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Hi, I have a G4 with OS X Tiger. Just recently when online, my screen keeps "zooming" in and out. Any suggestions as to what might be causing this?
 
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alovett said:
Hi, I have a G4 with OS X Tiger. Just recently when online, my screen keeps "zooming" in and out. Any suggestions as to what might be causing this?
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Sounds like you're holding down the command or control button while scrolling the window with the mouse wheel/ball/trackpad.
 
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cazabam said:
Sounds like you're holding down the command or control button while scrolling the window with the mouse wheel/ball/trackpad.
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Hi, thanks for responding. I'm not doing that though (don't have a mouse wheel).
 
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Hmm ... interesting then. What is zooming, the text of the web page or the whole screen? Does it do it when you are doing something specific (e.g. browsing in a specific program) or does it seem to occur sporadically?
 
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Sounds like one of the Apple key (command key actually) is stuck it zooms. Then if you inadvertantly press - or + it would zoom.
 
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It's not that either. The command key isn't stuck and it does it when I'm not touching the keys. The screen sort of flutters a bit first, then it zooms in and out. It just did it three times and the screen went quite dark plus it made a clicking sound. Looks as if something's going on the blink. :-(

Thanks for your input.
 
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Discovered the problem. It was the monitor. It fizzed on me today so I'm back to an old dingy PC monitor. Oh well, at least it's working.
 

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