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Bought new, directly from Apple, in 2008.
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)
Processer 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 6 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM *Upgraded from 2 GB approximately 4 years ago*
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.29f1
Serial Number (system):
Hardware UUID: 115F86BC-D956-50BC-B0E7-8824DF52FF14
OS X El Capitan
Version 10.11.6
I can only describe the problem as screen melt. I tried to take a screenshot when it happened, but that wasn't possible. (Here’s a picture I found on Google Image search that looks similar)
Many times, it seems to be triggered when opening up a very large file/picture in Safari.
For a split second, it will look like the picture above, but then recover.
After that it affects everything including the desktop. Eventually it will just totally lock up, & I have to hold the off button on the back until it shuts down, & restart.
In the past, for whatever reason, that would seem to cure the problem (at least for a week or 2)
I researched & found similar problems for other Mac users. I was able to find an update/patch, but it was for an earlier OS & I wasn't able to install it. I have experienced this problem before, as far back as 2 or 3 years ago. I don't know if it was just a coincidence, or something else, but I got into the habit of clearing all history from Safari, & shutting it down overnight approximately every 5 days.
This seemed to greatly reduce the number of times the issue occurred.
I went to the forum that included the picture from above, & some of the possible causes were as follows.
Video card problem: I know nothing about video cards, but one would think that if I had a bad one, it would happen all the time ?
Heat Related ?
Misc: I’ve never installed any additional security/virus software. The only software I've purchased recently is this https://videoconverter.wondershare.com about 1 month ago.
Thanks in advance
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)
Processer 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 6 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM *Upgraded from 2 GB approximately 4 years ago*
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.29f1
Serial Number (system):
Hardware UUID: 115F86BC-D956-50BC-B0E7-8824DF52FF14
OS X El Capitan
Version 10.11.6
I can only describe the problem as screen melt. I tried to take a screenshot when it happened, but that wasn't possible. (Here’s a picture I found on Google Image search that looks similar)
Many times, it seems to be triggered when opening up a very large file/picture in Safari.
For a split second, it will look like the picture above, but then recover.
After that it affects everything including the desktop. Eventually it will just totally lock up, & I have to hold the off button on the back until it shuts down, & restart.
In the past, for whatever reason, that would seem to cure the problem (at least for a week or 2)
I researched & found similar problems for other Mac users. I was able to find an update/patch, but it was for an earlier OS & I wasn't able to install it. I have experienced this problem before, as far back as 2 or 3 years ago. I don't know if it was just a coincidence, or something else, but I got into the habit of clearing all history from Safari, & shutting it down overnight approximately every 5 days.
This seemed to greatly reduce the number of times the issue occurred.
I went to the forum that included the picture from above, & some of the possible causes were as follows.
Video card problem: I know nothing about video cards, but one would think that if I had a bad one, it would happen all the time ?
Heat Related ?
Misc: I’ve never installed any additional security/virus software. The only software I've purchased recently is this https://videoconverter.wondershare.com about 1 month ago.
Thanks in advance