Re: What is this mark

2009-05-03 Thread Cy
Not under warranty. Ten of them? Yellow and blue stripes with black background? You've got a swarm, not a swoosh. I'll stop complaining. cy On May 3, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Manuel Marques wrote: > if you're still under > warranty, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rece

Re: What is this mark

2009-05-03 Thread Manuel Marques
Yeah, but in my case I have 10 of them. Fortunately, they're all in the same side of the screen... they don't bother me that much, except when I'm watching movies in fullscreen: those yellow and blue stripes with a black background really annoy me. But one stripe doesn't bother much - although, i

Re: What is this mark

2009-05-03 Thread Cy
In that case, one little Nike swoosh on the edge of a 24' screen is not all that annoying! I can live with it. Thank you. cy On May 3, 2009, at 5:20 AM, Manuel Marques wrote: > Either way, the solution is > replacing the entire screen, which is pricey (and my iMac is out of > warranty). I en

Re: What is this mark

2009-05-03 Thread Manuel Marques
Oh, I've got a few of those stripes (blue and yellow) in my Core Duo iMac. They appeared a while ago... probably a bad contact with the display connector, or a screen defect. Either way, the solution is replacing the entire screen, which is pricey (and my iMac is out of warranty). I ended up buyin

Re: What is this mark

2009-05-01 Thread Cy
Thank you; I'll give 'er a try cy . On May 1, 2009, at 4:48 PM, oor wrote: > > I believe it might be a screen burn-in. > > I had the same thing until I set my desktop to cycle through desktop > pictures more frequently. > > It won't go away at first but after about a day of cycles is should be >

Re: What is this mark

2009-05-01 Thread oor
I believe it might be a screen burn-in. I had the same thing until I set my desktop to cycle through desktop pictures more frequently. It won't go away at first but after about a day of cycles is should be gone. Oor On May 1, 12:02 pm, Cy wrote: > Hello list; > > Recently a blue-gray stroke a

What is this mark

2009-05-01 Thread Cy
Hello list; Recently a blue-gray stroke appeared on my monitor screen which has no connection with anything I do and does not seem to impede the computer's operation. It doesn't respond to anything, clicking on it, size adjustment, etc. It is about one inch from the top of the screen and