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Q: I'm using an eMac power cord on an iMac G5 and the screen is a blue tinted color. No true colors are displayed.

I just realized I was using an eMac powercord on my G5 iMac.

Make a difference at all? Does it screw up my computer?

I have a weird screen problem anything to do with this?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 20" G5/iSight

Posted on Nov 15, 2013 10:00 PM

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Q: I'm using an eMac power cord on an iMac G5 and the screen is a blue tinted color. No true colors are displayed.

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  • by Kenichi Watanabe,

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe Nov 16, 2013 2:18 PM in response to RIPSTEVEJOBS5511
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    Nov 16, 2013 2:18 PM in response to RIPSTEVEJOBS5511

    I can't see how that would make a difference.  But use the proper power cord for the iMac, if you have it. 

     

    To see if this is software or settings related, if you have a way to boot from a different system, such as a Mac OS X installation disk, start up from that other system and see if you still have the "blue tinted color."

     

    If the problem recurs, you should do these two procedures to Reset PRAM and Reset SMU, to see if there is any improvement

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1767

     

    When you do the Reset SMU procedure, if you have been connecting the power cord to an old or over-crowded power strip (surge suppressor), try connecting it to a wall outlet by itself, to see if that makes any difference.

     

    If that does not help, there may be a hardware-related problem.