and time consuming task for the uninitiated (me!) In scanning a log I look for the backtrace and loading dependencies. The first item in the backtrace is usually the roadblock.
Beyond that you can look at the Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics
Should make for good bedtime reading. Puts you right to sleep.
c

Display Problem with RowHeader of a Scroll Pane

Hi,
I am trying to display row headers for a table using another table
Here is the code
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class RowNumberHeader extends JTable {
protected JTable mainTable;
public RowNumberHeader(JTable table) {
    super();
    mainTable = table;
    setModel(new RowNumberTableModel());
    setRowSelectionAllowed(false);
    JComponent renderer = (JComponent)getDefaultRenderer(Object.class);
public int getRowHeight(int row) {
    return mainTable.getRowHeight();
class RowNumberTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {
    public int getRowCount() {
      return mainTable.getModel().getRowCount();
    public int getColumnCount() {
      return 1;
    public Object getValueAt(int row, int column) {
      return new Integer(row + 1);
}and then
        JTable displayTable = new JTable(...);
        scrollPane = new JScrollPane(displayTable);
        JViewport jvp = new JViewport();
        jvp.setView(new RowNumberHeader(displayTable));
        scrollPane.setRowHeader(jvp);the problem I have is that when a row is selected inside the row header, some rows go blank and you can see the selection is all screwed up. I tried setting the selection mode to ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION but that didn't help.
A refresh of the entire screen (minimize/maximize) seems to resolve the problem. I am using jdk1.4.1 in Windows 2000.
Any ideas?
Sylvain

Again the problem is that when you click on the row headers, some row header rows go blank (completely white) so you can't see what they show.
ie say I have table
Row 1 - 1 2 3
Row 2 - 2 4 5
Row 3 - 5 7 7
Row 4 - 5 6 7where Row X is the row header. So for example, if you click on Row 2, you will get something like
Row 1 - 1 2 3
Row 2 - 2 4 5
      - 5 7 7
Row 4 - 5 6 7until the screen is refreshed or you click some other row header.
hmm ok, I added calling repaint on the table whenever a row is selected and at least the display problem goes away; however, the selected indexes from the event don't always match the index of the row selected. I think actually that may be the source of the display problem.
Here is the code I added in the constructor:
        getSelectionModel().addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener()
            public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e)
                System.out.println("Header table selection is: First = " + e.getFirstIndex() +
                                   " Last = " + e.getLastIndex());
                RowNumberHeader.this.repaint();
        });

Macbook and HP 2510i monitor display problem - help

Hello,
I am having display problem with my Macbook (Intel) and my 25'' HP 2510i monitor via DVI.. Until last monday I do not have any problems and my monitor was working flawless with my macbook.. Last monday I used the monitor with my HP Notebook to try Windows 8 on large screen. And after that try when I connect the monitor back to Macbook there is no display.. I tried the steps below
- I connected Macbook to my Phillips Plasma TV and it worked (no error with display card of Macbook or the wire or the adaptor)
- I connected the monitor back to HP laptop it worked.. (so no error with the monitor)
- I unplugged monitor to cut electricity and tried.. nope not working
- I did several tricks with macbook no effect
- I reinstalled Mountain Lion .. no effect
- I formatted Macbook, reinstalled Snow Leopard.. Not working.. I installed back Mountain Lion .. not working
Whatever I tried the HP2510i is not displaying, mirroring my Macbook..
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks

My graphic card details;
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:
Chipset Model:          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type:          GPU
Bus:          PCI
VRAM (Total):          256 MB
Vendor:          NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:          0x0863
Revision ID:          0x00b1
ROM Revision:          3462

My original post, locked by this forum. Display problem related

Hi G5 Gurus,
The display problem first, we all know when screen savers display, a click on the mouse will bring you back to the active desktop, this was how it worked., but now, sometimes a click cause the G5 to sleep!
As for the sleep, I dare not to put it to sleep these days, because I am afriad it may cause a fire by over heating. Sometmes, actually four times in the past few months, my G5 could wake up by itself, followed by a extrem high speed running of the cooling fan, it sounded like a hair dryer running in the same room. Sometimes the sreen could light up, just like real wake up, sometimes, it was black. No clicks the mouse or keyboeard could bring it back to normal, I had to press and hold the power button to turn it off.
This crazy problem happened for the first time last summer, a dead hard disk was the cost. Apple replaced it, but failed to detect the cooling or power or display problem. I was given one month extended free service, but right after its end, the problem was back and happened even more often.
Please let me know if any of you had the same problem and please advise what to do.
100s Gs of thanks.
Songyan
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
la teller
Posts: 1
From: Los Angeles
Registered: Jan 10, 2007
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Jan 10, 2007 2:21 PM in response to: Bad luck G5
I have the EXACT same problem. In fact, I could not have described it better myself. What gives? I brought it in to the "genius" bar and they repolaced the power supply free of charge but the problem is still there. I noticed they ordered a new logic board but did not end up replacing it after all. Did you have yours replaced and did it work? Is this a known issue?
imac G5 17 inch Mac OS X (10.3.9)
Bad luck G5
Posts: 8
From: UK
Registered: Jan 10, 2007
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Jan 11, 2007 1:20 PM in response to: la teller
Hi La teller,
Thank you for your reply. The 'genius' here in London only replace the dead hard disk, which I belive was a victim of this problem. I was told they couldn't find anything wrong with the power supply or the cooling system.
Now at lest I know I am not the only bad luck guy. Let's wait and see if others are having the same problem. I am not sure if this is a known issue to Apple, even if it is, it may take years before they can offer a recall or free repaire. I noticed that some G5s have already been suffering from power problems and a free repaire was offered.
Thank you again and hope Apple can take our concerns into their consideration soon.
Songyan
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
stopha6
Posts: 1
From: US
Registered: Jan 12, 2007
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Jan 12, 2007 7:43 AM in response to: Bad luck G5
Hello,
I'm also having this problem (fan running, won't come out of sleep), just spoke with an apple care rep. He confirmed my suspition that it was software, not hardware as I have just had the logic board and power supply replaced.
His suggestions were to:
1. Run disk repair from the startup CD
try running OS X from a firewire drive and see if the same behavior happens or
perform and archive and install.
When the fan starts to run like that it means the OS is not communicating with the hardware properly. The OS could be somewhat corrupt if you were having hardware issues beforehand, hence the need for a reinstall. I will be performing an archive and install after the disk repair, I'll let you know if it fixes the problem!
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Bad luck G5
Posts: 8
From: UK
Registered: Jan 10, 2007
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Jan 14, 2007 12:52 PM in response to: stopha6
Hi Stopha6,
Thank you for your message. I never imagined it could be a software issue, cos it looked so hardware.
Please keep me updated with your progress.
By the way, as I said in my old posts, a hard disk went dead when this happened for the very first time, how do you read this?
Thank you.
Songyan
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Bad luck G5
Posts: 8
From: UK
Registered: Jan 10, 2007
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 6:58 AM in response to: stopha6
Hi Stopha6,
After reading your reply again, I realized that the system had already been reinstalled. As I said when it happened for the first time, the hard disk died with it, which was replaced, of course with a new OS X, but the same problem is still happening. May this suggest that it is not just a software problem? Thank you. Songyan
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
AG-Nate
Posts: 5
From: Pismo Beach,CA
Registered: Aug 26, 2006
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Jan 14, 2007 3:38 PM in response to: Bad luck G5
The Fans going at full is only because you have an application that is using a lot of cpu power and therefore causing the imac to heat up so it turns the fans on. The screen-saver and sleep problem you describe sounds like something that may just happen on accident. But this sounds mostly like a software problem. Try making sure to always quit all non-apple products and see if anything changes.
eMac, iMacG5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 800mhz 1gig ram, 2ghz 2gigs of ram
Bad luck G5
Posts: 8
From: UK
Registered: Jan 10, 2007
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 6:50 AM in response to: AG-Nate
Thank you, Ag-Nate. I will try as you adivised but I con't think the fans were activeted my intensive CPU using. In most of the cases, the problems happened when the Mac was sleeping, when the minimum CPU were being used.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Timothy Klein
Posts: 15
From: Denver, CO, USA
Registered: Dec 6, 2004
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Jan 31, 2007 1:02 PM in response to: AG-Nate
"The Fans going at full is only because you have an application that is using a lot of cpu power and therefore causing the imac to heat up so it turns the fans on."
That's only partly right. A hard-working process will make the fans run at high speed, of course.
But, the OS is in touch with the firmware of the iMac, telling it how to run the fans, based upon information the OS X kernel is getting about the state of the hardware.
If the firmware loses touch with the OS for some reason, and is not getting instructions on how to run the fan, it will default to running them at full blast, to be on the safe side (and this "full blast" fan mode is way louder than anything you'll generally experience during normal usage, I know from experience).
So it may not be so simple as a hard-working cpu process kicking the fans on.
iMac G5 17" 1.6 GHz Rev. A Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1 GB Ram
Kensall
Posts: 2
From: London, England
Registered: Feb 2, 2007
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Feb 2, 2007 9:05 AM in response to: Timothy Klein
Hi I have a 20" G5 imac it's about 18 months old and I am having the same problem, It freezes and the fan runs really loud. It's nothing to do with software as my I.T. guy has done a complete re-install. All of our admin people have imacs of differring ages and the flat panels are all OK but every one of the G5s has had a booting problem. Some fell into the recall for replacement logic boards but the one I have at home is the newest and doesn't. I'm waiting for my apple reseller to get back to me, but it looks like it's the logic board and as none of the serial numbers fall into the recall, I'm expecting a big bill. I'm really disappointed as I've been a professional apple user for over 15 years and have grown to expect a certain amount of honesty and integrity from them. Looking at all of the discussion boards and the amount of people complaining of the same problem the logic boards are defective and apple should be replacing these free of charge.
i mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
a brody
Posts: 15,170
From: Silver Spring, Maryland. Don't forget to backup your data!
Registered: Dec 23, 2000
Re: What's the problem? Display? Power supply? Cooling? My G5's gone mad
Posted: Feb 2, 2007 10:27 AM in response to: Kensall
Kensall,
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
As in the other thread I wrote:
Being from England, you may find the repair program under these pages:
http://www.apple.com/uk/support/imac/repairextensionprogram/
http://www.apple.com/uk/support/imac/powersupply/repairextension/
Check both of them as they refer to different models.
If neither of yours is under the program, please start a new topic thread so someone can help you.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=881
First off, you'll get a wider audience who may be able to solve your problem. Secondly, responses to you won't confuse the original poster with solutions that don't apply to them. And thirdly, you'll know for certain whether or not a response applies to you.
iMac C2D 2.17/20 inch/iMac G5 1.8 1st gen/iMac G4 800 Mac OS 9 Mac OS X (10.4.8) EyeTV 200, Canon PS A530 , Epson P-R220, iSight, Airport Extreme, 5th Gen iPod

I am having a very similar problem. My G5 imac has already had the logic board replaced from the leaking capacitor problem. 8 mos. later the power supply was replaced under the second recall program when it failed to start up.
It had been working now for almost a year, when about 3 mos. ago I started to experience the sudden dimming effect - if the display was untouched the screen would dim about 30% similar to a laptop in energy save mode. I checked and none of these types of options were set in the pref panes. At the same time I would have the iMac go to sleep after a while from non-use, and then when I tried to wake it it would stir for a few seconds and then go right back to sleep. It took 2-3 attempts to wake it up.
Then last week, as I tried to wake it, it just shut down instead completely. I had to hold the power button down to recycle it to get it to come back to life (3 times).
Today was it - I found what I thought was a sleeping iMac, but it will not power up at all. I opened the back cover and the power supply is working, but I cannot get the board to energize, I reset the PMU, but the #2 LED won't even blink. It is completely dead.
Basically every time I used this computer I held my breath that it would not work. After 2 recalls I still only get 9 mos. out of it? Apple is really starting to show it is like the "big" computer makers, the quality is going right down the tubes.
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