It is the top of the screen that get distorted.
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>De : the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>À : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Compact Macs)
>Objet : Re: power supply problem?
>Date : Merc 18 juil 2001 17:29
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> At 13:59 -0400 on 18/07/01, Patrice Soucy wrote:
>
>>Hi, I'm new to the list. I have two classic sitting on top of a shelve,
>>running screen saver at night to scare away the bugs.
>>
>>The screen of a Classic I'have just got in a garage sales is fluctuating
>>whenever the hard drive is accessed. A power supply problem? Something
>>easy to repair? The screen itself look
>
> It's *sort of* a power supply problem. The problem is twofold: either that
> your HD is leaking magnetic flux and distorting your screen or your HD is
> drawing enough power that the screen voltage is dropping somewhat. If it
> distorts in the area of the HD, I would suspect the former. If it just
> generally distorts all over, I would suspect the latter. Either one is
> pretty easy to fix - just get a more modern, lower-power hard drive :)
>
> p
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