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February 24th, 2003, 01:52 PM
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| imac screen problem i have this lovely pink imac that has decided to be a pain in my neck. first the hard drive failed. no big deal. just replaced it. thing is, before i replaced it the screen went crazy. basically, it now has a weird tilt on the screen that cant be fixed in the display properties and every word, image, anything on the screen is stretched and blurred. it is definately a hardware issue, but i dont know much about this kind of problem. oh, also, if i open a large window (like safari) the blurriness clears up. so anyway, if anyone has any idea what the problem is or thinks they know how to fix it i would love to hear your thoughts on the subject.  |
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February 24th, 2003, 02:16 PM
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| any chance you are using silk or have been messing with your anti-aliasing prefs in any way? just taking a stab in the dark here, but if different software gets rid of it, it's got to be in your settings and not in the monitor. you did say that you have tried to reset your display prefs to default, right? does this occur when booted in os 9 as well?
__________________ 20" 2ghz iMac G5 | 2GB ram | os 10.4 | 15" Ti PB 867 | 1 gb ram | os 10.3.9 | grape imacDV 400mhz | 512 mb ram | os10.2.8/9.2.2 | smc barricade router w/sbc yahoo dsl | HP psc-2355 all-in-one printer | graphire2 | Living happily ever after, every now and then |
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February 24th, 2003, 02:20 PM
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| its not just any app. it is any app with a big window and non complex animations it seems. sometimes safari wont fix it depending on the page i have loaded up. i would try os9 on it, but i have a very small hard drive right now and i dont have the room to spare really. what is this silk thing? |
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February 24th, 2003, 02:43 PM
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| silk added anti aliasing to apps back before the system did. if you don't know what it is, then it couldn't be an issue. sorry i'm not being any real help here.
__________________ 20" 2ghz iMac G5 | 2GB ram | os 10.4 | 15" Ti PB 867 | 1 gb ram | os 10.3.9 | grape imacDV 400mhz | 512 mb ram | os10.2.8/9.2.2 | smc barricade router w/sbc yahoo dsl | HP psc-2355 all-in-one printer | graphire2 | Living happily ever after, every now and then |
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February 24th, 2003, 04:43 PM
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| just out of curiosity, have you tried any disk repairs? disk utility would be a start. the only repair program that comes to mind that specifically checks monitor stuff is techtool pro.
__________________ 20" 2ghz iMac G5 | 2GB ram | os 10.4 | 15" Ti PB 867 | 1 gb ram | os 10.3.9 | grape imacDV 400mhz | 512 mb ram | os10.2.8/9.2.2 | smc barricade router w/sbc yahoo dsl | HP psc-2355 all-in-one printer | graphire2 | Living happily ever after, every now and then |
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March 2nd, 2003, 10:26 PM
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| just a guess here. could a magnet have fallen off of the monitors yoke? or could the yoke assembly have come loose from the tube. BTW these are not things to check if you are not familiar with TV and the power involved. (assuming you have a CRT) You say it is a hardware issue but then say it clears up with large windows. This would lead me back towards a software issue. anyways good luck |
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