IMac G5 Screen Showing Artifacts

I have a iMac G5 that will not boot up all the way into the os (It will go in safe mode). Also it is showing lines in the screen and hit looks like it's moving around. I have had this problem for a year please help.

Have you tried resetting the Power Management Unit? Also resetting NVRAM and basic PRAM parameters? Alternately, checking with Disk Utility using the OS X installation disc? What trouble-shooting steps have you applied and is your iMac G5 first, second or third generation? The first generation is without iSight, the second generation had ambient light sensing built in and the third generation had iSight and the ambient light sense, or the introduction of iSight in the second generation and ambient light sensing also in third generation, I'm not too sure. I ask because my experience and knowledge is limited to the first generation iMac G5 (early 2005 manufacture), and I'm not too sure the methods for resetting the basic parameters are the same with all the G5 iMacs. I also ask because I can inform you of the way to do the resets for the first generation product, if you need, as this has invariably been a last-resort (but successful) solution for OS X boot-up problems for me.

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Hi,
I would try a Safe Boot first. (This will take longer than a normal Boot and you will need to Restart afterwards).
If it were an older OS I would also suggest going to System Preferences > Displays and making sure the display is set to Millions. (My MacBook Pro does not have this option in Snow Leopard so I did presume Snow Leopard does not have it).
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Shut down the computer.
Restart it holding down Apple/CMD (or ⌘)+ALT( ⌥)+P+R Keys until you have heard three Start Up Bongs.
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Do you have Web Browser open ?
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(Chrome Installs the Plug-in as does the standalone download).
Knowing what "any application" exactly you are trying might help us pin it down.
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Problem description:
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EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
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    4 GB RAM
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            Empty
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            Empty
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: Unknown
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    ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
        iMac 1920 x 1080
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    ST3500418AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
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        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (372.93 GB free)
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    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
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TS3694 I performed an iOS 7 software update on my iPhone yesterday, and now the phone is not working at all. The iPhone screen shows to connect to iTunes to restore. I've have done this, and still the iPhone is not working. What going on?

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