re centris video problem i m having it also from push media mit edu pushpinder singh subject re centris video problem i m having it also date sat apr gmt when the computer is set for colors and certain operations are done particularly vertical scrolling through a window horizontal white lines appear on the monitor which generally but not always spare open windows these lines accummulate as the operation is continued if a window is moved over the involved area of the screen and then moved away the line disappear from that area of the screen this problem is not observed if the monitor is configured for colors or a inch apple monitor with colors is used i suspect a bad video ram chip but cannot be certain the problem has been apparent since day but has gotten worse i m having exactly the same problem again it s fine when i switch to colors or a smaller monitor my configuration is model centris with mb hd vram no cards monitor mag mx f with monitor adaptor for resolution of i just discovered the problem a little while ago after plugging in my new mag monitor it seems to appear either when scrolling through a window or when using alpha or word and i enter return my guess is bad vrams as well i really hope it isn t a design flaw is anyone at apple listening pushpinder singh push media mit edu try finding an init called basic color monitor this should clear up some probs with centris s and vga type monitors i know it exists somewhere i have a binhexed copy but i don t know where and never got around to installing it i have this problem on my sony a
