first emac

Hi all

I just bought an emac for £60

Its a 1ghz G4 with 640mb ram and a 60gb hard drive.

Ive got a problem though - on the screen theres loads of little green and yellow lines, which move around when I move windows and stuff, could it be like a graphics driver issue or something?

btw this is my first time using a mac so I dont have a clue about them

Errrr...not sure that it will help, but reset the pmu, scroll down to page 47:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/eMac_OriginalUserGuide.pdf

Then reset the pram:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

If neither one of those work, in a last act of desperation and possible divine intervention you can archive and install or erase and in stall:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

And you can run the apple hardware test. That sometimes will tell you if you are having a hardware problem, scroll down to page 53:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/eMac_Early2004UserGuide.pdf

If after all this, you still have lines on your screen, or you don't have the original install discs, then as the Germans say, Kaputt!

Ok thanks for your help

I dont have time to try it tonight but I will have a look tomorow and let you know how it goes

thanks

ok Ive tried both the top steps but im still having the problem

The lines on the screen kind of look like the ones on the screenshot on this thread http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49279&highlight=display+problem but mine are a lot worse

Is there anyway i can run the apple hardware test without the Mac CD?

Also if I decide to basically wipe the system and start again how do I backup my programs ect. that are on there