iMac G5 Video Problems
I have an iMac G5 and I can only boot up into Safe Mode and there are Artifacts in my screen.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), G5
I do not know about the artifacts. Are they appearing in safe mode?
Here is a work-around.
You may have a problem with the video chip.
Here is how to tell...
Shutdown your machine. Hold down the shift key. Poweron. Bootup will be longer.
Wait awhile while you harddrive is being checked.
An article on how to boot into safe mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
Runs OK in safe mode...
Running in Safe mode leaves out some video drivers. Which results in your machine not using advanced video hardware. As luck would have it, you can run the safe mode video drivers in normal mode.
Here is how:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3263472?answerId=16057567022#16057567022
Look through the above thread. See the second page. You don't have to read through the first page. Just go to the part where I try a solution that works.
Summary of G5 problems. Includes instructions on a hardware fix for the brave at heart:
See -Rotten Apple- articles in both of these threads.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4023152?tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4043819?answerId=18700825022#18700825022
Robert