dale275

Q: iMac 27inch Display - Dark on left side :(

I own a brand new 2011 27inch iMac.  It's been working great over the last two months.  However, yesterday the monitor seemed to dim and now the left side has darkened noticably.  It's exactly like this Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDn4G_TTICY

 

Any ideas before I call the Apple Help Desk?

 

Thanks,

 

D.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Sep 2, 2011 2:13 PM

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  • by soma115,

    soma115 soma115 Mar 19, 2016 11:32 AM in response to dale275
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    Mar 19, 2016 11:32 AM in response to dale275

    Just checking in iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) 3.1 GHz Intel Core i5 here with the same issue. I also have the AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB. Does anyone know if i bring it in to have the graphics card issue resolved that they will also look at the known screen issues?

  • by KrlosMarqz ,

    KrlosMarqz KrlosMarqz Mar 19, 2016 12:49 PM in response to soma115
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    Mar 19, 2016 12:49 PM in response to soma115

    Hi soma115, I had the same problem and I can asure you that there's no software or cheap solutions for this headache... Apple hasn't take the responsibility for this manufacturing fault till now and I don't think they will. The option that the genius gave me was to replace the display, but that wasn't my intentions taking into account the price... After almost 2 years working with the half of my display and daily internet searching, I decide to talk with a friend who is an expert in cold welding and showed him a youtube video with a alternative solutions that implies to re welding the left display cables. So I left him my iMac 27" mid 2011 Core i7 3.4Ghz with the same hope that a father has when left his son in the hands of a doctor for a crucial medical surgery, and thank God everything went  good! now I have my display working in it's whole extension and pixels. Here's the link with the video I've mentioned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSzmyqQFZ2M

     

    Cheers,

     

    Carlos

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