24' 2.16ghz video issues and freezing w 10.5

I was running 10.5.x - I honestly forget where it was at version wise but it was fully updated as of Thursday the 25th of Feb. and I was getting many random horizontal "rainbow" lines in Safari (also updated to that day) and also the machine would totally lock up and need to be powered off via the power button and restarted. Also, I have an AOC 22" monitor on extended desktop and it would randomly dim like it was going to sleep and then wake up on it's own while I was working on it. I had a 1tb WD drive for almost 8 months and a fresh install as of Monday the 22nd of Feb so I doubt it was that but on a guess I swapped in my OEM 250gb drive with 10.4.11 on it and have had no issues since. I installed the widget for monitoring temps and my GPU temp with 10.5 was almost 62* C and running the same apps in 10.4 it is 50-51* C so maybe that is my issue? I was told to take it for repairs to an authorized Apple repair center BUT I can see this taking weeks to sort out and I have to run my whole life from this computer as I sell on Ebay and dread going back to Windows even for a short time. Anyone else experience this with this particular machine in 10.5? I was running 10.5 since I put in the 1tb drive with no issues up until then other than occasional horizontal lines in Safari, also I when it started locking up I was getting the same lines only thicker when playing a DVD as well. I do not push this machine as normally ALL I have running is Mail, Safari, Firefox and sometimes GarageSale and Iphoto but very rarely more than 3 of the above at one time. No gaming etc either.

I had this happen a few more times under 10.5 but it seems OK under 10.4 so I am wondering now if it is a hardware or software issue. I tried 10.5 fresh installs on 2 different drives and a fresh install of 10.4 on the original drive now in the machine so I do not think it is my install procedure and I did full updates on each as soon as install was done. I took a few pics and will post one to see if this looks like graphics/logic board issues or not. These were taken under 10.5, when this happened machine totally froze except cursor for the mouse was moving and visible. The only other action was spinning beach ball, had to hold the power button to shut it down and restart it. I had 3 apps open, Safari, Firefox and Mail so I was not exactly stressing the machine. This happens on BOTH the internal display as well as the external, the first pic is the external display, the rest the internal display.
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My 17" MBP (2007, 2.33 mHz) crashed the other night as I was trying to copy some music off a friend's iPod. Now, on boot, it will show the gray Apple logo, then clear the screen, but never go farther (and the fan starts up a terriific rumble after a few minutes). It is also showing distorted diagonal lines across the display.
Things I've found:
* It won't boot to the OSX Leopard DVD, just spins, and spits out the Snow Leopard DVD
* If I put it in FW Target mode it will mount on my iMac, but the FW 800 port is so skitchy/loose it loses connection eventually
* If I boot it in safe mode, everything works--no video distortion, can connect to a USB drive, which I did to back up the entire contents, and I can mount the Leopard DVD
* During that backup (using Chronosync), no disk errors except for an Aperture library failure.
I'm not sure what to do next. Boot to the Leopard DVD via safe mode to renistall the system, hoping that it'll work after it restarts? If I were in OS9 I'd be using extension manager to turn features on and off to see what's crashing, but it doesn't look like I have that capability with Safe Boot.
Any thoughts would be welcome, let me know of any other info you need.
Thanks!
Oh, two other things: I ran disk utility and repaired permissions, didn't fix the problem. And I don't have one of the video cards from that era that was covered by Apple even after warranty, one of the first things I checked
Message was edited by: Paulza

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

Video feeds skip frames and freeze

On MLB and HBO video feeds, the video skips and freezes--this was not happening a few weeks ago--just started

1) If your camera footage was in iPhoto, and iMovie found it, it is a supported camera. It sounds like the thumbnail creation process got interrupted.
2) If these clips are not in iPhoto, but iMovie let you import them into an Event through File/Import, then they are compatible, but again, the thumbnail creation process may have been interrupted.
Assuming that 1) is true, I would recommend the following...
Go to your EVENT file under the iPhoto section of the Event list. Right click on a clip in the event, and select REVEAL IN FINDER. This will take you to your iPhoto library folder where the clip is. Copy the clip to your desktop, and change the name of the clip to something else, but leave the file extension the same. Import this changed file into iPhoto.
Close iMovie. Then reopen iMovie and let it build thumbnails for iPhoto.
Assuming that 2) is true, I would open the iMovie/iMovie Events/<event name> folder in the finder. Then I would delete the iMovie Cache and iMovie Thumbnails folders from the event, leaving the imported clips untouched. Then restart iMovie and let it build the thumbnails.

KT4VL video issue

New motherboard/chip/memory/HDD in previous case with previous video card. No other cards installed.
I get to the WinXP setup screen fine, and choose to format the HDD in NTFS, but then the screen flashes and I get "synch out of range" on the monitor. I tried XPhome as well as pro out of curiosity...I get the same "synch out of range" at various times.
KT4VL
Corsair 512MB PC400
Athlon 2.1Ghz
MSI-8855 GeForce2 ti-Pro (4x AGP)
CD burner, CD reader and 80GB HDD installed
PSU is 300 or 350 I believe
no other cards or devices yet
I made sure to keep all BIOS settings at safe/default levels while doing initial install. Cannot get past the video issue, and I have never seen it before. Any ideas?

Sorry...its a Samsung 19" Synchmaster...about 6 months old.
It was fine with the old system, as was the video card itself. I carried them both over from my previous "guts"...an MSI KT2proRaid I think, with Athlon 800.
Initial video signal is fine, and as far as I know it shouldn't switch from basic VGA to hi-resolution until it actually gets into XP. It's nowehere CLOSE to that point when it is in the blue XP setup screens which makes it puzzling.

Replacement Program - ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT video issue

Mac Pro (Early 2008):
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT video card with distorted video or no video
Last Modified: March 15, 2011
Article: TS3630
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3630
Symptoms
Apple has determined that certain ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT cards sold for use in Mac Pro computers between approximately January 2008 and May 2010 may experience distorted video or no video.
Products Affected
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
Resolution
If your Mac Pro experiences distorted video or no video issues and has an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT card in it, you will need to bring your computer's serial number and the graphics card into an Apple Authorized Service Provider or an Apple Retail Store location for verification and to exchange the affected graphics card for a replacement.

The replacement process as stated here
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3630
is not correct.
Here is my first hand experience:
Have had the intermittent problems as described almost since the computer was new. After many calls to applecare and ROM upgrades, software upgrades and reinstalls, new boot drive - problem persisted until last week -now monitor stays on black screen on startup.
Called local Apple store as described in support page - they know nothing about it and you cannot talk to a tech on the phone - have to make appt. Asked the receptionist to please describe problem to tech and see if they might be able to help before I take the time to make appt. I was told that they don't handle that here - go to an outside service center. Of course its Friday and the outside service is closed until Monday. Call another apple store and make an appointment - they seam more willing to help.
Follow the instructions and remove board and take it with Mac serial number to store.
I am told that they will not release the replacement board unless they install it themselves in my computer. I politely point out that the service doc states otherwise - no dice. Tech orders the board - won't know until Monday what delivery schedule is - he guesses 2-3 days and they can install when it comes in.
Lesson learned.
You can't trust what apple says in a tech document - maybe you can't believe anything they say. Frustrating part is that you can't talk to anyone to get a straight answer until you nail someone down in person - and how do I know that the tech told me the right thing. After all, doesn't corporate dictate policy? I got the policy from the corp site. So which is right?
Do you think they would reimburse me if I went out and purchased a new board and did the replacement myself?
"If you believe you have paid for repair or replacement because of this issue, contact Apple regarding a refund."
I highly doubt it based on what the tech said - but who should I believe?

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