Hmm. Not ideal, is it, and rather risky for work being done. Looks like another trip to hospital. I'll tell you if they manage anything.
Of course, any other help gratefully received. In my case, I don't think it's the eclipse! Ranulph On 4 Jan 2011, at 16:55, David Ransom wrote: > Sorry I can't help, but this sounds very similar to a problem I have been > having with my iMac. I can never predict when it is going to happen, but > suddenly the screen goes black. Everything sounds OK, but the only way out > seems to be holding in the power button until it shuts down. > > When I restart, everything is fine . . . until the next time. This happens at > most once a day. > > David > > On 4 January 2011 08:40, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: > Over the past 4 days my recently totally repaired (virtually every part was > replaced 2 or 3 times) 17" unibody has taken to generating a black screen. > Moving the pointer, hitting the brighter button doesn't help. I can't tell if > the machine is on or off, so I reboot, but sometimes it dies on reboot and I > have to do it again. > > The energy saver is off, screensaver is on, but the screen has darkened while > I was using it and I moved the pointer. in case it had gone over the hotspot. > > Before I take it back to Mac Hospital, has anyone a good idea? > > At least it's backed up, both on time machine and on a freestanding disc. > > Ranulph > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
