Yellow line on Imac

I have an IMAC 2006 that was working fine until I installed new software which was Snow Leopard a couple of months ago. Now I have a dotted yellow line running down the side of my screen. I call the 800 for apple and are told they can't help me because my comuter is to old!? So I call an apple store and they can't help because my computer is to old!? So where do I go now? It seems all APPLE is really concerned with is what they can sell you, not helping you fix what you already have this is the worst customer service ever!! I really don't think I would by another apple product based soley on their customer service! I mean I bought a computer that was over $1300 and now that it's too old no one can help me?? Does anyone at APPLE now anything about comuters more than 3 years old?!!

Hello, just other users here trying to help, but I do feel your pain.
Have you blown the dust out of it lately?
Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12381/temperature-monitor
iStat Menus...
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
And/or iStat Pro...
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/

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