help please

[james e]

i have an i mac osx, 41/2 yrs old. i've had no problems with it until lately. when i start it, the screen flickers somewhat and the colors take on a yellow tint. the blues turn green, red is orange etc. should i make funeral arrangements for this unit? or is there a fix? thanks, jim

 

[emptyCup]

The problem is unlikely to be in the OS. What type of machine do you have?

 

[james e]

product description,i mac 600mhz snow 128 mb/40gb/cd/56k. does this help?

 

[jczubach]

Re-insert your OEM disk and do a hardware test. Something is amiss.

 

[maccam]

Download the latest firmware for it, that might fix it.

 

[james e]

ok, i did the hardware test. no hardware problem detected. by the way, it was updated with tiger 10.4.3 over a year ago. what is firmware?

 

[smurfy]

what is firmware?

Just run Software Update and if there is new firmware it will find it.

 

[james e]

well, just as i was going to do software update, the yellow tint disappeared and my colors are normal again. i'm going to shut this unit down and hope the problem is over. [doubt it] if anyone has any other ideas let me know. thanks everyone, jim i'll be back.

 

[maccam]

Here you go: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75130 Even if your problem is fixed you should do this anyway.