On Dec 15, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote:
I can start the computer by holding the 'C' key but the sceen comes up chopped, as in 4 panels. Went to Sys Prefs and reset screen and all seems fine, but I'm kinda scared to reboot now.
The 'C' key normally boots a disc from the optical drive. Are you booted from a CD or DVD?
Where should I be looking to discover the problem?
This sounds a little like a dead PRAM battery to me. If you've never replaced the PRAM battery, it's almost for certain that it's a dead PRAM battery, they only last about 5 years max, and this would seem to be more than 5 years.
How do I know if the video card is going out?
Not too likely it's going out. You might re-seat it if you're worried, but it's not common for these to fail, and since you corrected your video problem in System Preferences, this indicates the card is likely fine, and that the parameters for the video were lost because the PRAM battery was dead.
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