Software Related Graphics Problem

Hey Guys,
My iMac C2D 17" early 06 has been having some software related graphics problems. It hasn't occured a lot but it has happened a few times. Small black dots or bars may appear but when I click or hover over them with the mouse, they go away. So, I am thinking that it may be the hard drive because it could be misreading something that could make it not show certain pixels but I am not really sure.
Any help will be well appreciated.
Thanks

RAM Specs:
2 sticks of 512 MB PC2700 CL 2.5 Apacer RAM. I don't know if this matters but they're in DIMM slots 1 & 3.
I downloaded nForce drivers (version 5.10 as Richard suggested) and everything installed fine. However, the computer freezes whenever I'm using MSI liveupdate.
So, instead of using liveupdate I downloaded the nvidia drivers directly from Nvidia.com. During installation the screen flickered three times, and immediately after this the only thing appearing on the screen was a blinking cursor in the upper left; the computer just hung at this point.

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MB Pro Restarts/Reboots by itself - is this hardware or software related??

I've replied to a number of posts regarding this topic here but no one seems to have answered this question sufficiently.
My MB pro will just restart itself randomly. It usually happens when I'm not doing anything which makes me think it might be due to some process that happens when the computer is managing power (sleep settings, etc). I've tried changing all my energy settings as well as resetting SMC, pRam, etc. but nothing seems to work.
I'm thinking about doing a clean OS install if this is some software related issue so any input is appreciated!

I've the same problem after the mainboard has been changed two weeks ago. There are no signs or error messages. The MB restarts randomly during screen save.
Last restart time was today, 13:13 (1:13 pm). See enclosed extract of the system.log.
Any idea?
---- extract of system.log ----
26.05.09 12:30:07 [0x0-0x37c37c].com.microsoft.Word[6881] Tue May 26 12:30:07 Miraculix Microsoft Word[6881] <Error>: CGGStackRestore: gstack underflow.
26.05.09 12:30:07 [0x0-0x37c37c].com.microsoft.Word[6881] Tue May 26 12:30:07 Miraculix Microsoft Word[6881] <Error>: CGGStackRestore: gstack underflow.
26.05.09 12:30:08 [0x0-0x373373].com.apple.Safari[6839] Debugger() was called!
26.05.09 12:30:08 [0x0-0x37c37c].com.microsoft.Word[6881] Tue May 26 12:30:08 Miraculix Microsoft Word[6881] <Error>: CGGStackRestore: gstack underflow.
26.05.09 12:30:08 [0x0-0x37c37c].com.microsoft.Word[6881] Tue May 26 12:30:08 Miraculix Microsoft Word[6881] <Error>: CGGStackRestore: gstack underflow.
26.05.09 12:30:08 [0x0-0x37c37c].com.microsoft.Word[6881] Tue May 26 12:30:08 Miraculix Microsoft Word[6881] <Error>: CGGStackRestore: gstack underflow.
26.05.09 12:31:13 com.apple.launchd[5091] (0x10f6c0.Locum[6899]) Exited: Terminated
26.05.09 13:13:34 NML2NDeviceObserver[5097] Stop device observer...
26.05.09 13:13:34 com.apple.launchd[5091] ([0x0-0x266266].com.apple.dock[5105]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 5262 PPID 1 DashboardClient
26.05.09 13:13:45 [0x0-0x277277].com.brother.utility.USBserver[5161] Tue May 26 13:13:45 Miraculix USBserver[5161] <Warning>: CGSShutdownServerConnections: Detaching application from window server
26.05.09 13:13:45 [0x0-0x277277].com.brother.utility.USBserver[5161] Tue May 26 13:13:45 Miraculix USBserver[5161] <Warning>: CGSDisplayServerShutdown: Detaching display subsystem from window server
26.05.09 13:13:45 com.apple.KernelEventAgent[24] KernelEventAgent: sysctl_queryfs: No such file or directory
26.05.09 13:13:45 USBserver[5161] HIToolbox: received notification of WindowServer event port death.
26.05.09 13:13:45 com.apple.launchd[5091] ([0x0-0x38d38d].com.apple.ScreenSaver.Engine[7009]) Exited: Terminated
26.05.09 13:13:45 com.apple.launchd[5091] (com.apple.pboard[5104]) Exited: Terminated

Massive Graphical Problems after Update zo 4.3

i updated my sony xperia Z1 to Android 4.3 build 14.2.A.0.290 and i got massive graphical problems ! most of the games doesnt work anymore.
the games start but half ot the graphics is missing - for example the background layer is shown but the foreground layer is missing with buttons, player charackter , landscapes and so on .... for example hungry shark evolution, elder sign, i, gladiator, dead trigger 2. some games are working normally like asphalt 8 .... but 80% are NOT working ....
why does sony put this update live ????

I think this could be related to the games and Android 4.3 not being fully compatible with older versions of the game APK.
Some developers provide a different APK for different Android versions.
Have you tried to uninstall and download the games again from Google Play store?
If it still wont work I think the game developer may need to optimize the game for Android 4.3.
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Graphic problems in OSX with following Crash

Hello
got my MacBook for one week and experience repeating very frustrating crashes with the same pattern.
After working for several hours with the Book the shadow of several Applications start beeing not rendered properly as semi-transparent gradient anymore but instead as opaque stripes (see picture below). In the following hour more and more Applications start behaving like that.
This goes on until at some point (sometimes earlier, sometimes later) the Systems hangs. That is to say every Application (except iTunes which continues playing smoothly) gains probably only a half percent cpu time (i.e. one crash happened while starting eclipse - after 15 minutes not even 10 percent of the loading statusbar had shown - though the program normaly needs only 5-10 secs to completely load)
My first thought was that this is an OSX related problem so I reinstalled OSX - problem occured again.
So I opened the Terminal with top and waited for the next 'crash'. top showed me an overall CPU usage of 5% - though the laptop was not usable at that point anymore.
Next idea was that there had been damaged RAM in the device (which would explain the graphic problem since the system RAM is the same as the graphic RAM). So i wrote a python script which produces a matrix consuming all available RAM and processes endless matrix operations cycling through the allocated RAM blocks while doing this. After 4 hours of nothing happening I stopped that.
However it has been several years I had my last mac so I installed Bootcamp and run the same script in Windows again - knowing that Windows would immediately crash with a kernel panic once a RAM problem occurs. But 4 hours later nothing happened. Also a test in 3DMark did not take down the computer.
So I reinstalled OSX again thinking it might be something like SIMBL or another app which deep systemcalls. I reinstalled a vanilla OSX (10.4.6) which came with my MacBook and only installed the Applications I mostly require for working (the MacBook is my only computer) - TextMate, Maclipse, MacPython, XTools, PathFinder (the last one for convenience though ).
And the crash came again.
Afterwards I looked through the Console logs but haven't found anything unusual (at least nothing looking suspicious judging from my linux experience).
At the time of the crash which happened after I took the picture only iTunes, TextMate and the Finder where running (and had been from the starting time of the system).
I don't know what to do anymore. If someone has any helpfull suggestion, thoughts, or related ideas please share them with me.
thanks in advance.
MacBook (2GHz, 512MB) - 4H622xxxxxx Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Seems this is a widespread problem so I close this thread in favour of the existing one, accessible at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=489831&start=0&tstart=0
MacBook (2GHz, 512MB) - 4H622xxxxxx Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Graphics problem mac book pro late 2011 model

I have a mac book pro late 2011 model.my screen gets grey after the apple logo pops up and freezes and it becomes extremly hot.as my mac was out of warranty i gave it for repair but it didnt resolve as it was a graphics problem.later on i came to know that a lot of mac book pro late 2011 model users have the same problem.will apple change the logic board for me as its just two years old and i paid around Rs.120000 for that mac and now i am not able to use it.i saw the logic bard price and its like Rs.45000 which is like too expensive.i dont know what to do? i came across a forum saying apple will replace the logic board for free if its graphics related issues for mac book pro late 2010 model if its within 3 years from the date of purchase. here is the link .
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4088?viewlocale=en_US
I am a student and it took much time and money to buy that mac.please let me know if someone can help me replacing the logic board.its just two years old and as new as i bought. pls help

You're having the problems as discussed in this -> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?tstart=0 - thread. There is no scheme to replace the logic boards as there was for the 15" mid-2010 model. Depending on where you are and what consumer rights you may have under the laws of your country, Apple will likely want to replace the logic board (at a substantial cost). The best 'fix' for the problem at this time is to have the GPU BGA reballed back onto the logic board.
Take a look at the thread and see if you've the same problems - it only affects 15" and 17" 2011 models, not the 13" model. If you've the 13" model, you have a different problem.
Good luck,
Clinton
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS Mavericks 10.9.4, 16GB RAM, 960GB SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

XServe G5 graphics problem

I recently migrated from an xServe G4 to an xServe G5 via Apple restore and putting the G4 in target mode.
However I am having some graphics problems with the xServe G5 (time machine not displaying properly) and I believe it is a video driver issue. When I check the system it shows the graphics card is a
chipset VTXP jjbabacd,
ROM Macos Drvr Vrsn 1.4.
Can anyone shed some light on who the manufacturer is and where I could download a current firmware/software driver for this video chipset?

Invoking Time Machine has some pretty heavy graphic requirements and I have a strong suspicion that your video card isn't up to displaying the heady 3D graphics required to start-up TM.
Believe it or not this happened to me with the OS X 10.5 beta when I threw it on an old G4 box. The stock video card has been replaced at some point with something worse and it didn't have the memory or horsepower to start TM and it just failed to a black screen. I just checked my emails from that time with Apple but I don't see an explicit listings for what was required but I think at minimum it needs to be able to invoke Quartz Extreme (and maybe OGL) to start-up. The requirements are pretty meager by todays standards but the card you have may not measure up.
Good luck,
=Tod
EDIT: Totally slipped my mind that System Profiler will tell you whether Quartz Extreme is hardware supported or not. Graphics/Displays near the bottom "Quartz Extreme: Supported" so that should be easy to check.
Message was edited by: Tod Kuykendall

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