Going fuzzy

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hryckman

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Suddenly a few days ago, with no changes to my set-up I can think of, I began having start-up problems. Sometimes I get the Kernel Panic screen telling me I need to restart using the power button. Other times, the system seems to start up but then the screen suddenly goes wierd - the icons go fuzzy, I get vertical lines, the display becomes unreadable - and the system freezes. I then need to power down. After 2 or 3 tries it starts up fine and everything seems normal.

Help!! What is going on!!!

I am running mac OS X 10.3.9

Thanks
 
Sounds like a bad logic board. You can buy replacements on eBay or similar, usually, paying someone to do it usually isn't economical. Also, try booting from the startup disk and running utilities.

What kind of Mac do you have?
 
It sounds like a hardware fault, possibly a damaged logic board. Have it looked at by an authorised technician.
 
Thanks. I was worried that it was a hardware problem based on the limmited troubleshoting I am able to do. I'll check it out.

I am running a 1.8 ghz G5.
 
In that case, there's more of a possibility that it's just a bad graphics card. If you have a compatible card, you can easily test this.
The reason that I thought it was a bad logic board was that Apple laptops have graphics on the logic board, so replacing the whole thing fixes it. If it's a desktop, however, you can replace the card separately.
 
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