Hi Sam, > I could see all the icons, pictures, everything on the screen Ronni, it was > just dim, like someone had turned the brightness down.
Hi Sam, Make sure you back up your eMac, as I feel the eMac is wearing out, and perhaps its time to upgrade to a newer machine. I don't know much about the eMacs, it could be the unit at the back of the picture tube is wearing out. Shay has mentioned the analog board. One thing you could check (in case this has been changed by an update or something), is: Go to System Preferences > Universal Access. Look for the "Enhance Contrast" slider. If it is not set to normal, that can cause display problems. Just slide it back to normal. If it IS set to normal, then it is very likely the eMac is running out of time. Cheers, Ronni On 15/02/2010, at 9:14 AM, malcolm Tate wrote: > > Thankyou for your replies > > Sorry for the delay in replying, my weekend ended up flying by without me > realising it. > I have a Power PC G4, and as much as I wrote for clarification I think I was > hoping you would all go ... no, its fine, all computers do that from time to > time, its good .... > Looks like I may need to look at something new rather soon ... now the > debate, PC so its compatible for the kids school, or my lovely mac, and sort > out compatibility later lol. I could see all the icons, pictures, everything > on the screen Ronni, it was just dim, like someone had turned the brightness > down. > > Sam > > > On 14/02/2010, at 3:06 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: > >> >> 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>
