Macintosh Display Card 824 GC: Troubleshooting Screen Flicker



My Macintosh IIfx with a Macintosh Display Card 8*24 GC is having
intermittent screen flicker. I've swapped out the Macintosh Display Card
8*24 GC, the DRAM in the Display Card, the monitor, and the logic board.

The flicker may be caused by the Macintosh Display Card 8*24 GC CDEV. Turn
off the CDEV and restart the computer. If the flickering goes away, then
the problem is related to software corruption or hardware/software
incompatibility. This incompatibility can range to other hardware cards
installed, especially other video cards made by third-party vendors, to
incompatible software packages or other third-party INITs.

With the Macintosh Display Card 8*24 GC CDEV turned off, the card acts just
like a Macintosh Display Card 8*24. If the flickering still occurs, you
may be encountering an environment issue related to EMF (electromagnetic
interference).


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012