20" iMac 10.10.3 Early 2008 Display Issues

It's a hardware issue, considering the age of the computer I would recommend investigating replacing it.

Good luck.

It is th display or the GPU, considering the age of the computer neither would be worth fixing. We cannot narrow it down further than that, as mentioned, a 2008 machine is almost 8 model years old and is ancient by todays standards. If you want to the work yourself and scrounge the parts, you can but you will still be into it close to $1000 and you buy an Apple Refurbished 27" iMac now for just about $1500 or a 21" for less than $1000. So your choice.

In response to Jgoadby and rkaufmann87

I'm afraid you'll have to buy a new computer. I've got a 20" iMac that I bought in 2008 and it has been very well looked after too. But the video card has just broken down. I feel very disappointed, because Apple told to me that this component is no more repaired. I don't consider my iMac to be old. I'd prefer to repair it than to buy a new one, because I want to preserve environnement.

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Youl wrote:

...because I want to preserve environnement.

This is a totally unfounded argument. Apple has Apple Reuse and Recycling Programwhere your machine is responsible disassembled and recycled. There are many other similar recycling programs available to the general public.

Jgoadby wrote:

Im not getting into a wast of time discussion over apples environmental policy on my Mac.

The facts are these computers are still working well apart from some problem with the display.

What I'm looking for is a solution to fix them. Now we all know very well Apple could let us know what the problem is and how to fix it. Not much to ask.

Take care

john

Take the machine to an Apple Authorized Service Provider in your area and see if they will fix it for you. If you don't know of an AASPs in your area, please click https://locate.apple.com/country to begin locating one.

If for some reason you want to attempt a repair on your own, you can visit ifixit.com and see if they have any how to repairs for your computer. However you will then need to locate the parts (if available), troubleshoot which part(s) need replacement and then figure out how to repair it on your own.

Apple does not read or participate in any fashion on these forums, all posts are from end users just like yourself. If you have feedback for Apple please provide it at www.apple.com/feedback.

"This is a totally unfounded argument. Apple has Apple Reuse and Recycling Programwhere your machine is responsible disassembled and recycled..."

This argument is not valid. It is evident that changing a little part of a machine is better for environnemental care than recycling a whole machine and producing a new one. As well repairing machines give work to people. I refuse to be involved in a such a consummering sytem. Fairphone is a good example of what can be done to preserve Earth, instead of producing lots of mobile phones that become quickly obsolete and buy others. I'm telling here my feeling about the thing. I'm not having a dicussion about Apple Policie.

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Thank you rkaufmann87, I will use the link to provide ffedback to Apple.

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Here is a link that show how to repair the video card on a 20" Imac:

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+iMac+Intel+20-Inch+EMC+2133+and+2210+Vid eo+Card/1014/1

You can find a video card on eBay for example, or on macpalace.com.

I'm going to try to repair my Imac like this. I will let you know.

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