Yellow-ish Tint On Screen

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Yellow-ish Tint On Screen

I'm trying to breathe some new life back into my Blueberry G3 iBook running Mac OS X 10.2.8. This was a great little machine that I bought as new back in 2000. Initially everything was fine, but over the course of about 4 years various things started to go wrong.

Just before I originally upgraded the system from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X the colour of the iBook screen started to change, to display what I can only decribe as a yellow-ish tint. At first the change in screen colour was subtle, but then it became more obvious. For me, the strange thing about this discolouration is that it is appears to be more intense on the left side of the screen and fades towards the right side of the screen.

I've tried resetting the PMU and the PRAM, altering the colour calibration settings, but so far nothing has worked. Has anyone come across anything similar? All thoughts, help or advice would be gratefully received.

PowerBook G4 Titanium 1 GHz, Mac Mini 1.42 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5) Also own a PowerBook G3 (Bronze) 333 MHz, Blueberry iBook G3 300MHz, Mac SE

Posted on Mar 4, 2006 4:27 AM

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Answer 1

maciscool

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Mar 4, 2006 7:38 AM in response to iBiker

The reason this happens is because the backlight is getting old. Just like a fluorescent light the will change color, and fade over time.

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iBiker Author

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Mar 4, 2006 8:25 AM in response to maciscool

Thanks for the swift response Maciscool. Was this a known problem with the original iBooks? I only ask because my PowerBook G3 is a year older than my iBook, yet the colour of its screen is as bright as the day it was first powered-up. Any advice on what my options are to get it fixed?

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maciscool

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Mar 4, 2006 8:41 AM in response to iBiker

I am not sure if this only happens on the original iBook or not. I have an original iBook, and the screen is kind of yellow and very dim. But I also have an IBM thinkpad from 1994 and the screen is as bright as always. So this might be a design flaw in the original iBook.

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Answer 4

Mar 4, 2006 6:11 PM in response to iBiker

Have you tried ScreenCleanerPro from Ambrosia Software?

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/freebies/

I don't know how well it works on old LCD screens but it made a noticeable improvement on my iMac crt. It's free so perhaps there'd be no harm in trying, anyway.

iMac G3 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Okay, it's just an April Fool's Joke. But the first time I tried it I really thought it did something.

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