Hi all,
I put my iMac (circa 2008) to sleep last night and this morning when I tried to log in it seemed to be having major issues. The display is all messed up, and it takes awhile to log in. I haven't had any issues with the system other than some slowness since upgrading to Yosemite. I've turned it off for the time being.
Here are some images that I think might help more than me trying to explain the situation.
iMac, screen issues
Hi ..
Possibly the graphics card causing the distortion.
If you can, run Apple Diagnostics or the Apple Hardware Test
Hi ..
Possibly the graphics card causing the distortion.
If you can, run Apple Diagnostics or the Apple Hardware Test
Thanks Carolyn. Tried the suggested steps. The computer loaded something once but it was so difficult to maneuver that I wasn't able to sort anything out.. Now when I try to restart, it gets stuck on a grey screen after the first image posted deviously competes Loadi the bar.
nazzitron wrote:
Thanks Carolyn. Tried the suggested steps. The computer loaded something once but it was so difficult to maneuver that I wasn't able to sort anything out.. Now when I try to restart, it gets stuck on a grey screen after the first image posted deviously competes Loadi the bar.
That is a bad graphics card -- they can fail overnight -- the card can be reflowed/repaired -- or replaced. If you are not handy - and do not want to purchase a new mac - a third party repair shop may be able to fix it for you. (make sure they have apple expert)
Thanks notcloudy. That's too bad that it can just fail, but such is older technology, I suppose. I'm not particularly handy myself, so I will contact a repair shop and make sure they have an apple expert as you suggested. Thank you!
Almost the exact same thing happen to my 24", 2008 iMac. Graphic card was dead and so goes the computer. After eight years I'm not complaining. Just purchased a new 27" iMac. I hope I get as much use out of the new Mac and I did from my old one. For whatever it's worth I hope you have better luck and can get your Mac fixed.
good luck,
BIll
That's a pretty long life-span for a computer - even though I had hoped it would just keep working away forever...
I went with a replacement MacBook. Right now I am trying to figure out if there is a way to access the old iMac as a external drive to pull data from it. I had important data saved on an external but there were some things in the last few days before it died that I didn't get to backup.
You should be abke to start in Target Disk Mode How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode - Apple Support
2008 iMac - screen issues
