I have one of the white early duel core Imacs that has started acting up on me.
When it boots up, you can tell that there are pixel errors, and a few small video artifacts on the screen that seems to me to indicate that something is up with the video card. You can log into the machine, but then running programs is pretty hit or miss, as in you can launch Safari, and then it freezes up, or crashes. After a few minutes, the mouse still responds, but Finder seems to freeze up.
Given the fact that there are video errors, and suspect that the video card/logic board may be failing. I have dealt with thermal issues in the past with this machine, and I have always managed to clear them up by cleaning out the fans, and adjusting the fan speed up, but this time it does not seem to be working
I also have never had it not run programs before. Is it worth trying to reinstall OSX, and see if that clears it up, or should I consider this a hardware error, and get ready to move on?
Thanks,
Alan
When it boots up, you can tell that there are pixel errors, and a few small video artifacts on the screen that seems to me to indicate that something is up with the video card. You can log into the machine, but then running programs is pretty hit or miss, as in you can launch Safari, and then it freezes up, or crashes. After a few minutes, the mouse still responds, but Finder seems to freeze up.
Given the fact that there are video errors, and suspect that the video card/logic board may be failing. I have dealt with thermal issues in the past with this machine, and I have always managed to clear them up by cleaning out the fans, and adjusting the fan speed up, but this time it does not seem to be working
I also have never had it not run programs before. Is it worth trying to reinstall OSX, and see if that clears it up, or should I consider this a hardware error, and get ready to move on?Thanks,
Alan