On 13/02/2010 1:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 13/02/2010, at 12:15 PM, malcolm Tate wrote: > >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> This morning when I woke up the screen on my Emac running 10.4.11 was dim. >> I recalibrated the colours and it seems to be ok now. I was just wondering >> if this was the right thing to do, and if my computer is on its way out? >> Also, why would it happen? I've had the computer for a few years now and >> never seen this before. > > Hi Sam, > > Look closely at the screen, can you still see the icons in the background? > If you can and it seems extremely dark, then your problem is likely an LCD > inverter board. > This isn't a terribly expensive part but getting it replaced might not be > cheap labor wise. > > An LCD inverter is what powers the backlight for the screen. > > I would suggest you backup everything you need on your computer to an > external Hard Drive, as the eMac could well be on its way out. > > Cheers, > Ronni
Except eMacs have CRT's not LCD's? Which would mean it's the analog board or equivalent. Have fun, Shay -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
