Comments on: iMac LCD problems continue to grow

By: Don Saar

Don Saar — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:49:46 +0000

I have a 3+ year, out of warranty, LaCie Photon 19 Vision monitor which has screen streaking and visual distortions. After much contact with these people out in Oregon, LaCie neither provides repair service nor do they indicate from where any replacement part(s) may be obtained! Therefore, do not buy LaCie monitors. Period. End of this discussion. Don Saar, contact@relativitycalculator.com

By: Tamara H.

Tamara H. — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:13:27 +0000

3 weeks ago I got the smame problem with my 17” iMac that I bough 3 years ago, an of course it is no longer under waranty. The computer is fine and works just as well as it did when I first got it but can’t use it since the LCD screen does not work. So I was told by the authorised Mac technitian that a new screen is $590 + labour + tax so over $750 to repair.

This is just so frustrating to say the least.

By: Leewardboy

Leewardboy — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:08:11 +0000

iMac G5 Insight – 1″ wide white vertical bar down center of screen.

Genius at AppleStore said video card – repair $1100+. Given the next line: Is Apple trying to hide a problem with their LCDs?

Bought VGA adapter and hooked up LCD monitor – works perfectly. Genius wrong – not video card.

LCD is bad – frustrating as this is the only Mac i’ve owned that did not require repair under AppleCare which ran out about last October (2008).

(1) SE/30 – mother board and two other repairs I can’t remember. Last repair may have been out of warranty but the tech looked really upset and he repaired it and did not charge.
(2) iMacDV400 – 3 or 4 hard drives under AppleCare. Warranty ran out and I had someone drop in a 30 gig HD (non-Apple) – machine has worked fine ever since.
(3) iMac G5 20″ – hard drive and mother board and possibly a power supply under AppleCare. I repaired it last time out of warranty at AppleStore (power supply). Still running.
(4) iMac G5 17″ Insight – not one problem during AC coverage. Now 1″ vertical white band in center of screen. Bad LCD.

By: Fabián Contreras

Fabián Contreras — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:29:54 +0000

Tengo una Imac17 y el problema es igual, empezaron a salir rayas verticales y ahora no se puede trabajar, todo esto ocurrió despues de expirar la garantia (1 año y medio), en Guayaquil (Ecuados) somos muchos los afectados y esperamos una pronta solución de Apple pues no quisieramos llegar a algún tipo de demanda por defectos y por perjuicios de trabajo
Guayaquil – Ecuador

By: M.Ichiyama

M.Ichiyama — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:31:56 +0000

If some of the early posters want to Google “iMac LCD lines” now, I think there will be no doubt that it’s more than just 80 iMacs with this LCD issue. A lawsuit has been filed in January 2009 and, to date, Apple has not informed owners what the issue is, what can be done to prevent the problem or whether they will take any action to correct a design or manufacturing defect.

Remember iPod batteries? The company had to deal with that. Most recently, the Nano’s scratch prone LCD lawsuit has been settled.

Perhaps Apple could take a lesson from Dell, when their laptops and SFF motherboards developed leaking capacitors (the board builder used capacitors that were defective because it utilized a design that was the result of industrial espionage), they did a one time warranty extension and replaced the system boards for one year.