FADED & FLICKERING UNTIL IT 'S WARMED-UP

UPON TURNING MY PB TITANIUM G4 ON THE MONITORS' SCREEN FADES TO WHITE ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE SCREEN AND IT FLASHES LINES LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE UPPER PORTION ON THE SCREEN. AFTER AN EST. 1-2 HRS OF USE THE SCREEN STOPS FLICKERING AND THE FULL COLOR AND APPEARANCE IS NORMAL. IS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES? WHAT DO I DO TO FIX IT?

Perform SMC and PRAM resets:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
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