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Hello,
First time on forums so hope you can help.
Today my IMac from 2009 froze up while i was watching a YouTube video. The screen was covered with yellow dots, which immediately got me to think that this was a graphic card problem. I tried a hard restart, but everytime i reboot it goes to a white screen with yellow dots. It does not even go into the desktop, when i use the option key at the boot start. I also cleaned the vents for dust, but it did not help. The screen is white covered in yellow dots.
I have attached some pictures of the screen, so you can see what i am dealing with. My question is; are this a common issue? Are there a easy fix, which does not require a reinstall of OSX - i have alot of files which have not been backed up by Time Machine? Are this a hardware problem, so it has to go to a tech?
Hope you can help
Best regards.
First time on forums so hope you can help.
Today my IMac from 2009 froze up while i was watching a YouTube video. The screen was covered with yellow dots, which immediately got me to think that this was a graphic card problem. I tried a hard restart, but everytime i reboot it goes to a white screen with yellow dots. It does not even go into the desktop, when i use the option key at the boot start. I also cleaned the vents for dust, but it did not help. The screen is white covered in yellow dots.
I have attached some pictures of the screen, so you can see what i am dealing with. My question is; are this a common issue? Are there a easy fix, which does not require a reinstall of OSX - i have alot of files which have not been backed up by Time Machine? Are this a hardware problem, so it has to go to a tech?
Hope you can help
Best regards.
