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iMac display failure

  • 21-09-2013 09:52PM
    #1
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭


    Help appreciated :)

    I have been searching online but never found a solution.

    I own a 27" iMac and it was bought around 2008, never gave any trouble

    Today the screen would flick to complete darkness for a few seconds and then return.

    Now it's completely dark and I cannot get it to return. Tried turning it on & off and didn't work. It's powered on, I can hear it
    running and it can charge my ipad.

    Is this a super expensive repair? :(

    Thanks for any help


Comments

  • #2
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Just as I finished typing that it came back for about 10 seconds flickering badly and has now gone again

    Thanks


  • #3
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    if it's a 2008 model then you have an imac 24" GPU is a common problem for those you might want to get it checked by an apple repair centre.


  • #4
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Oh it's 27 inch alright

    Maybe it was bought in 2009. Don't quite remember exactly when

    27 inch definitly though


  • #5
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    If I can bump my own thread I finally got around to taking this to a repair shop in Dublin

    Graphics card is toast and was quoted 350 euro for a new graphics card plus labour :(

    Maybe one day someone will search for this thread after having a similar issue.

    Seems it's a common problem with this range of macs from 2008/2009!


  • #6
    7upfree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭7upfree


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Seems it's a common problem with this range of macs from 2008/2009!

    Not good enough really. Not for the premium charged.


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