11-08-2008, 09:22 PM
It's not actually troubleshooting--the machine is as fixed as it's gonna get (is my guess).
SPOILER:
The video is screwed up. Any bright areas on screen are obscured by a pink and white elongated checkerboard pattern. It's like zebra-stripes in over-exposed areas on a camcorder. And, unfortunately, there's a lot of white onscreen in normal operation (including the menu bar and all menus).
If you switch to thousands of colors in display prefs, the machine is useable, but not exactly normal.
The video ran normally for about a week after the retread installed the RAM wrong, and then went bad all of a sudden. I don't suspect the monitor as there are two monitors attached that both got the same prob simultaneously.
I was going to suggest replacing the video card, but I wanted to know if we should bill the idiot repairman for it.
SPOILER:
The video is screwed up. Any bright areas on screen are obscured by a pink and white elongated checkerboard pattern. It's like zebra-stripes in over-exposed areas on a camcorder. And, unfortunately, there's a lot of white onscreen in normal operation (including the menu bar and all menus).
If you switch to thousands of colors in display prefs, the machine is useable, but not exactly normal.
The video ran normally for about a week after the retread installed the RAM wrong, and then went bad all of a sudden. I don't suspect the monitor as there are two monitors attached that both got the same prob simultaneously.
I was going to suggest replacing the video card, but I wanted to know if we should bill the idiot repairman for it.