[geeks] Problem with my Screen

[vance at neurotica.com]

Whew.  Applecare covered it.

Peace...  Sridhar

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Andrew Weiss wrote:

> A row of transistors is stuck on in one case green in the other blue.
>
> You would need a replacement LCD...
>
> If you do a mail-in Apple repair it might cost a bit but it'd be less
> than taking it in and getting charged for the LCD which is usually
> $1000 plus.
>
> Apple wants $330 flat to fix my Pismo... I might do it soon, but the
> problem can wait... Mine is a case of not being able to warm boot...
> only cold boot.  If I warm boot I get a flashing question mark... If I
> power off and back on I boot normally.  Sleep is ok too so I think it's
> the motherboard (not the power board) or the hard disk.  What would
> suck is if it is the hard disk and I still get charged for the repair
> and then have to replace the drive anyway.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 12:59  AM, vance at neurotica.com wrote:
>
> > The screen on my PowerBook G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) seems to have
> > developed
> > two vertical lines about two thirds of the way to the right side of the
> > screen.  One is green and one is blue and they are about an inch and a
> > half apart.  What causes this?  My laptop has been sitting on a table
> > for
> > a while and hasn't been stepped on or dropped or anything like that.
> > Any
> > ideas?  I'm thinking of taking it to the Apple Store to have them look
> > at
> > it.
> >
> > Peace...  Sridhar
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