Red screen and freeze... huh?

I was happily viewing a simple .mov file before, when the computer suddenly froze and a red curtain came down from the top of the screen (not solid... but making everything on my screen tinted red). Little spinning wheel... everything else frozen. On reboot everything seems to be back to normal. I asked Applecare... they never heard of such a thing.
Any ideas?

I had the same problem happen to me twice. And it occured whenever I viewed a quicktime movie file. It doesn't do it anymore, but you never know...
It must have something to do with the graphics card.
iMac 17-inch: 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.5) 512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM | 160GB Serial ATA hard drive

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Try a system reset. It's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until the screen blacks out or you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.

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Hello Oliver,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
The following article covers what you can do if your phone is restarting when you are using it.
If your iOS device restarts, displays the Apple logo, or powers off while you're using it - Apple Support
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Will it boot OK in Safe Mode? See What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1884?viewlocale=en_US
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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When you start your notebook press F8 to enter Advanced boot options.
Is Repair my computer option available?
If yes choose it and press ENTER. Follow the menu on the screen and when you will see System recovery options try to use System Restore option.
Do you have some important data saved on your notebook?
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Hi guys - im new here and got a problem
I just got a new computer and got a GeForce4 Ti4200 128mb...
ne hoo - it runs fine and stuff... but when i want to play games... such as Counter strike... it loads and stuff.
but when the game starts... ***i get a WHITE screen. and my computer freezes!*** and it happens to other games as well.
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He means please visit here first, if problems still remained, follow-up here with your detailed system configuration.

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Hello Blake:
Read the information from Apple below and see if it applies:
http://www.apple.com/support/imac/repairextensionprogram/
Barry
Edit: Oops, sorry Blake - that applies to G5's. I would take your G4 to either an Apple store or an Apple certified technician.
Message was edited by: Barry Hemphill (correcting information)

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Well, it's been a while since my last report, mostly because I haven't been using the program as much... however, today I needed to use it and well... it happened. And it happened on a blank document too. I made sure that all my other applications were closed at this time, and when I rebooted it, it continues to freeze. Here is what I saw on the task manager. Seems to be pretty similar to last time:
I use Flash to do Timeline animation and sometimes vector art. The program has crashed before on a reset of preferences. You also noted that there is a Flash.exe instead of a Flash 32.exe, I don't see it in the task manager at all... I only see the Flash 32 that I've been posting.
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Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
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Wait for the Apple logo to Appear...
Usually takes about 15 - 20 Seconds... ( But can take Longer...)
Release the Buttons...

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Hi all.
I have this notebook since 4 months ago and the last month i was having some problems.
Sometimes I get a black screen and sometimes I get a freeze screen. When these happens, i cant do anything more that power off/on the computer because nothing response me.
It could happen without any criteria. I could be playing a game and it happen. I could be browsing and it happen. Or simply i could let the computer downloading something and when i return it is with black screen
I revised Windows registry and it didnt show anything relevant. Anybody could help me? If not, computer is under warranty so, i will have to send to fix.
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You have not mentioned performing a SMC reset or running an Apple Hardware Test.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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If there is no change or nothing is discovered, an appointment at an Apple store genius bar is the best option.
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Hi All.
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