Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
> I live in an old building with equally old wiring and my old mac's (OS
> 8.1) monitor would flicker but other wise worked fine.
>
> Now i get this new iMac (OS X) and the colour comes and goes from full
> wonderful millions of colours to a washed out blue, yellow and white.
>
> Will a "surge protector" alleviate this problem?
>
> Or is there something else i need to do to regularize the current? I
> live in an old apartment building with business on the ground floor that
> pull a lot of electricity.
>
> feel free to send responces in e - mail
> ---
> Joseph Littleshoes
>
> jpstifel@pacbell.net


A surge protector will only protect your computer from a large spike.
What you seem to be looking for is a UPS (uninterruptible power supply).
It's a big brick with a battery inside that kicks on the moment power
goes out. The advantage is it keeps clean power going to your equipment
by taking out the spikes and slumps in power.

Maybe it could be a power problem, I don't know. Why don't you take the
iMac to a friend's house and hook it up?

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