interesting idea, not sure I want to go that route though. Thanks,
hugh On Sep 1, 11:17 am, "SteveC" <st...@craftsathome.net> wrote: > I have an Intel iMac 17" and the screen went bad. So I connected the > video-out to my TV, placed it behind the TV, put XBMC on it, and now use it > as a media center for showing photos and playing video and serving music to > my Roku Soundbridge. You might want to go that route, fixing the screen is > just waaay to expensive for some reason. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: imaclist@googlegroups.com [mailto:imacl...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > > Of Clark Martin > Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:07 PM > To: imaclist@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: My 20" 1.25ghz imac Flat screen appears to have apparently > died. > > agalaevent wrote: > > I upgraded the hard drive to 500gb and the ram to 2mb approx 6 months > > ago and everything was running fine since in Tiger. I recently > > upgraded the puter to Leopard and it worked fine for about a week and > > then I left it for a few days running which I do a lot, and then when > > I came back the screen was black. I have rebooted, tried to boot off > > system disc and zapped the pram to no avail. I have since attached an > > external flat monitor and that is working.... > > > I guess this would summize that the screen is shot and not the battery > > or the graphics board, or is there any other possibility that I am > > missing? Any suggestions on how I can either economically replace the > > screen with a new or refurbished one and/or am I stuck with just using > > an external screen? Any thoughts or ideas are welcome..... > > Try un plugging the computer, give it a ten count then plug it back in > and turn it on. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
