Menu bar isn't translucent

I like the translucent menu bar, but even when my desktop background is the closeup of earth, My menu bar is solid gray. Why? How do I fix that?

at first I thought that but after looking all the info says it should be okay but maybe it's a firmware issue or something. really don't care all that much just curious and after seeing the other thread about it, whew.
GeForce FX 5200:
Chipset Model: GeForce FX 5200
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: AGP0
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0321
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 2060
Displays:
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported

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David Lightman wrote:
Basic situation is this. I was running 10.5.3 perfectly well on my iBook G4 1.33ghz/1gb RAM. One day it didn't want to wake from sleep so I had to hold the power button down to power it off then back on.
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