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crwdns2934241:0crwdne2934241:0 Eric Drust

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I have thoroughly cleaned every aspect of this iMac.  There is no dust left.  I put new thermal paste on both the CPU and the GPU.  Using SMC fan control I have increased the CPU fan speed (which also cools the GPU), and the artifacts have been significantly reduced.  Not gone, but much better than before.  Initially when I boot the computer or return from sleep mode there are several minutes before anything shows up.  I think Apple can fix this issue, and it would not cost them a whole lot.  If they made an optional flash utility for these computers (my research is showing this as a very common problem), which reduces the clock speed of the core, I am sure the issue would go away.  Sure our graphics would be a bit slower, but that is a lot better than an $800 logic board replacement.  I once had an iMac G4 800 which was not stable until I used it in the garage during the winter.  I found the PLL control resistors on the logic board and cut the iMac down to 700MHz.  It was perfectly stable after than even in high ambient heat.

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