The everything on the desktop disappears at the same time, and returns at the same time, a second later, altho any files or folders from the external hard drive do not re-appear. The cursor also moves during the blink.
I have forced Finder to re-start, and I have re-booted, but have noticed no change. At 9:19 AM -0500 1/27/08, Jerry Freeman wrote: >...and which OS? Preliminary, sounds like a Finder problem. Have you >relaunched the Finder in Force Quit. best...jf > >On Jan 27, 2008 7:34 AM, Ed Wiser ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >By blinking is the screen dimming or the light changing? Or are the >icons blinking? > > >On Jan 27, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Nelson Helm wrote: > >> Everything on my desktop frequently blinks off and on. >> (perhaps 5 times while I worked on this post) >> >> Also, when finder looks for something, >> or when a program shud shut down after completing a task, >> it hangs. >> >> E.g., when I up-dated my software, >> the computer "optimized" my hard drive before quitting. >> But 90 minutes after the blue bar reached the end, >> the beach ball was still spinning. >> >> I have run TechTool Pro, and everything checks out. >> >> What to do next? >> >> >> Machine Name: iMac >> Machine Model: PowerMac4,2 >> CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1) >> CPU Speed: 700 MHz >> Memory: 640 MB >> Boot ROM Version: 4.3.5f1 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: >><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >> Information: >><http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup>http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: ><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >Information: ><http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup>http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > >-- ><http://ordinaryimages.com/>http://ordinaryimages.com/ > > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: [email protected] >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
