Frustrating around the edges
I've had my PowerBook G4 for about two years now, and overall, it's been fantastic -- the best laptop I've ever had.
Recently, though, I've been attaching more and more peripherals as I set up more of an official home office... and things aren't working so well at the edges.
My setup includes:
- Viewsonic 201mb monitor (1600x1200)
- Lacie Bigger Disk (firewire)
- D-link bluetooth USB card
- Logitech external mouse
- Apple bluetooth keyboard
The following problems seem to be unrelated, but collectively are driving me completely crazy:
- Probably one out of every two times I connect the external monitor to the laptop, a thin line of fluorescent pixels appears at the top of the display, and gradually gets worse until the entire screen is shaking. I can fix it by disconnecting and reconnecting multiple times (often 4-5x), and once it works, it works for days.
- The la cie drive seems to be causing random crashes when it's being accessed. It's bringing down the whole computer, and requiring a restart. Seems to be more common when playing music.
- I have the mouse, bluetooth adapter and printer all connected through the monitor's built-in USB hub. Every once in a while, it won't power any of the peripherals. The only thing that seems to work is just disconnecting and reconnecting multiple times.
Has anyone else experienced any of this?
Posted by dreeves at September 15, 2004 10:16 PM