my imac dv 400 was a customer return. the manager wanted to get some of the returned computers out so he dropped price to 150.00. all that was wrong was that the color would be dark purple after boot, but would go away after rebooting. i leave it on most of the time so the problem only occurs occasionally. but (don't laugh) i have it setting on top of a kensington (Apple) IIgs System saver (has a fan). (so if anyone has one they don't need i need another one because the bearings are going on this fan...) charles l
Melvyn Halbert wrote: > > Yes, I have had lots of experience (too much!) with similar behavior. I > bought my iMac 400 DV SE new in December 2000. It worked fine for 1-1/2 > years. > > Then in May or June 2002 the display began to get twitchy some 15 to 60 > minutes after initial startup, showing horizontal shrinking such as you > describe and also simultaneous vertical stretching by about 10 or 20%. The > screen changes were sudden and discontinuous, and were interspersed with > temporary returns to a normal display. They were brief at first, but > gradually stayed for longer and longer periods. Worse yet, within the next > hour or so after the display instability started, the machine would > unpredictably freeze up -- totally! > > Looking on this mailing list and others, I found lots of postings from > dozens of people having display problems with this or earlier models of the > CRT iMac. My local Apple repair shop told me that what I was seeing > sounded to them like a failure of some component on the analog/video board > (not the logic board). They would not attempt to replace the bad > component, but would only replace the board with a new one (about $200 from > Apple plus about $100 labor). Following a lead I found on a mailing list, > I found a repair shop in Oregon that would do the job somewhat cheaper, but > the expense of shipment across the country and back would have erased most > of the savings. > > Then about a week later, and for no apparent reason, the computer stopped > its bad behavior and I had trouble-free operation for the next 14 months! > I was puzzled but glad. > > However, in August 2003 the twitchy stretching/shrinking resumed and I was > lucky to get a half-hour's usage before freeze-up set in. By this time, > investing $300 in repair seemed a foolish alternative to buying a new > computer, such as the 1.0 GHz eMac with Combo optical drive then available > through my university store for $849. This time I bought AppleCare to > protect me from the cost of hardware problems for at least three years. > > In my opinion, gathered from my own experience and from seeing a hundred > messages like yours, Apple's design of the CRT iMacs was flawed, perhaps > from using some substandard components in the display circuitry, and > probably aggravated by heating due to the lack of a fan. > > By the way, the eMac does have a fan, but its noise is scarcely noticeable > to a user seated in front of the machine. I really like this eMac! It is > really fast, has a beautiful large, bright, and sharp display. This is the > last model that can be booted up in OS 9, which has proved to be extremely > valuable several times already. > > Melvyn Halbert > > --original message--: > > > >Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:19:03 +1030 > >Subject: More SE stuff > >From: Mark McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Hi all > > > >New here, so don't know if this has been covered ... I have a 400 SE, and I > >notice from time to time -- not more than once a day -- the left and right > >edges of the screen seem to briefly contract towards the centre, then flick > >back to their proper places. The whole thing doesn't take more than about > >half a second. > > > >Reason I ask is that if it's the logic board about to go, I may have some > >chance of getting my money back. > > > >What say ye? Any experience of this? 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