My screen flickers and enlarges image.

I can replace that on this model can’t I? I think I read about overheating issues with this model. Would that be correct?

I’ve had it in pieces already to change hard drive and replace broken screen. (Thanks Hermes!)

Its sitting here half naked but been running fine for last three/four hours.

The pattern does change and cover the entire screen. Just realised I posted same photo twice. Here’s another couple.

Have to say the 2nd/3rd are pretty cool! Less so if I need to spent money on it!

So, GPU then, and is it worthwhile me doing it for a machine that cost me £25. (For new screen)

I have a 20” as well but that’s another story.

Any ideas about start up issues?

Got blue screen with square icon.

Then got white screen with two mouse icons. One fixed in place and other okay but nothing to select!

Then third time lucky. And it’s been great.

Thanks.

I managed to boot up with usb drive in recovery.

The internal startup drive is nowhere to be seen.

Not through System Preferences or Disk Utility.

With the flashy folder I was getting 5 sets of 3 tones every few minutes. Cant see what that means anywhere. I guess it’s for no drive.

In recovery mode from my Lion usb boot it shows the drive as:

Disk-Media

Connection Bus-SATA

Total Capacity-0

Partition Map-Unformatted.

Is this the culprit of my display issues as well or is that still the gpu?

I tested, erased, installed 10.6.8 and tested HDD just the other day and it came back ‘everything looks okay’.

Its headed for the recycling pile I think.......

Hi,

Yeah I know you’re right.

Its giving me the flashing folder on white screen today so i’ll see what piece I can salvage for eBay and try and recycle rest.

Thanks for your help.