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User profile for user: Abbstrack
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24inch iMac scren appears to be transparent

I'm using a 24in iMac purchased in August 2008, and using it for photo editing...my monitor appears to be transparent..when i'm in on application, I can almost see an underlying layer of whatever other application is open, or in some cases even silhouttes of whatever image is currently being used as my desktop. My display is set at 1920 x 1200, and brightness is turned all the way up. i have it currently set to the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 color profile.

does anyone know how I can get rid of this. it gets really distracting when looking at images in full screen.

iMac 24in, Mac OS X (10.6.1), 2.8Ghz Core Duo 4GB ram NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Posted on Feb 17, 2010 8:50 PM

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User profile for user: Roald Hoolwerf
Roald Hoolwerf
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Feb 18, 2010 5:10 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Are you absolutely sure that the lines that you are seeing are from an active program that's running in the back, at that very same location?

It looks like 'screen burn-in' to me. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in
Have you let your computer run for a very long time without a screensaver at full brightness? Burn-in can still happen sa far as I know..

You can try Googling for burn-in solutions.. If it's really burn-in, I don't think you can fix this easily.


Hope this was helpful, eventhough it's not exactly good news.
Regards.
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User profile for user: Abbstrack
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Feb 18, 2010 6:33 AM in response to kguy

thanks for the suggestions. I will give them a shot and report back.

I do a ton of editing on my machine, and for the past week i've had it running overnight in numerous attempts to save my aperture libraries..and though the problem seems worse in the past few days, i've noticed it for quite some time...

i typically do not leave my machine running without a screensaver.

should these not work, is this something that would be covered under my apple care?

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User profile for user: kguy
kguy
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Feb 18, 2010 7:38 PM in response to Abbstrack

Hi-

Image Persistence is considered to be a user-created problem, and some people report of being unable to get AppleCare service for these problems.

Running screen savers is great for preventing the problem, however, if you ALREADY have image persistence problems, they may not clear up with screen savers alone.

Follow the white screen routine to clear the image persistence first, and then keep up a steady diet of using screen savers to prevent the problem from occurring again.

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User profile for user: Abbstrack
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Feb 18, 2010 8:40 PM in response to kguy

thanks. I did the white screen/screensaver routine, and I've already noticed the problem has cleared up quite a bit. and while I do use screen savers, its apparent i need to change the settings so they are on more frequently. I also think this was the result of having my machine run overnight for the past week trying to upgrade and reupgrade aperture libraries.

thanks for your help!
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24inch iMac scren appears to be transparent

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