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weird iMac crash - any ideas?
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daves666
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Jan 14, 2006, 02:02 AM
 
Hi:

My iMac has been working flawlessly for 6 months until this week. Twice now I've had 2 very strange crashes where my screen suddenly displays vertical lines of color. 30 seconds later the cooling fans go on full blast and I have to restart.

Anybody else seen this? Any ideas?

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Jan 14, 2006, 02:41 AM
 
That's almost certainly a hardware problem. It could be failing capacitors. Your Mac needs to be taken in for servicing.

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Jan 15, 2006, 01:37 PM
 
On Apple's support website they have a recall for the iMac G5. It is for failing capacitors. I don't remember the URL. Sorry.
     
   
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