Monitor going crazy

I have an iMac G5 with 20" monitor. For some reason after using it a few hours this AM, my screen started glitching, kind of like yellow electronic streaks across it horizontally. I immediately ran it through a diagnostic "Socks" and it didn't seem to find anything wrong. The glitching was intermittent. Then it became solid yellow (the whole screen). Now it appears to have gone away and the monitor is back to normal. What's going on? My G5 is a few years old. I may run disk utility now but not sure if these programs check for monitor defects.
Any assistance is appreciated. Chuck in sunny Florida

I went to the Apple Store. The Genius moved the screen up and down several times, and pressed more or less behind the screen, to show me it was definitely a hardware problem. At some point, the screen went completely crazy (nothing distinct showing up). I suggest you try the same at home with your Air.
I had no choice but to change the screen. It cost me €478.30 = $640, which is a lot of money (there goes my future iPad).
The Genius argued the problem came from the cable linking the screen to the motherboard. They supposedly have to change the whole screen just to fix that cable. It is obviously located in the junction between the screen and the keyboard part.

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