On Nov 4, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Jim Scott wrote: > > On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:53 PM, a1 wrote: > >> So what are the standard steps for this situation. iMac was on, I came >> back in the room and the screen was utterly black. Rest of computer >> seems to respond i.e boots, cd drawer opens, even seems to go into >> sleep mode and wake. But no video. Hope this isn't fatal since its my >> fave mac! > > If you shine a bright light onto the screen while the iMac is running, do you > see faint video images? If the answer is yes, then you most likely have a bad > inverter, which is inside the LCD case.
Or a failed backlight bulb, also inside the LCD case. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
