"Mini Barcode" follows pointer and overlays desktop icons after 10.4.10 upg

I have a G5 (about 4 years old). I recently upgraded to 10.4.10. After the upgrade I noticed a Mini BarCode like feature following the pointer around. In addition all desktop icons and the menu area were overlayed with this Mini BarCode type feature.It does not seem to affect the operation of the computer, but is extreemely annoying.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
JTPass
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Hey Jim,
Yes a new card fixed my problem but....
After reading your post I searched around on the various forums and noticed that someone else had a similar problem when they upgraded to Tiger from Panther. (not an update they upgraded to Tiger from Panther) Here's the link to the message. You should read this....
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4555151&#4555151
After I read it dawned on me that when I upgraded to Tiger this past November I started having this problem with the video card. Could be I may have jumped the gun on replacing it. The guy that posted the above thread also posted a link to the driver that he installed that got his monitor working properly again.
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/mac/atidisplays4-5-7.html
If you only updated to version 10.4.10 from an earlier version of Tiger then I would go with replacing the card. I replaced mine with a 9800XT w/ 256MB I picked up from OWC for around $230.
http://otherworldcomputing.com/
I really wanted to upgrade to the X800 XT mac addition but it looks like ATI is no longer manufacturing this particular card. Don't believe the wait times you see on some websites regarding shipping dates for that card. I spent many hours searching for this card and finally when I talked to ATI I found out they are no longer manufacturing the X 800XT mac addition. too bad.
If you need to replace your card here's something else you may want to check into.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2894453&#2894453
good luck,
dave
G5 dual 2.0, 3.0 GB ram, 2x250 internal Mac OS X (10.4.8) ATI 9800 Pro. FCP 5.0.4 DVDSP 4.0.3 Motion 2.0.1 Soundtrack pro 1.0.3 QT 7.0.4

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