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From: userCU11@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Chris Upton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: flickering screen
Message-ID: <1942@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA>
Date: 21 Nov 90 23:53:26 GMT
References: <1990Nov19.000104.15519@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Organization: MTS Univ of Alberta
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In article <1990Nov19.000104.15519@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, mil@mendel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Maria I. Lasaga) writes:
>
>Hello.  Sorry if this question has been asked before:  My SE is only
>a year old, and the screen has been flickering and dancing a bit lately
>(which is really annoying)...is this possibly a problem with my surge
>protector or house electrical wiring, or is this a problem with the
>machine itself?  If it sounds like the machine, does anyone have a rough
>guess for what a repair like this would cost?
>
>thanks.
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>maria lasaga
>dept. of psychology
>gilmer hall
>university of virginia
>charlottesville, virginia 22903                      mil@virginia
 
A friend has noticed the same problem with a new Mac Ci,
and traced it to her laserwriter being plugged into the same
mains circuit. Also caused a lamp to flicker every 20-30sec.
Anyone else noticed this? Is it dangerous for the hard drive?
 
Chris Upton
usercu11@ualtamts