[thechat] my iMac frightens me...
Bob Davis
bobd at members.evolt.org
Mon Jun 18 15:39:58 CDT 2001
At 12:37 PM -0700 6/18/01, you wrote:
>My strawberry iMac... love it to death. Had it for over 2 years
>now. It's done well by me.
Yeah, they become like old friends, don't they?
The way the space bar is a little more polished on one side than the
other, the way the 'j' and 'f' feel under your index fingers...the
key travel, the little sounds they make...it's *your* computer.
>It started subtle... at the highest resolution, the monitor would do
>funny things... seem irregular.... subtle waviness...
Like degausing? Slight moire patterns? Or is it a blip, where the
whole thing kind of shrinks and gets better.
>Now something just started... while I work, regardless of the
>resolution... the screen blips off for a sec... then back on... the
>monitor... computer itself not affected... I am afraid. I am
>afraid it will blip off, never to return.
I've seen it with my Apple 17" display too. It seems to be worse
when I've had the windows open and there's a lot of dust and pollen
in the air. I think it's just just getting into the boards. It might
cause a slight short for a sec, and then clears up.
I'm not sure though. It's been doing it off and on for about 2 years.
Windows open could also mean heat related (no AC where I've been
living - but we're more concerned with heat than cooling in NH).
>Anyone more plugged in than I recognize this behavior? I have never
>experienced it with any computer prior to this.
Yeah - It freaked me out, but nothing has come of it since. Every
once in a while I try to blow the monitor out with compressed air.
Your iMac uses convection for cooling - that's why it's so quiet: no
fans - so it might be more susceptible to dust contamination (fans
often times have filters on them - the iMac does not, AFAIK).
>Anyone know what is in store for me and how much it will cost?
If the monitor fries, you can still recover the data - but it might
be cheaper to get a new machine. It's not easy to find people who can
fix them. Did you get the extended warrantee?
Don't worry though. Mine has been doing it for a long time and hasn't
failed yet. I fully expect that some day it will blip out and not
blip back though.
You might be able to find a better answer in the Apple discussion forums:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/
There really is a lot of good stuff in there.
bob
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