I bought this computer from Goodwill, it was shipped to me. It got damaged in shipping. The glass for the screen was destroyed and the lower left corner of the frame was damaged.
I contacted them, and they gave me a full refund and they don't want the iMac returned (Shipping costs I am sure).
So, as it came with no HDD, I put in a drive with Linux Mint just to see if it would boot. It does, but I get these vertical lines.
I got it cheap, then due to the damage, I got that refunded. I had planned to put a drive in it, clean it up and resell it. I didn't plan to make much, just a project to play with and then sell.
Now, I need to decide what to do with it. It "works", so I hate to just E-cycle it. But if I have to put too much into it, I just won't be able to sell it at a reasonable cost.
So, knowing if this is a screen issue, or a GPU issue will help me decide what direction I need to go with it and if I part it out, what parts are still good.
The screen has a small blemish in it from the glass breaking, so it is not worth much.
I contacted them, and they gave me a full refund and they don't want the iMac returned (Shipping costs I am sure).
So, as it came with no HDD, I put in a drive with Linux Mint just to see if it would boot. It does, but I get these vertical lines.
I got it cheap, then due to the damage, I got that refunded. I had planned to put a drive in it, clean it up and resell it. I didn't plan to make much, just a project to play with and then sell.
Now, I need to decide what to do with it. It "works", so I hate to just E-cycle it. But if I have to put too much into it, I just won't be able to sell it at a reasonable cost.
So, knowing if this is a screen issue, or a GPU issue will help me decide what direction I need to go with it and if I part it out, what parts are still good.
The screen has a small blemish in it from the glass breaking, so it is not worth much.
