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

I doubt a surge protector would cure the issue, as it sounds like there's
not enough power getting to the system(s). You can try a UPS, but it will
most likely drain out over time because of the same issue. Although a UPS
would definitely afford better protection than a surge protector alone.


"Joseph Littleshoes" <jpstifel@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:43C0230E.6010603@pacbell.net...
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

I doubt a surge protector would cure the issue, as it sounds like there's
not enough power getting to the system(s). You can try a UPS, but it will
most likely drain out over time because of the same issue. Although a UPS
would definitely afford better protection than a surge protector alone.


"Joseph Littleshoes" <jpstifel@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:43C0230E.6010603@pacbell.net...
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

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?

--
-Zonkzor
http://www.CollegeCheapskate.com

I doubt a surge protector would cure the issue, as it sounds like there's
not enough power getting to the system(s). You can try a UPS, but it will
most likely drain out over time because of the same issue. Although a UPS
would definitely afford better protection than a surge protector alone.


"Joseph Littleshoes" <jpstifel@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:43C0230E.6010603@pacbell.net...
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

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?

--
-Zonkzor
http://www.CollegeCheapskate.com

Do you have complete hardware damage? No. The system is working.
Therefore no surge. A surge protector ignores everything but a voltage
so high as to damage electronics. Look on the protector's box. What
is the let-through voltage? 330 volts? Anything less is ignored - the
protector does nothing. Furthermore, protector manufacture also
forgets to mention the protector is ineffective without a short earth
ground conneciton. Where is that wire less than 10 feet to earth
ground? Something they forget to mention so that you will buy
ineffective plug-in protectors.

Your symtpoms are consistent with internal Mac failure - an internal
problem that would be slowly getting worse.

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.

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?

--
-Zonkzor
http://www.CollegeCheapskate.com

Do you have complete hardware damage? No. The system is working.
Therefore no surge. A surge protector ignores everything but a voltage
so high as to damage electronics. Look on the protector's box. What
is the let-through voltage? 330 volts? Anything less is ignored - the
protector does nothing. Furthermore, protector manufacture also
forgets to mention the protector is ineffective without a short earth
ground conneciton. Where is that wire less than 10 feet to earth
ground? Something they forget to mention so that you will buy
ineffective plug-in protectors.

Your symtpoms are consistent with internal Mac failure - an internal
problem that would be slowly getting worse.

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.

Do you have complete hardware damage? No. The system is working.
Therefore no surge. A surge protector ignores everything but a voltage
so high as to damage electronics. Look on the protector's box. What
is the let-through voltage? 330 volts? Anything less is ignored - the
protector does nothing. Furthermore, protector manufacture also
forgets to mention the protector is ineffective without a short earth
ground conneciton. Where is that wire less than 10 feet to earth
ground? Something they forget to mention so that you will buy
ineffective plug-in protectors.

Your symtpoms are consistent with internal Mac failure - an internal
problem that would be slowly getting worse.

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.

Do you have complete hardware damage? No. The system is working.
Therefore no surge. A surge protector ignores everything but a voltage
so high as to damage electronics. Look on the protector's box. What
is the let-through voltage? 330 volts? Anything less is ignored - the
protector does nothing. Furthermore, protector manufacture also
forgets to mention the protector is ineffective without a short earth
ground conneciton. Where is that wire less than 10 feet to earth
ground? Something they forget to mention so that you will buy
ineffective plug-in protectors.

Your symtpoms are consistent with internal Mac failure - an internal
problem that would be slowly getting worse.

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.

Do you have complete hardware damage? No. The system is working.
Therefore no surge. A surge protector ignores everything but a voltage
so high as to damage electronics. Look on the protector's box. What
is the let-through voltage? 330 volts? Anything less is ignored - the
protector does nothing. Furthermore, protector manufacture also
forgets to mention the protector is ineffective without a short earth
ground conneciton. Where is that wire less than 10 feet to earth
ground? Something they forget to mention so that you will buy
ineffective plug-in protectors.

Your symtpoms are consistent with internal Mac failure - an internal
problem that would be slowly getting worse.

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.

Do you have complete hardware damage? No. The system is working.
Therefore no surge. A surge protector ignores everything but a voltage
so high as to damage electronics. Look on the protector's box. What
is the let-through voltage? 330 volts? Anything less is ignored - the
protector does nothing. Furthermore, protector manufacture also
forgets to mention the protector is ineffective without a short earth
ground conneciton. Where is that wire less than 10 feet to earth
ground? Something they forget to mention so that you will buy
ineffective plug-in protectors.

Your symtpoms are consistent with internal Mac failure - an internal
problem that would be slowly getting worse.

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.