Colored vertical lines on PB 17" display

meanwhile I'm writing this reply, my 17" PB (of course, an W8 serial number) is increasing his number of VL.

Thanks a lot, people of Apple. Everyday you are becoming more and more in the Bill Gates way of doing things. Are you going to start a Fundation too? Are you going to put your huge profits in some noble cause in order to clean your reputation? In that case, I'll pay the repair with pleasure!
But please, tell me the true cause and charge me the real price!

You are absolutely right!

Hi!
not necessary to mention that i have the same problem (seven lines at the moment)
did anyone have success in making that problem pubilc yet? (apart from little online articles)?

I will contact the mayor german computer magazines.

cheers mat

now i ve the same problem from yesterday!!!!

What can i do...?

i'm really very disappointed

hi matthew,

i didn't contact any magazines yet, aber falls du unterstützung brauchst melde dich einfach nochmal hier.



due to a lack of alternatives i'm now using a 17" macbook pro and praying it won't get similar defects after its warranty has ended.
this will finally slow down the process of getting additional defect lines on the powerbook display. sort of an expensive solution though.

Thought I add another powerbook to the list. It's about 3 1/2 yrs old with a W84.... Serial number. The screen just went to bunch of vertical lines thru it this morning it. It still works and you can see the desktop but its like looking thru a screen - not sure its worth fixing.
Any one get your's fixed? What did they charge and where - I'm seeing $600 to $900. I'm assuming the LCD screen is bad but could be a bad board or cable - you think at least Apple would tell us what the fixes are - there appears to be more then one problem with these displays - I'm using my old imac and the 15 inch LCD display is perfect still (over 5 yrs old). I'd post a picture but can't seem to figure out how .... my wife uses the powerbook, looks like she may get a macbook for mother's day - we're cub fans, the lovable losers - we're also Apple fans which fits in nicely .....

now it appear another line!!!!!

please apple make something!

could it be that this thread has been edited by the moderators? again?

i get email notifications quoting replies that are not listed here in the thread.

Yes, where did the message go from Matthew K.?

matthew.k posted "Re: Colored vertical lines on PB 17" display" in "Colored vertical lines on PB 17" display" on May 15, 2008 10:13:36 AM

I'd like to join your attempt, Matthew, but you seem to have been "shut down"? My email address is <removed by host to protect your privacy>. Please contact me in the subject. /KERSTIN

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i'd like to join, too. anybody here should.
but i won't publish my email address here.

maybe matthew will (try to) post some info again here, or somebody else may collect the information.

has anybody got any contact info of matthew.k?

seems we don't get anywhere here.

No Matthew.k yet. Think we've got an editorial problem. Any idea how to find him?

what about this email link in the top right corner of each post?
how do i send an email to a user?
do i need to enter the username or the email address (which i don't know)?

Toady is apper my third line yuuuuuuuppi!!!!!

I CAN'T BELIVE!

Maybe (really maybe) the next update of Leopard can make something ???

Please again Apple Inc. help us.

sorry to disapoint you, daniele, but a software update cannot fix a defect display (hardware).

you should feel happy as long as you have only 3 defect lines on your display, because there will be more, a lot more of them in the next weeks.