mid 2011 imac tool bar faded, and other contrast issues

Hello,


My tool bar and app dock are appearing "ghosted" or faded/very low contrast. Other icons on the screen also have this issue, however some areas are fine, like this text box: it looks completely normal to me. Is this the video card failing? Or is there a fix I can try? The computer is not under warranty. All of the hardware and video card info is below. Thank you in advance for your time and help!


Hardware Overview:

  Model Name: iMac

  Model Identifier: iMac12,1

  Processor Name: Intel Core i5

  Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 4

  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 6 MB

  Memory: 12 GB

  Boot ROM Version: 87.0.0.0.0

  SMC Version (system): 1.71f21


AMD Radeon HD 6750M:

  Chipset Model: AMD Radeon HD 6750M

  Type: GPU

  Bus: PCIe

  PCIe Lane Width: x16

  VRAM (Total): 512 MB

  Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

  Device ID: 0x6741

  Revision ID: 0x0000

  ROM Revision: 113-C2950H-170

  EFI Driver Version: 01.00.544

  Displays:

iMac:

  Display Type: LCD

  Resolution: 1920 x 1080

  Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

  Main Display: Yes

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Rotation: Supported

  Automatically Adjust Brightness: No

  Connection Type: DisplayPort

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 11:46 AM

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