[P1] bad AppleCare experience on video repair

Tom R. no spam tr5374 at csc.albany.edu
Thu Oct 2 10:29:47 PDT 2003


It's not the resolutions flash, it is before that flash.
It wouldn't seem to be static, it happens anywhere, including
at the AppleStore, on their corian counter (with technicians
observing).

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, William L Carr wrote:
 . . .
> Well, I've seen this sort of thing.   On PowerMacs, you can get an odd
> flash when changing resolutions.   Or after a Force Restart.    I think
> I saw it once on my iBook.   Scared me but it went away.
>
> I'm not an Apple Tech, (I wish!)  but I'd guess that it's a static
> burst of some kind.   You could look into getting an anti-static mat
> for your iBook.   I know I read about these someplace.   The plastic
> case isn't as well grounded at Titanium or Aluminum would be.
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