Dana Collins wrote: >Now my update: >the screen is now fine! (?) all prior negative symptoms are at present not >there! ???????
>I have no idea how this happened, except (I speculate) heat, and the need to >cool down as contributing factors. Is this a collateral symptom of the "Dark >corners" syndrome, Mad Dog? Not heat as far as I can tell, a screen with Corner Darkening Screen Syndrome (CDSS) seems to corner-darken even with the backlight off. I can't say I've ever felt _any_ heat coming from an unlit LCD, faulty or otherwise. The best speculative explanation I've heard suggests afflicted screens have excessively porous edges which allow in moisture and air which contaminate the edge and near-edge crystal material. >MTFT? Monochrome active matrix I wrote: >> SW related? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . . . then Dana wrote: >I must admit that was my very first thought as it booted up, and thought >that I would indeed have to wipe out the HD and install 7.5 afresh when I >got back to it. However (see my last post, sent about 15 minutes ago), upon >reboot tonight, the screen is perfectly fine! Hmph! I sent Tom Lee a >speculation about stored heat (what with no opportunity for the screen to >sleep during init/install) that finally registered upon reboot. Shutting >down cooled it off (note: this is a speculation only!). The caveat to our >mutual suspicion would be that to install, I booted UP with a Sys 7.6 CD - >would or wouldn't that count? My experience with CDSS is once afflicted, always afflicted. It does fade back to normal after being shut off for a few hours, only to reappear with further use. It has never seemed to get better, only worse. If your's did it just once I'll be very interested to hear if it cannot now be coaxed into a repeat performance. And that it coincided with an update from 7.5 to 7.6 is just so very curious. If CDSS started during the lengthy install, it should have been visible _before_ the reboot, and not just immediately after. Try leaving the 'Book on for a few hours (w/backlight off) and see if CDSS re-occurs. Best test would try that under both 7.5.x and 7.6. BTW, was the Duo located inside a fullsize Dock for the install? Did you actually see the screen before rebooting from 7.5? Hmm, would you mind going over again the exact sequence of events to your best recollection? I'll have Rusty the Bailiff swear you in at this point . . . :-) Since a Duo's screen is not 'active' when docked, I wonder if CDSS would occur to an afflicted MTFT Duo run inside a Dock for a few hours? Dan K ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
