Suddenly white screen while online

Twice now my screen on my iMac suddenly turned white while I was online. The only way I could turn off the iMac was to pull out the plug. When I turned it on again the screen was normal. It never happened at the start up. Any ideas why this is happening? There was no way to shut down the iMac other than pull the plug. I tried everything. I'm obviously not a techie but could use your advice. This has happened since I updated to Snow Leopard.Thank you!

Ok, it sounds like you're all good now? If you had any sensitive information on the HD, you'll want to at least zero the HD, or do a 7 Pass Erase (boot from install disc > Utilities menu > Erase > Security Options). Note that this will take time, maybe a few hours (but at 76 hours, it sounds like you're the patient type ). After that, quit DU and continue with the installation process.

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I pretty much tried everything from verifying and fixing errors on the hard drive to running AHT (apple hardware tests) and I am still not sure what caused the issue. After a dozen or so of reboots the computer seems to work fine but I don't really know if I should be worried or not. I am a bit worried that the video card might fail at some point and this is just the beggining.
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Try resetting your SMC.
Resetting the SMC of an Intel-based portable Mac with a battery you should not remove on your own
Note: This will not delete any data.
The SMC is responsible for controlling various system functions. None of your data will be deleted by resetting the SMC.
Shut down the computer by going to Apple () > Shut Down…
Select Shut Down or allow the computer to shut down automatically.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter into a power source and then connect it to your Mac if you have not already done so.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift (⇧), Control (⌃), and Option (⌥) keys and the Power Button at the same time.
Release the (left side) Shift (⇧), Control (⌃), and Option (⌥) keys and the Power Button at the same time.
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I am restoring my MBP to it's out-of-the-box condition with the install disc. I understand that I should get a white screen while restoring, but the screen has been white for over 76hrs. Is this normal? It has been plugged in for the most part. I unplugged it once for about an hour and the screen went black/sleep. I plugged it back in and nothing happened so I pushed the on/off button. The white screen came on again as well as the startup chime.
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Ok, it sounds like you're all good now? If you had any sensitive information on the HD, you'll want to at least zero the HD, or do a 7 Pass Erase (boot from install disc > Utilities menu > Erase > Security Options). Note that this will take time, maybe a few hours (but at 76 hours, it sounds like you're the patient type ). After that, quit DU and continue with the installation process.

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Hey sekirsc,
Welcome to the forums!
Try to back up and complete a clean reload of the device software: http://bbry.lv/cG8oer and test before restoring any data.
Let us know how you make out.
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Sudden white screen

When you are sitting and working, sudden all screens becomes white/colored and you need to restart the computer in order to solve the problem. Does any one knows any solution to this problem? It occurs once in a while....?

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes) in the search box. Note the timestamps of those log messages, which refer to the times when the system was booted. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time after you had the problem. Select the messages logged before the boot, while the system was unresponsive or was failing to shut down. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the end of the log extract.
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
Still in Console, look under System Diagnostic Reports for crash or panic logs, and post the entire contents of the most recent one, if any. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

Sudden White Screen - Won't Recover

My iMac G4 hadn't given me a lick of trouble until last night. I left it on, as I usually do, while I was gone for about 45 minutes. When I got back, the screen was white. Restarting it didn't help. Unplugging it and starting it didn't help. When I restart it, I get the start up sounds, but just a white screen. Any help or suggestions for my monitor? It's about 4 years old now...
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Hello subodh_jai,
Welcome to the forums.
Try following the steps in this article to resolve your issue. http://bbry.lv/cKy9A0
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Hey Mari_43,
Welcome to the BlackBerry Support Community Forums.
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