imac Screen Issue Part 7

Another good* installment today.
The screen dies almost immediately and continues to misbehave for the entire duration of the video.

Highlights:

0.09 - screen flickers
0.27 - screen dies
1.00 - osx has loaded, but screen remains dead
4.10 - screen comes back to life
4.39 - screen dies
8.35 - screen comes back to life
9.02 - screen flickers
9.03 - screen dies
9.19 - screen comes back to life
9.57 - screen flickers
9.58 - screen dies
--- YouTube 10 minute limit cut-off ---
12.39 - screen comes back to life
13.08 - normal (?) service resumes



*I mean bad

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• imac
• apple
• screen
• osx
• broken
• inactivity
• flicker

[charliebrown0028]

And yet you "#$"#% keep buying apple crap

[SuperSam990]

If this somehow comes up, wait for 1 or 2 month with black spot on the screen. Apple made a flop show on 27 inch imac. If this is new, get your money back ASAP.

[boazagmon]

hi man come and see my new video:"Apple made a flop"

and be happy to have you on "the official i-hate Apple" facebook group..:)

[DTOSX666]

I play lots of demanding games and watch 1080p movies constanly and my iMac 27inch with the 4850 isn't flickering

[chunksloth]

Buy expensive computer with weak graphics card... be happy and smug?

lol, whatever

[vovtoons]

The new iMac (Late 2009) has an Air Vent on Top in back & on Bottom in back, near the Power Cord. So it's better but not perfect.

[miked826]

I mean I look at the back of iMacs and cant see a single place for air to enter or exit. Is it waterproof or what? LOL

Oh, so they use different screen makers? I bet you the iMacs that do flicker all use the exact same screen maker and only those screens can't handle the lack of ventilation maybe? Fascinating Captain. LOL

[vovtoons]

Yea but it's not just the cable it's defective Screens from LG I presume. But I have to agree with your point. There's a lot of stuff crammed in there. But not EVERY iMac has these problems. I know someone with a 24" that the screen is flawless & never flickers.

[miked826]

The cable thing is an easy fix but to cram all that heat generating electronics into an unventilated monitor case is just crazy and uh dare I say stupid.

[vovtoons]

It's not just the ATI's that have the Problem. The NVidia has some problems. It's the Screen & the Screen cable going to the Video Card. I know because I have the same issue with my 21.5 NVidia iMac.