IMac Freezes Every Few Weeks With Black Or Coloured Screen?

Every few weeks my iMac will suddenly freeze, the screen going black or white or pink etc.
The only way I can get the computer back  is to hold down the power button to force a shutdown.
Then after a restart everything is OK for a few more weeks.
Usually it occurs when I am on the internet. I click on something and suddenly the computer is frozen. (I think it once did it when I pressed the "Post Message" button on the ASC !)
I am on OS X 10.6.8 and usually use Safari.

Get your AppleCare Protection Plan in gear fast! And be sure you're backing up regularly. I had a similar problem with my 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo that started 2 months before my AppleCare was due to expire. Worked with Apple phone support for those 2 months plus another few weeks (during which the problems grew worse) which were covered since I reported the problem before expiration. Finally wound up taking the iMac to an Apple store genius who replaced the logic board, video card, and disk drive (with a 1 TB drive). Works great now. I'm very thankful that I got AppleCare on this unit since I had a similar problem with my old G5 iMac for which I didn't have AppleCare, and it got worse and worse, finally expired, never to be resuscitated.

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