Two Screen Issues.

I've had two issues recently with my Lombard.
1: The backlight occasionally flickers off on boot - makes a sort of hissing sound. If I wait until it gets to the login screen, then I can fix it by closing the display (putting the 'book to sleep), and then awakening it again. It's not that big of a nuisance - as I rarely reboot - but it'd be nice to get fixed. I have replaced the inverter board, but that's all.
2: The other night I was using it, and the hinges seemed to just give out. The screen fell backward, and the hinges haven't been able to hold it up since. I've had to tape a strip of paper going from the back of the display to the bottom of the Lombard to keep it from falling backward. Is there a way to tighten the hinges, or am I going to have to shell out the cash for new hinges? If the latter, how do I replace the hinges? Do I need to replace both, or can I make due with just replacing one?

John,
You can read all about the hinges/clutches here:
http://www2.linkedresources.com/teach/powerbook/hinge.shtml
Your flickering backlight may be related to the hinges. Both the display ribbon cable and the backlight ribbon cable pass through the hinges; worn or damaged cables may cause this problem.

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N8/C7 PURPLE SCREEN ISSUE AND HOW TO SPOT IF YOU H...

MODS THIS IS NOT A POLL OR IN ANYWAY SHAPE OR FORM A VOTING THREAD IT IS A THREAD TO WARN USERS ABOUT THE PURPLE SCREEN ISSUE AND HOW TO SPOT IT IN THEIR PHONES CLEAR AS DAY , I HAVE BEEN INFORMED FROM THE DIRECTOR OF COMUNICATIONS AT NOKIA VIA TWITTER THAT THIS THREAD IS OK AND THE TEST IMAGE IS FINE TO LOAD UP
The following has been added by vandelay (Nokia administrator) :
Please note that there is normally a slight variation in the purple color level in each display
unit. This is related to the display manufacturer's optical tuning process. However, some Nokia C7 and Nokia N8 users seem to be experiencing a
slightly higher level of purple color tint on their device screens.
Nokia Care's technical experts told me that the easiest way to spot this problem is to just look at the black idle screen of the device - if there is a clear purple color tint on the idle screen, you should have the device inspected at a Nokia Care point. They will repair the device the device under warranty if there is a clear defect in the device.
So seeing some purple on the test image does not necessarily mean that your screen is faulty, but we hope that it helps some people to decide whether they should visit a Nokia Care point.
(end of vandelay's addition)
as you may or may not have read many n8s and c7s have a purple tint issue
this can easily be spoted by saving the picture below to your pc , transfering it to your n8/c7 , then viewing the image in your gallery
if the image shows purple squares in some areas then iam afraid you have one of the screens that is showing defects in gradiation of colurs and the greyscale
there are also many n8s out in the wild that dont have this problem , i have 3 n8s , my gfriend has one , hers is perfect and shows the test image with no purple tint at all my three n8s all have purple tint and some display it worse then others
the test image can be viewed on any brightness and it should display just as it does on your monitor screen ,my gfriends n8 displays the image perfect under all brightness levels yet my three n8s show the purple tint heavily on low brightness and not as much on full brightness
the test image can also be viewed via tv out and hdmi out and again if you have a defect screen you will see the image perfect on your tv yet on your n8 screen you will have purple tints
here is the test image for you to load to your device and view via the gallery
as stated above if you have one of the screens with defects in colour gradiation you will see some of the squares as purple
this shouldnt be happending as there n8s out there that display the test image perfectly
from all my research on this in the last month and my time studying ICT systems support in which i have a diploma , it seems clear to me that nokia have used at least two screens in the build of the n8
many phones bought between october launch and december dont have the problem yet there are still some that do but not as many as now , phones bought from the end of december up untill current date seem to have the issue moreand its now nearly impossible to find one without the purple tint issue
this leads me to believe that from the start nokia were using at least two screen in the n8 , then one started to run out around december and by the end of december a huge majority of n8/c7 handsets have the troubles, if not all of them shipped after december
infact ive been to every phone shop in lakeside , chelmsford , colchester which included : carphone warehouse , o2 , vodafone , orange , three , phones4u , tmobile all n8/c7 handsets i asked to look at had the problem not one n8 i looked at didnt have the issue
i have been in contact with nokia care escalation team , all they did is send me very badly refurbed handsets back for my brand new n8s , which across all three handsets had the following faults
#hdmi covers scratched and worn
#no imei number under the hdmi cover on one of them
#torx screws on battery cover very worn
#plastic top caps not fitted right
#one had a huge gap between the silver screen surround and the main chasis of n8
#they all still had purple tint issue
so nokia sent me three refurbed handsets for my brand new n8s , i obvously complained as they were so new i could have taken them back to the shops with the reciept but now nokia had changed the imei numbers my reciept was useless , i said i should be sent three brand new n8s , they again sent me badly refurbed handsets just as bad as the 1st lot and again all three of them had purple screen issues
i complained again and this time supervsior took over the case and agreed that 3 new n8s should be sent to me as mine was so new , she got them sent out and this time they were new but they still have the purple screen issue
thats a toatal 12 n8s direct from nokia and all of them have had the issue so i cant recomend going to a nokia care point or nokia care uk as the refurbs i was sent was a complete joke and looked like they were just used handsets that had been through a rough time
through this month of me talking to nokia and sending emails and getting these phones swapped back to a condition of the phones that i sent them , they have said they are investigating it and taking it seriously however after some of their actions towards users (myself included) on these forums it doesnt seem like they are taking it very serious at all , they have known about it for a month now and we still have not had an offical response from nokia themselves
if you would like to read more infomation on this problem and to see how wide spread it is then please check the following links
http://www.nokiausers.net/forum/nokia-n8/39462-i-think-nokia-using-two-different-types-screen-n8-may...
http://www.nokiausers.net/forum/nokia-n8/39532-n8-purple-screen-test-please-take-part-if-you-have-n8...
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/12604_Defective_screens_found_in_som.php
http://forum.dailymobile.se/index.php?topic=39665.0
http://www.nokiadna.com/2011/02/nokia-n8-nokia-c7-oled-screen-issues-plauge-nokia-users/
http://n8geeks.com/nokia-n8-amoled-display-issue/
there are many more threads about this issue across the net and if you google n8 screen problems or n8 purple screen problems you will come acroos many many pages of unhappy users from all across the globe
i just hope nokia sort this out soon
ho do you users with the problem feel about this issue and how do you think nokia should resolve it
id be happy for a screen swap at a nsc or via warranty postal repair as long as it could be done quickly and the user wasnt without their phone for too long after all this is nokias mistake and not the users that bought the phone so all fixes should be at minimal disturbance to them
heres hoping when you test the image your not as unlucky as me and many other n8 owners from across the globe , its a brilliant phone but this screen issue lets it down alot especially during watching films and stuff

sorry to hear you guys are having troubles too , its a shame sucha great device as the nokia n8 has had an issue like this arise , it is effecting alot of n8/c7 handsets and is quite a widespread issue across the globe
it would be great to hear from as many users as possible about this and what they think about it as a user of the c7/n8
jimmyireland about your post mate
yes it was written by me and yes it ws deleted not once but 3or4 times actually
the mods said it was because i had set up a poll and voting system , so i read through forum rules and posted it again with what fitted their guidelines and even put in big caps that it was not a poll but a thread to help users identify a problem and discuss it which is what the forum is for , it was deleted again , i then posted it again with just the test image and how to spot the problem and again put big caps that the post fitted their guidelines and was just to help users , it was again deleted and i was banned by mods for 2 days saying that i had broke forum rules and posted a poll and that the test image wasnt a proper test image
i then asked other users to post the image but when they tryed nokias spam filter kicked in with a message saying that their post contained spam and that they should write it again and try posting again
to be honest it really looked like they were trying to cover up the issue , fair enough my 1st post could be considered a very very rough poll but the posts i made afterwards were edited to fit nokias guidelines and they still removed them ad banned me and then other users posts were marked as spam
so i tweeted alot of people and even nokia have said that as long as the post doesnt contain polls/votes then it will be fine to postand that mods shouldnt delete it , which was excellent news and hopefull this thread will stay and users can load the image and test their screens and then discuss the issue here so nokia can see users discussion in one thread , it will alo help awareness of the issue
hence this post that isnt a poll but a thread to help users identify wether their n8/c7 has a screen with a defect in the gradiation of colours
as stated in original post not all n8s have this problem my gfriends doesnt and it displays the test image perfectly on all brightness settings , yet my n8s show the image as very purple on low brightness and the brighter the screen goes the less the purple is shown , it is still there just not as visible as it is in the lower brightness settings
as i also mentioned many n8s between october and mid december are fine although some still have the problem , yet from mid december till current date the amount of n8s with purple issue is much much higher and it now seems very very rare that you will get a brand new n8 from the shops without this screen issue which leads me to believe that from launch nokia have used at least two screens in the builds of the n8 , some great screens and then the ones with dodgy purple tint , from the threads across the web it seems like the good screens nokia were using either run out or they have failed to source the same screen or the manufactuer of the screen has changed something
iam not a nokia hater and iam not here to cause trouble or loose nokia sales etc
i love nokia have used them for years and used symbian since the 6680 , iam always helping users across the web with their nokia problems and am an avid user on nokia users please check my profile and feel free to check my posts and how many times ive been thanked for being helpfull
http://www.nokiausers.net/forum/members/buxz777.html
as you can see i love nokia and spend alot of time using their devices , speaking highly of them and helping their users with problems, i also love good customer services and customer relations
i understand that big companys have build issues iam a gadget lover and trained in ict supprt iam not silly and understand that these things happend and building these phones with such complicated electronics and some could end up with issues , it could happend to anyone , sony , apple , samsung , blackberry , lg etc etc
however its how the companys react to these issues and relate to their customers that have spent 100s of pounds on their devices that is important , issues do arise , its how the company looks after its customers thats important
i think alot of users think the same , they dont expect nokia to click their fingers and go heres a fix but they do expect nokia to investigate the issue and they do expect nokia to relate to its customers and not ignore them or the issue which is what it looks like when posts are deleted and users are banned for posting informative posts that help users identify a problem
things like sending users really bad refurbs for brand new n8s also dont help users confidence in nokia statement of going to nokia care about the problem as all i got was second hand looking n8s that still have the problem they were sent off with and the originals were in much better condition
like i say iam not here to cause trouble and i love nokia the n8 is the best phone ive ever had and its almost my dream device and everything ive wanted on a device for years its the ultimate convergance device and agadget lovers dream , however when you see your gfriends and some of your mates n8 screens display the test image perfect then your n8 display it with a very purple hue it does dissapoint you and you do hope that nokia will take notice and fix the issue with the least amunt of hassle to the users
cheers jimmy and sorry about the long post just wanted to clear some things up
now lets get back to discussing the issue and what other users think about it
have a great evening

I have recently installed Mavericks and since then I have been unable to shut down or log out of my mac. I work with two screens and now I seem to have programmes at the top of both screens which I didn't before. any advice?

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Wi-Fi and Tocuh Screen Issues

I bought the Playbook as I liked the size format and wanted to support a canadian company as well as staying away from Apple.
From my expierence there are two big issue's that have not been fixed with the latest release of the software.
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I've had my PB for 3 months now. Noticed last night that when touching some targets they will even backlight/reverse vid. so the screen knows it was touched, but the signal path ends there?
Thanks for the link to the wi-fi issues. My problems with wi-fi are ALWAYS while on the road only. At home it works fine. Just bought a new Asus RT-N66U router and it works GREAT with the PB and the speed is excellent.
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Could be as simple as the strength meter doesn't work properly or ?? Did notice on a recent trip as long as I kept the link active I was good, as soon as the PB went to sleep, problems started.

One of my two screens stays off after coming from standby - OSx 10.10.2 MacMini

When 'reviving' my macmini after not using it for a while one of my screens stays black (The screen stays off so there is no contact from the mac). Even after logging in again the screen stays black.
I can get it to work again by disconnecting both screens and plugging them back in, but that is not a real solution of course. Also, after switching the position of the screens the other screen stays off, so the problem should be in the connection.
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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
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Hi there,
I've recently released a large game coded in Flash Builder with Air (www.lonesurvivor.co.uk), and I used Air 3's captive runtime feature to bundle it for Mac and PC.
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This is a small cosmetic issue, but there is another one whhich is far more severe - the audio has become extremely distorted, and is now unlistenable.
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I tried swapping out the Air 3.3 runtime for the previous 3.2 I shipped with, and editing the XML desciption to make sure it was set to use that and, sure enough, the game worked as it did before. So there is definitely something up with the beta. I'm just glad I caught this problem before I shipped as going to save me thousands of emails of support!
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for the prompt response - I guess I should have tried the forums instead of the bugbase last time... It really was a support nightmare! Not least because I had to deal with the problem of saved games being wiped by over-zealous browsers on the backup Projector version I was supplying Mac customers with.
Fortunately the Mac Air 3.3 runtime works great.
Out of interest - there is still the difference in GPU scaling used between Mac and Windows though, which there always has been since it was introduced (is this a known issue btw?)
Which leads me to the 3.3 beta 2 - I tried it out last night, and while it corrected the blurry graphics (the scaling appeared nearest neighour again on XP), the audio suffered the same distortion.
In addition, I had several other XP / Vista / Win 7 users test out the build, and the user with XP SP3 also suffered the issue.
So I'm planning to ship the PC version with 3.1 as it worked well for the first release, and use 3.3 beta 1 for the Mac version. Unfortunately I've run out of time and need to get it out there!
I'd definitely be interested in getting into the pre-release program. I'll write you an email and send the builds of the game too.
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Two small issues switching from Leopard to Snow Leopard

Hi,
I just recently switched to Snow Leopard from Leopard. I was considering Lion, but heard some bad things about it.
Either way, I noticed two small issues. The first was a hot key set on my Logitech mouse. I had a button preset to all windows expose. In the software
for the mouse driver you can set it to expose specifically. (Its not just setting it to a certain F key). For some reason this doesn't work anymore.
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Thanks for the reply,
The Logitech mouse driver said there were no updates available so I figured the expose had something to do
with the new OS system since it now said expose and spaces, which Leopard never had spaces.
So what I did was figured out how to just set it up with the F keystroke and it worked!
When I link my Mac Book Pro to my tv, I use an external keyboard which is more up to date with the quick f keys up top and the arrangement is set up differently [ such as the volume keys are now f 10 and 11 instead of f 3 and 4 or something like that] Hopefully when my mbp is linked to this the keystroke I have set for expose still works. I believe it will.
And as for the desktop bg, after unplugging my tv I notcied it still stayed on the space theme. So I believe I know what may be the issue. I set that bg off of a picture on an external hd, and never saved the image on my computer hd. So I'm assuming it saved the desktop picture in some cache thing or something and once it got linked to an external monitor it got refreshed.
I now how that image on my computer and set, so hopefully the next time I link my computer to the tv, it'll stay.
Thanks!

Not happy using two screens in Mavericks. If I leave an image spanning two screens half of the image disappears

Not happy using two screens in Mavericks. If I leave an image spanning two screens half of the image disappears.

So Apple really didn't fix the additional screen issues then, bummers.
The price of this feature is the loss of the aforementioned nerd-impressing ability to have windows that span multiple displays. In Mavericks, a window can span screens while being dragged, but it will appear partially transparent on the destination screen until the cursor touches the edge of the screen from which the window is being dragged, at which point the opaqueness will switch sides. Releasing the window mid-drag leaves it visible only on the screen where it's opaque.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/11/#multiple-displays

Tab S8-50F Screen Issues

Hey all,
I am having two annoying issues with this device Maybe someone here can shed some light on.
1. This one is a tad hard to describe. Since getting the device, randomly when I power the screen on not all pixels will fire up to make a clear image. Particularly on very vibrant red and blue colours you can see little noisy white pixels dancing and moving uniformly on usually the left side of the screen where these reds and blues are. This can usually be remedied by turning of the screen and waiting 5 seconds just turning back on and the display is fine.
2. I believe I saw another user mention this next one in the resolution post. Since the most recent or 2nd most recent update the bright on the device will flicker as though someone is sliding the brightness slider from side to side. This can be remedied by fully restarting the device and then will not occur again until a few hours of uptime.
Any thoughts or ideas for permanent fixes for either of these issues is appreciated.

I also have this issue. A reboot fixes it but this is very annoying. It acts like it has an ambient light sensor to adjust brightness that has gone crazy.

One SyncBO in two screens...

Hi, i have a doubt...
I have a syncbo that the data appear in two screen (A and B).
I want that:
- In screen A appear only the rows that the column C have "N".
- In screen B appear only the rows that the column C have "W".
How can do it?
Thanks,

Hi Victor,
well, instead of shpow you the code, I try to answer this question qith another question: what is your issue here?
Why I ask that.........
Well, the syncBo can be seen really in a simple way as a table. If you do so, you have a table for that syncBO and each line on your screen is a line in that SyncBO. In SQL you would write something like:
select * from SYNCBO where C = "N"
Well, and now it is your turn
You know how to access a SyncBO and read entries from there and show them.... because you do so already. I guess in the JSP code you have something like a REPEAT loop and in there you write the data of the BO into a table. So the only thing you need to do is: instead of writing always, have a simple IF clause to check: If (C.equals("N")) {........
That is for sure not the nicest way, but it will work and is easy to understand!
And now something for the future:
Split between Business logic, Persistence and Presentation logic!!!!!!!
In the JSP ONLY display Beans - have never access to the SyncBO - nor any if clauses!
In the action handler of the JSP - the same! Never have access to SyncBO, no business logic in there!
Create a controller that does this for you. In that controller it could be possible to access the SyncBO - do the selects in there and copy the result to a bean. This makes the process much more easy.
I even go one step further. I vhave a separate controller to read from the SyncBO. The benefit on that: if the SyncBO changes, you only chnage the controller, the complete rest of the APP stays unchanged!
So, hopefully the second part is not to cponfusing. For the answer of your Question, the first part should be enough!
Hope this helps to solve your issue!
Regards,
Oliver

Yellow Screen Issue Can be Resolved

I have resolved my yellow screen issue and improved my display greatly by doing the following:
Settings>Brightness
Turn Auto Brightness to "Off"
Increase the the brightness by moving the slider to the right.
I had a first gen iPhone and when I saw the display on my 3G- my initial response was - This screen display must be defective. Now I know that the factory setting is just to low and my display is fine.
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So I've heard a bunch of things about how the yellow screen is supposed to be the way it is, which is fine, but does anyone have anything to say about how not all the screens are the same tint? My boyfriend and I both got iPhones yesterday, and each one has a slightly different tinting to it.
There are (at least) two versions of the firmware, with slightly different colors.
<http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2008/07/13/iphone-3g-firmware-update-fixes-yell owing-of-screens/>

Has Apple said anything about the yellow screen issue?

Because I just walked into an AT&T store for something and I looked at two demo units, both at the same brightness and settings, identical everything (3GS 16gb black), and one was yellow as ****, and one was pure white. Mine, unfortunately, is yellow.
The salesman also thought it was weird and said that if Apple would exchange it, I should do it. But since this would be a defect, I technically have the whole year, right?
Thanks in advance.

I've been following this topic a bit since I got my 3GS 32gb right on the release date through AT&T pre-order.
I never thought anything about the color temp of my screen when I got it. I thought it looked just fine. I pulled out my old 1st gen iPhone and powered it up to compare the color temp of the two screens. Sure enough, my new 3GS had a definite warmer tone. But it was OK. White is white if you're only looking at one screen. In fact, I think the warmer tone looks better, I guess.
The other day I stopped in to my local Apple Store to pick up an accessory. After I finished I remembered to compare my 3GS with a 3GS on display. Sure enough, every 3GS on display had the bluer looking cast as opposed to my 3GS's yellow cast.
I got the attention of a salesman, resplendent in his orange t-shirt. He came over and I showed him what I was about to get at. The difference in color temp between their display and my phone. He played dumb and that really ****** me off. He acted as if he had never heard anything about varying color temps on the screens. He said "Oh...do you mind waiting a few minutes and is it OK if I take your phone to someone out back?". "Sure, go ahead" I replied. So off he went with my phone.
He reappeared a few minutes later claiming that he asked the manager about this and the manager compared his own phone with mine and that the MANAGER'S phone was even warmer than mine. I already knew that there was no chance I was going to get my phone replaced. I did'nt even really want it replaced, but I was being treated like a dummy by this guy and his manager. I then said to him "Well, in that case, Apple's quality control really *****. It's like saying that the factory that produced your orange t-shirt can't get the color straight from your t-shirt to that guy's t-shirt over there" as I pointed to another salesman a few feet away. The other salesman looked at me and smiled. He knew where I was coming from but of course couldn't get involved. My salesman replied, "Well the iPhone is made in different factories and there are also differences in the glass from factory to factory. I can set up an appointment at the Genius Bar for you if you like." Like that would do any good. There's no color temp setting on the phone. What good would that do?
I knew the whole thing was pointless and it didn't really matter. Granted, it may have been cool to have a replacement with the bluer tone, but it was no big deal.
What ticked me off the most was that I was treated like an idiot. The salesman wouldn't even acknowledge the issue. As if Apple had communicated to the staff not to acknowledge any problem issue with the iPhone.
OK....it's a mass produced cell phone...made in China at that. So I guess QC is going to be pretty bad in areas like this. I'm just very suprised that Apple would be like that. It's one of the reasons I switched from PC's to Mac many years ago. I thought Apple cared a bit more about their clientel.
So please Mr. Jobs and crew. Don't treat me like an idiot.

Palm TX replacement unit has white screen issues even after hard reset

I hope somebody can help me find a solution.
   I was a happy Palm OS user since the early days of Palm III. After a Palm III and a V, had a Sony Clie that lasted a long time, but finally pooped out, went to a Z22 and broke the screen, then almost but not quite a year ago (in warranty, supposedly), purchased a Palm TX. Worked great for a while but ended up with a unit I couldn't turn on or off because the power switch had died. Worked around that by keeping the sync cord in and powering on by pushing the button and then canceling. Finally sent it in for in-warranty repair. Got back a new-to-me unit.
   This worked fine for almost a month, then it started (with no new software or usage patterns) to have blank screen issues. To solve this I have tried many things. Soft resets, hard resets, leaving it to fully run out its battery for weeks at a time. Nothing works; it continues to go blank on me. In addition, the sound is strange and screechy when it beeps (e.g. accepting time zone after reset). I bought the TX in the US when I was home for a visit last July, but am living in the Netherlands currently.
   I contacted the Palm repair center in the UK that replaced my original unit; they said would pass on word of my troubles to Palm and Palm should contact me, otherwise to e-mail them.  They haven't. I can't find an e-mail address for to explain all of this to anyone with any power to help me. I have tried to use the Palm support website to solve this problem, but neither the original serial number or the serial number of the replacement unit I have now is showing up as eligible for warranty repair.  I have tried to call the US Palm support number (http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/common/article/47005_en.html#howservice), but I get "calling is temporarily unavailable." When I click "here" when asked "If you wish to query the warranty status of your handheld, or would prefer to arrange a repair through our Technical Support service, click here" (https://www.euroservice.palm.com/repair_entry/NLD/EE) I end up on a page that says simply "Please Enter the Source Url." I am hesitant to supply credit card information for an issue that, if it can't be covered under warranty (which I think it should be, since I'm still within the original 12 month warranty period), I may well abandon.
    I am very frustrated in trying to get this fixed. I am disappointed in the dwindling support for a PDA (that is not a phone) with Palm OS. Since I am living (though not comfortably or well) without my calendar, address book, alarm, reader, dbs, cookbook, checklist, etc., I am seriously considering leaving the Palm OS. My preference is to get this fixed, and my idea nearly a year ago was to ride the Palm OS until it disappeared completely (subsumed into phones anyway), but my problems have discouraged me to the point that I am wondering if this is my end.
   Does anyone have a suggestion?
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Thanks for your help!
I don't know how to tell for certain if this is a US or a UK device, but it looks identical to the one I bought in a store in Seattle, and the first five and the last two num/letters of the serial number are identical.  I do know that when I sent it in originally for the power button failure, that the Palm repair center understood that it was a Palm purchased in the States.  Their description of the goods received is "Palm TX , US and ML" so it seems apparent that they knew it was a US device and rather than refusing to repair it, they had me send it to them. And when my repair was returned, the repair details list "unit exchange" and type of unit is again listed as Palm TX US & ML.
Well, regardless, I appreciate your pointing me in the right directions to someone who can help me.
Ironically, I am no longer having the same issues with the Palm.  The latest round of letting the power run out after a hard reset and sit for a few weeks seems to have "fixed" it.  At least, I have been trying to break it (by using it) without success.  Recharged it, synced it, checked and sent mail with it, used all the programs I used to, and I haven't had a white screen in the past few days. Hope my luck continues, but I don't trust it.  All hail frequent syncing.
Thanks again.

Ho can I use left / right dock position when using two screens?

OSX 10.9 makes a big thing about having the Dock on the active screen. This certainly works when the Dock is at the botom of the screen, although it does seem sluggish at times before it appears. I have tended to have my Dock on the left of the screen as I was getting annoyed at losing the bottom part of the screen on my MBP 13".
Mavericks doesnt seem to like this and regardless on how I configure the second screen I can't get the Dock to jump away from the MBP screen, apart from closing the lid on my laptop. Still happening when I put the two screens vertically rather than horizontally (so that the left side of the screen is not a transition zone between the two).
This is quite frustrating. I have tried using Dock at bottom again and am just going to struggle with that having not used it for many years now.
I wonder whether they have just assumed that most people have the Dock at the bottom and functionality has been built around that.
Any ideas out there? Apple, any comments?

Hello again Kirby, I was able to find a workaround that prevents colors from looking overly vibrant on the external display. It seems the "Swap Displays" option under Aperture's monitor configuration drop-down is the culprit. When this is disabled, colors on both monitors match in vibrancy (as much as one can expect given how different the two screens are). But as soon as you enable "Swap Displays", colors on the external display become twice as vibrant. So then the question becomes, how does one show the thumbnail viewer on the laptop screen while viewing the fullscreen image on the external display?
The workaround is along the lines of what you posted. In dual-monitor mode, Aperture places the thumbnail viewer by default onto whichever screen holds the system menubar. So by placing the system menubar on the laptop screen, I'm able to work in fullscreen mode in the configuration I want without having to activate "Swap Displays", thereby avoiding the boosted colors bug.
I'll be sending the issue to Apple Feedback now that I have a better understanding on what exactly causes the issue and how to replicate it. Thanks again Kirby for your assistance.

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