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wowser

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Jan 25, 2004
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Now when i wake my eMac up after sleepingt (like when i come back from college), it wakes but displays this odd patterened, black and white 'tes card' type-screen (chequered kind of thing) This stays for a few seconds, before i go back into my desktop screen. I am on 10.3.3 now, and have not seen it before. I don't think it is mt screensaver, as it is nothing like it (i am using this 3d whirly 'Cubes' screesanver if anyone knows that)

Anyways, should i be worried about this?
 

Gambuchi

macrumors member
Nov 15, 2003
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Oregon
checker boards

Have you tried changing your screensaver to something else and then see if the problem still exists?? ;) :p :eek:
 

dsatterfield

macrumors newbie
Apr 9, 2004
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re: Black /White screen on eMac - oddity

My First choice of a screen saver for testing would be just a blank screen


David
 

diehldun

macrumors 6502a
Nov 15, 2003
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hey!

wowser said:
Now when i wake my eMac up after sleepingt (like when i come back from college), it wakes but displays this odd patterened, black and white 'tes card' type-screen (chequered kind of thing) This stays for a few seconds, before i go back into my desktop screen. I am on 10.3.3 now, and have not seen it before. I don't think it is mt screensaver, as it is nothing like it (i am using this 3d whirly 'Cubes' screesanver if anyone knows that)

Anyways, should i be worried about this?

I have that too! I am running 10.3.5 on my PowerBook 17-inch, and when I wake it up from screensaver/black screen/sleep, i get a black/white and sometimes purple/pink chequered display for about 2-3 seconds! why is it like that/ :confused:
 

zelmo

macrumors 603
Jul 3, 2004
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diehldun said:
I have that too! I am running 10.3.5 on my PowerBook 17-inch, and when I wake it up from screensaver/black screen/sleep, i get a black/white and sometimes purple/pink chequered display for about 2-3 seconds! why is it like that/ :confused:

I also get this occasionally on my 15" PB, although it has always been purple/black in hue, and the "checkerboard" pattern is not a uniform grid pattern. It lasts less than a second, and happens when my PB has been asleep for at least an hour, maybe 10% of the time.


EDIT: I am not running a screen saver.
 

diehldun

macrumors 6502a
Nov 15, 2003
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powermac666 said:
I also get this occasionally on my 15" PB, although it has always been purple/black in hue, and the "checkerboard" pattern is not a uniform grid pattern. It lasts less than a second, and happens when my PB has been asleep for at least an hour, maybe 10% of the time.


EDIT: I am not running a screen saver.

EXACTLY, but mine IS with a screensaver. i wonder what it is?
 

avocado

macrumors newbie
Nov 20, 2004
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Almost the same thing

I get the purple markings on my powerbook 667 running 10.3.5--sometimes the markings are accents, sometimes an entire window background is purple. Anyone know a fix?
 
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