Vertical coloured lines on screen

Vertical coloured lines recently appeared - most stayed permanently - on screen. On-line research tells me that models with serial numbers W8....have this problem now. Mac retailers here say they have never heard of this. Solutions? Suggestions please.

Read the last twenty or so comments and then follow the directions from others to call Apple Care to see if your iMac qualifies for the program for Apple to replace the display out-of-warranty. This mostly applies to Early 2006 iMacs Core Duos.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1580232&tstart=0
The important piece of information is that for others Apple Care covered repair under EM80 article.
Dah•veed

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