Late last year I upgraded my PowerBook, replacing an old Titanium 15" model with an Aluminum 15" model.
Probably the best Apple laptop I've owned. Some of the best new features are the small details, like the little lights under the keyboard.
Unfortunately, the last OS update (10.3.8) left another of the cool features, the automatically dimming display, not quite working correctly. The display automatically dims according to ambient light. It seems the sensor that determines ambient light is under the left side of the keyboard, close to the tab key.
After the last update, the OS is changing screen brightness a little too aggressively. If you have your hand over the tab key, as one might when tabbing between settings in Photoshop, dammit, the screen flickers.
Paul Baily isolated the changed component, a kernel extension. Rolling it back seems to fix the problem. Lets hope this issue gets noticed and is addressed in 10.3.9.
posted by Eric Hancock at
12:05 PM
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That's funny. Installing 10.3.8 on my G5 caused my fans to come on a lot more, which (given the number of fans in that thing) is more than a little annoying. The notes for that release say that it:
"Resolves an issue on certain Power Mac G5 computers where a fan cycles erratically at unexpected times..."
I wonder if that fix is causing the fans to come on more regularly. And I wonder if this fix is related to your problem:
"Resolves an issue in which a 'flicker' could be seen when navigating DVD menus in DVD Player on certain PowerBook G4 computers."
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