I've taken it back and wlill use an external monitor until I can get somewhere where I can get someone to look and give a second opinion. Thanks guys.
On Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Keith Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > And it (the ribbon cable) might possibly just simply not be seated in > place securely. > Which would be considerably cheaper still !!!! > ================================================= > > Darren Morgan wrote: > > Before you spend a load of money, make sure it's not the display ribbon > cable. It's a £15 part. > > > On 13 May 2014 03:02, Michael Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Howdy, > > I have an 18 month old 13MBP retina. I recently had problems with the > trackpad which was fixed by authorised apple dealer locally. > > About a week later the screen flickered for a bit and then went black. I > plugged in my tv as an external monitor and it worked great, but I need a > portable option too. > > So I've just taken it to same auth dealer and they say there is > corrosion on the motherboard nr where the screen connects. They say it > could be the motherboard (£400) and if not then the screen might be at > fault (£300). > > It gets a load of wear and tear as I travel and work a lot but I've > never had more than a spots of tea on it. > > I trust the dealers, I think, but I don't want to spend £700 as it seems > excessive. I'm thinking of buying an external monitor and then an iPad with > keyword for trucking around with. Am I being foolish and have more problems > around the corner with the MBP. > > I have asked for a pic of the corrosion, so will see what comes back. > > Any advice welcome as it's looking expensive whichever way I look at it? > Also any suggestions on a decent monitor at a good price? > > I'll be going for warranties from now on. The best mac I ever had was my > first preintel one circa 2004 I think. It lasted 3 yrs without even a > reboot, the only thing that killed it was a pint of beer that an ex spilled > on it. Since then I'm lucky to ho a year without things starting to break. > Is this just me? > > Sorry to ramble. > > Michael. > > > -- > > Michael Dennis > > FanChants.com <http://fanchants.com/> > @FanChants <http://www.twitter.com/fanchants> > FanChants on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/fanchants> > > > > *Free *Apple > App<http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/fanchants-football-songs-soccer/id375910081?mt=8> > > *Free *Android > App<https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fanchants&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5mYW5jaGFudHMiXQ..> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > Darren Morgan > [email protected] > -- > You received this message because > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','smug%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Michael Dennis FanChants.com <http://fanchants.com/> @FanChants <http://www.twitter.com/fanchants> FanChants on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/fanchants> *Free *Apple App<http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/fanchants-football-songs-soccer/id375910081?mt=8> *Free *Android App<https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fanchants&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5mYW5jaGFudHMiXQ..> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
