Imac died, running out of fix ideas

I have an iMac G5 with 1.8Ghz, and it is my workhorse. It died and I am not sure what to do to fix it. I've tested the RAM, it's fine. I can't start it from the disk, it doesn't get far enough in the start up. What it does is once it gets to the spinning screen, strange pink and blue lines appear in erratic patterns on the screen. It goes no further. However, I am able to start it in Target mode and get my files off it. This happened all the sudden, I was having no problems before. What to do?

With a 1.8 GHz iMac G5, you're likely looking at an issue involving defective capacitors on your logic board.
Write to the address in my Personal Profile and I will reply with a description of how to diagnose this issue, and determine if your logic board is affected.

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