Thanks for the suggestion. I'll see if I can borrow one from work. I don't have any problems with taking this thing apart if I can get good directions and what ever is wrong is obvious enough for me to diagnose (with help from the experts on this list.
Years ago this list helped me replace the hard drive in my 400mhz iMac, after the repair person wanted $500 for the job. Sheri C ----- Original Message ----- From: "mahalomark" <mlsena...@gmail.com> To: "iMac Group" <imaclist@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 8:39:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: horizontal lines Why not try connecting an external monitor to the iMac and setting it as the primary monitor to see if it is the screen that is the problem... You will need an adaptor to plug in another screen, but they are not expensive and are useful later... Mark On Nov 28, 7:36 am, sgcole...@comcast.net wrote: > Hi > > I'm at my sister's house looking at her imac and there are horizontal lines > across the screen. > > She is disabled (had a stroke and has severe speech center damage) and can't > tell me when this started or what she was doing at the time. > > 2 GHz Power PC G5 17" flat panel iMac running 10.4.11 (2GB RAM, 250GB HD) > > Can anyone point me in the right direction to start looking for a solution? > If this is fixable is it worth the cost. She just bought this machine used 6 > months ago. She is on a fixed income and I can't afford to buy a new machine > for her either. > > Thanks for any suggestions -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
