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Re: Trouble with Mom's eMac - freezes with huge pixelated image on screen - michaelb - 06-17-2011
it doesn't sound like a virus to me, so I wouldn't worry about that yet at all. I don't know of any viruses for Os X, and even if this was Os 8 or 9, I don't remember any viruses there doing anything like this.
I would guess a video card or power supply problem, or ram, or other hardware problem. So I would boot from the hardware test disk and try that, and they boot from a disk and see how it runs that way.
Re: Trouble with Mom's eMac - freezes with huge pixelated image on screen - tronnei - 06-17-2011
My guess: video card is near death. Time to junk the eMac.
Re: Trouble with Mom's eMac - freezes with huge pixelated image on screen - mattkime - 06-17-2011
have you tried rebuilding the desktop?
Re: Trouble with Mom's eMac - freezes with huge pixelated image on screen - modelamac - 06-17-2011
Assuming some version of OS X is on it:
You can Repair Disk by booting into Safe Mode. Just hold the Shift key immediately after hearing the startup sound. Hold it there for a minute or two at most. That will repair the disk during the boot process. It takes a loooooooong time, but you eventually see the Login window. Select Restart, and it will restart normally.
Re: Trouble with Mom's eMac - freezes with huge pixelated image on screen - Bill in NC - 06-17-2011
Bad capacitors.
Not worth trying to fix at this point.
Re: Trouble with Mom's eMac - freezes with huge pixelated image on screen - pinkoos - 06-18-2011
Thanks for the replies. I think this one is going to the great gig in the sky.
Re: Trouble with Mom's eMac - freezes with huge pixelated image on screen - N-OS X-tasy! - 06-18-2011
Bill in NC wrote:
Bad capacitors.
Not worth trying to fix at this point.
Yeah, that was the problem my mom's eMac had. We got it fixed so long ago I'd forgotten the exact nature of the problem.
I agree that it's probably time to give it a proper burial.