Video Card overheating issue

I'm having issues with my intel based iMac. Whenever I play World of Warcraft, I am having overheating issues with my video card. I get weird graphical errata, slowdown, freezing, and system crashes because of it. I have tried capping the fps through console command, downloaded an application to raise the minimum RPMs on my fans, and set up a boxfan behind my iMac.
Where are the air-intakes on the 24" iMac? I would like to try using a can of compressed air, in case it is clogged by dust or lint.
What further steps can I take if that doesn't work? If I take it to my nearest AASP, can it still be repaired under warranty, assuming it's a hardware issue?
intel iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2.16 GHz intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 667MHz Bus Speed, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Run the hardware test that came with your machine:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081
If nothing is detected, it is likely your problem is the RAM.
If something is detected, take it to the AASP and have them repair what is detected.
If the program you are using is PowerPC based, upgrade it to an Intel based program. That may solve the problem.

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[ 28.766] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.38-ARCH x86_64
[ 28.766] Current Operating System: Linux myhost 2.6.39-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 27 21:26:22 CEST 2011 x86_64
[ 28.766] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/53882ab2-b171-4117-a8a2-6ec984ace8e2 ro
[ 28.767] Build Date: 30 May 2011 08:18:15AM
[ 28.767]
[ 28.767] Current version of pixman: 0.22.0
[ 28.767] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 28.768] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 28.770] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jul 3 14:20:49 2011
[ 28.800] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 28.801] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 28.817] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 28.817] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 28.817] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 28.817] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 28.817] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 28.817] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 28.817] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 28.817] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 28.837] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
[ 28.837] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.837] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 28.837] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.837] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 28.837] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.857] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 28.857] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.857] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 28.857] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 28.857] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.858] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 28.858] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/
[ 28.858] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 28.858] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 28.858] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 28.858] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 28.858] (II) Loader magic: 0x7d3440
[ 28.858] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 28.858] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 28.858] X.Org Video Driver: 10.0
[ 28.858] X.Org XInput driver : 12.2
[ 28.858] X.Org Server Extension : 5.0
[ 28.859] (--) PCI:*(0:3:0:0) 10de:06c0:10de:075f rev 163, Mem @ 0xdc000000/33554432, 0xc8000000/134217728, 0xd4000000/67108864, I/O @ 0x0000df00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 28.859] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 28.859] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 28.878] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 28.889] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 28.889] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 28.889] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 28.889] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 28.889] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 28.889] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 28.890] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 28.890] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 28.890] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 28.890] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 28.890] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 28.890] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 28.890] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 29.187] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 29.195] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.195] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 29.195] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 275.09.07 Wed Jun 8 14:34:43 PDT 2011
[ 29.195] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 29.195] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 29.195] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 29.196] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.196] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.13.0
[ 29.196] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 29.196] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 29.196] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 29.196] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 29.196] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 29.207] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.207] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.207] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 29.207] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 29.207] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 29.207] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 29.207] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.207] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.2.0
[ 29.207] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 29.207] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 29.207] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 29.208] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 29.240] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 29.241] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.241] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 29.246] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 275.09.07 Wed Jun 8 14:18:12 PDT 2011
[ 29.246] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 29.246] (--) using VT number 7
[ 29.255] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 29.255] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 29.255] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 29.262] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.262] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.262] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 29.262] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 29.262] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 29.262] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 29.270] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.270] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.270] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 29.270] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 29.270] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 29.270] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 29.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 29.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 29.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 29.272] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 29.272] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 29.272] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 29.272] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 30.069] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (AOC 2436 (CRT-1)) does not support NVIDIA 3D Vision
[ 30.069] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): stereo.
[ 30.070] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 480 (GF100) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1572864 kBytes
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.00.21.00.02
[ 30.070] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce GTX 480 at PCI:3:0:0
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): AOC 2436 (CRT-1)
[ 30.071] (--) NVIDIA(0): AOC 2436 (CRT-1): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 30.109] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-1
[ 30.109] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 30.109] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 30.109] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
[ 30.109] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 30.109] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[ 30.109] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 30.110] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080
[ 30.134] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (93, 94); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[ 30.134] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
[ 30.134] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 30.134] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[ 30.134] (II) NVIDIA: access.
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
[ 30.147] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 30.208] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[ 30.270] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[ 30.270] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[ 30.270] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 30.271] (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[ 30.271] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[ 30.271] (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
[ 30.271] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 30.271] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 30.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 30.272] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 30.272] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.2.0
[ 30.272] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 30.272] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 30.272] (==) RandR enabled
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 30.273] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[ 30.487] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[ 30.487] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 30.487] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 30.499] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.506] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 30.506] compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 2.6.0
[ 30.506] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 30.506] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 12.2
[ 30.506] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 30.506] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.506] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 30.506] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 30.530] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[ 30.530] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 30.530] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1/event1"
[ 30.530] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 30.530] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 30.530] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 30.530] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 30.561] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[ 30.561] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 30.561] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 30.561] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.561] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 30.561] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 30.583] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[ 30.583] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 30.583] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0/event0"
[ 30.583] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 30.583] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 30.583] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 30.583] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 30.590] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard (/dev/input/event4)
[ 30.590] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 30.590] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard'
[ 30.591] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.591] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: always reports core events
[ 30.591] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[ 30.623] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found keys
[ 30.623] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 30.623] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.0/input/input4/event4"
[ 30.623] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 30.623] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 30.624] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard (/dev/input/event5)
[ 30.624] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 30.624] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard'
[ 30.624] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.624] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: always reports core events
[ 30.624] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found 1 mouse buttons
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found relative axes
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found absolute axes
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found keys
[ 30.650] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Configuring as mouse
[ 30.650] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 30.650] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 30.650] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.1/input/input5/event5"
[ 30.650] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 30.650] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 30.650] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 30.650] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 30.650] (EE) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
[ 30.650] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: initialized for absolute axes.
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 30.651] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel (/dev/input/event6)
[ 30.651] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 30.651] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel'
[ 30.651] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.651] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: always reports core events
[ 30.651] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[ 30.676] (--) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Found 9 mouse buttons
[ 30.676] (--) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 30.676] (--) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Found relative axes
[ 30.676] (--) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Found x and y relative axes
[ 30.676] (II) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Configuring as mouse
[ 30.676] (II) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 30.676] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 30.676] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 30.676] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.2/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/input/input6/event6"
[ 30.676] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel" (type: MOUSE)
[ 30.676] (II) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: initialized for relative axes.
[ 30.676] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 30.677] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 30.677] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 30.677] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 30.677] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 30.677] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 30.677] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event3)
[ 30.677] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 30.680] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event2)
[ 30.680] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
The more I investigate, the more I feel like this could be a hardware problem. I checked the CPU temp first, but it only reaches ~32 degrees celsius when the system hangs, so I doubt that's the cause. I've checked the cables (power and otherwise) between everything in my box, and it's all solid. I've also taken the sides off, thinking it my be an air flow issue, but that didn't solve it either.
On the software side of things, I've got nvidia, nvidia-utils, and lib32-nvidia-utils installed and they aren't popping any errors that I can see. When I run glxinfor or glxgears, nothing happens, the terminal just prompts me for input (which is actually an improvement, in Slackware, they hung the machine).
Again, any help on this issue is greatly appreciated, I'm at my wit's end about it.

I had a similar problem that turned out to be the graphics card working itself loose. So, if you haven't already, try taking it out, cleaning the contacts and plugging it back in. Worth a try and worked for me
Also, Xorg 1.10.2 & the nvidia proprietary driver don't seem to be in conflict for me so I think williewillus is mistaken.

My 27" imac won't boot in normal mode. The screen stays white. I have upgraded to Yosemite. However, the computer does boot in safe mode. Could this be a virus related issue or possibly a video card issue?

My 27" iMac will not boot in normal mode. The screen stays white. The computer will boot in safe mode. Could this be virus related or is it possibly an issue with my video card. Before this happened, my computer screen was flashing weird things and the computer would unexpectedly power down.

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Photoshop CS4 Issue with NVIDIA 8800 Video Card?

I have an Mac Pro Intel 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Xeon with 6GB RAM running OS X 10.5.5 and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT driving two monitors.
I just installed Adobe Photoshop CS4 fresh from a factory CD.
When I perform a Distort -> Lens Correction or do a Free Transform to rotate an image an arbitrary amount, and then follow that with a resize (tried 133% and 166%), the image ends up with a pattern of gray plaid overlaid -- especially visible in the darkest shadows. The pattern appears only on the rotated layers of an image.
This pattern persists if I quit and restart Photoshop, BUT -- there's no pattern visible if I open the same image in Photoshop CS3. It only appears in CS4.
This is easy to reproduce -- I just tried it with an image I created in Photoshop at 5x7" at 240dpi and filled with solid black.
I dropped a Bug Report to Adobe, and they wrote back suggesting "This is most likely an issue with your video card driver."
Anybody else out there having this issue? Anyone with an identical setup want to test this?
-=-Joe

You are in the PowerMac (PPC) G5 discussion....
Mac Pro is over http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=194
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405745&sliceId=2
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb404898
Would be nice if there were separate graphic drivers to play with.... ;-(

Adobe CS4 OpenGL issues with 10.6.2 and Intel GMA950 video card

I just upgraded to Adobe CS4 and in PS I cannot enable OpenGL. I'm running 10.6.2 on a Macbook with the Intel GMA950 video card.
I was wondering if 10.6.2 does not have the relevant drivers for CS4 to recognize this chipset or that since the video card is integrated (as opposed to a stand alone with the newer Macbooks) that Intel has not update the drivers? It ***** since I cannot use some functions inside PS without OpenGL.

Hello blue20 & welcome to discussions
1.) You can search these forums for the topic of:
Adobe CS4 GMA950
As an example, if you haven't already, in an effort to parse what's already been discussed.
2.) Have you looked at any of the Adobe forums:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2356530
3.) How many fonts are you working with?
The general approach at this time is to ask if you've checked for any problematic fonts (all languages) with Apple's Font Book (look in the Applications folder). Find and remove all duplicates also.
Start there to be sure all fonts that are in play come out with a clean bill of health.
Don't hesisate to perform wholesale deletion of old and/or little used fonts - be skeptical of anything that has come from Office 2008, including those related to an Equation Editor installation.
By all means be sure any 3rd party apps AND plug-ins are Snow Leopard compatible.
An additional measure is to clear the existing font caches:
http://www.macworld.com/article/139383/2009/03/fontcacheclear.html
That said, 10.6.2 release notes have this to say about fonts:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3874
Fonts fixes provided for:
• an issue with font spacing
• an issue in which some Fonts are missing
• font duplication issues
• an issue with some PostScript Type 1 fonts not working properly
Good luck in any case.

Two video cards issue

Any fix for the "Hardware cannot render at the requested size and depth" when having two video cards issue?

Now, the strange thing is: after a few initial issues one of the macs is doing fine. The second one, on the contrary, is a nightmare. Finalcut gives a green screen of death and hangs up suddenly while performing simple operations (like dropping a clip on the timeline).
I'm thinking of trying to replace the two video cards with an older single dual display card, and giving up the fancy lcd monitors (that i bought at vast cost), at least until apple issues an upgrade that adresses the two video card problem. <
If the machines are mechanically equal, it's obviously not the cards. Although you can only be absolutely certain if you swap the cards between machines and see if the green screen issue follows one or both cards.
However, that new LCD display and card combination doesn't have much time in the pipeline so there could be other issues and you're doing the beta testing for all of us. Blaming the reseller is pointless; no one can keep track of all of these issues. We only find out about them only because of reported failures.
You should research the "green screen" here on the forum. I do not recall if there are display or graphics cards issues associated with it. That seems unlikely. IIRC, it appears to be a QT issue.
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