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iMac freezing problem
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faithalone
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Dec 3, 2008, 02:54 PM
 
Hi, I've checked a bunch of discussion boards and seeing allot of complaints about iMac screen freezes... last year (2007). Has the problem gone away for everybody except me?

At least a two or three times a week my iMac screen freezes. Usually I am able to move the mouse around, but cannot click on anything. Also, on an even more common basis, I get video glitches where I will have a thin line running across a portion of the screen or a small area (say, 1 or 2 inches) will suddenly shift to an a 45 degree angle. These things happen at very random times, and would seem to have nothing to do with overloading the memory.

If anyone can offer some suggestions I would really appreciate it.

P.S. I am using OSX 10.5.5, Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
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Dec 3, 2008, 04:45 PM
 
Looks like a GPU failure. Do you have a hardware test disc you can run?
     
faithalone  (op)
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Dec 3, 2008, 07:31 PM
 
Thanks for the response. Not sure what you mean by a hardware test disc. I do have the OSX Leopard disc.
     
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Dec 4, 2008, 12:36 AM
 
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Dec 4, 2008, 11:03 AM
 
Thanks, I'm going to have to look for that disc. Not sure where it is.
     
   
 
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