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Kernel panics and screen glitches on iMac
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<blockquote data-quote="EvenStranger" data-source="post: 1178936" data-attributes="member: 181804"><p>Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbfffed58</p><p>Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):</p><p>com.apple.GeForce(4.5.6)@0x8d1000</p><p>dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5bb000</p><p>dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.8)@0x6ab000</p><p>dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.8)@0x6c6000</p><p>dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(4.5.6)@0x6d5000</p><p></p><p>From your description and the lines above, it definitely sounds as though the video card is bad. Depending on the model of iMac, it could be just a video card or it could be a full logic board replacement. Either way, I'd take it to an Apple repair center and have it fixed. If it's still under warranty, then you're golden. Depending on the age of the iMac, if it's a full logic board replacement, you might find that it's more cost effective in the long run to replace the unit with a newer one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EvenStranger, post: 1178936, member: 181804"] Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbfffed58 Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies): com.apple.GeForce(4.5.6)@0x8d1000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5bb000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.8)@0x6ab000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.8)@0x6c6000 dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(4.5.6)@0x6d5000 From your description and the lines above, it definitely sounds as though the video card is bad. Depending on the model of iMac, it could be just a video card or it could be a full logic board replacement. Either way, I'd take it to an Apple repair center and have it fixed. If it's still under warranty, then you're golden. Depending on the age of the iMac, if it's a full logic board replacement, you might find that it's more cost effective in the long run to replace the unit with a newer one. [/QUOTE]
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