On Jan 28, 2012, at 6:29 AM, DBS-Designs by Skip wrote: > If I might ask a few questions about this, that would be awesome. > > My G5 seems to have issues that may be the video card? > > - The screen gets lines in it > - The screen will get blotches in it. The windows get distorted and weird. > - It doesn't always come up on start up. It appears to be running, but > nothing on the monitor (30" Apple) > - Most of the time on restart it comes up, sometimes I need to do this 2,3 or > even 4 times. > Less times, the longer I wait. > - Watching video's / movies online causes it to freeze > - Sometimes when working in any of the drawing applications, there will be > blotches of colors showing up > that I can get rid of by resetting the window size. These do come back the > longer I'm working in that application > and the longer my Mac has been on. > - Fast movement of the mouse or going into the corners can cause this to > happen as well. > > Your thoughts folks?
Yep video card problems. I'd make sure it's not a driver issue, but re-installing the driver if one is available (or re-installing the latest combo update for your OS) but all of those symptoms point to video issues rather than monitor issues. If you can swap in a known-good monitor and cable, that would be definitive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
