Re: SSD

2010-02-07 Thread Ed Grey
On Feb 4, 3:19 pm, Len Gerstel wrote: > On Feb 4, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Ed Grey wrote: > >>I meant an SSD drive that comes on a PCI card, rather than the usual SSD that >>plugs in like a hard drive. > > So what you are looking for is a pci card that has ram built in.   What does SSD have to do

legit software

2010-02-07 Thread Charles Lenington
Has anyone heard of this company or done business with them? Is the software legit? I need CS4 but I'm leery. -- 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 Ma

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
FIXED! I shimmed the Graphics Chip using Pennies! I stacked them under the gray cover, and then on top of the cover and then closed the computer up and it works perfectly!!! Thanks for help, you saved my computer! -Jonas On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Jason Brown wrote: > On 2/7/2010 10:27 PM,

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Jason Brown
On 2/7/2010 10:27 PM, Jason Brown wrote: On 2/7/2010 4:30 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: What do you mean "shimming the GPU?" My guess would be to cut out a shim to go around the non core portion of the GPU. When you bolt the heatsink back down, it will put pressure on top of the chip and sometimes

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Jason Brown
On 2/7/2010 4:30 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: What do you mean "shimming the GPU?" My guess would be to cut out a shim to go around the non core portion of the GPU. When you bolt the heatsink back down, it will put pressure on top of the chip and sometimes make better electrical connection if there

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
What do you mean "shimming the GPU?" On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > On 2/7/10 2:51 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > >> Back in the old days of CRT monitors, which were much like television >> sets, I turned a monitor on one day, and it was all green and blue and >> flattened an

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/7/10 2:51 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: Back in the old days of CRT monitors, which were much like television sets, I turned a monitor on one day, and it was all green and blue and flattened and looked very much like this, even though all colors seem to be here. They are not balanced as the shoul

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Peter Kim
A good way to test the screen and graphics card- connect an external monitor. If the image is corrupt on the external, the video card has a problem, otherwise, it's the screen. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > Hi all, someone gave me this iMac the other day, and it has the d

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Dennis Myhand
Back in the old days of CRT monitors, which were much like television sets, I turned a monitor on one day, and it was all green and blue and flattened and looked very much like this, even though all colors seem to be here. They are not balanced as the should be. This looks like a problem in t

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Is there something I can try to fix the graphics chip? What exactly is the problem? I think this is a problem with the VRAM or GPU. There used to be an extended warranty period for this issue, but it's over now. See:

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/6/10 11:36 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Hi all, someone gave me this iMac the other day, and it has the dreaded graphics issue: Anything of a light color on the screen is distorted and has small lines and distorted pixels. (see picture) I've determined this is not a screen problem because I took