Summary (90 total)
Processor
3.06C2D: 25
3.33C2D: 2
2.66i5: 16
2.8i7: 47
Screen Size
21.5": 8
27": 82
Graphics Card
9400M: 4
4670: 21
4850: 65
Batch (Week Built)
10-01: 90
| Condition | iMac Specs | Source | Comments |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | Flickering screen blacks out. Apple due to replace next weekend | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | pris | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | casha | occasional black screen |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | popey46 | |
| Flickering after Firmware Update | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 1TB | robbie.arnolda@gmail.com | Was fine for the first 4 days until I shut the unit down for 24 hours. Restarted after returning from a night away and viola! Flicker... ..blackout... ...flicker... ...blackout... |
| Flickering after Firmware Update | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | Everything else has been ok, until the 2nd day when screen flickering started. | |
| Flickering after Firmware Update | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| Flickering after Firmware Update | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | This already came with the latest firmware for the video card | |
| Flickering after Firmware Update | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| Flickering after Firmware Update | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | bsaive | Flickering began on day one out of the box. Performed software update and stopped briefly, and has now returned with a vengeance. Apple service guys at the reseller are hilarious, stating they don't know what "well-publicised" issue I am talking about> ... Read More |
| flickering,firmware | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | leech56 | |
| flickering,firmware | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 2TB | BuyArt | Spent an hour on the phone with Apple Care, but that didn't fix the flickering/screen black out. Just spent an hour at Apple store running tests, and they couldn't find a problem. Will be sending back for replacement. FYI, while I was at the Genius Bar... Read More |
| flickering,firmware | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | Started flickering and menu screen shifted dwon three inches after 3 days of use. | |
| flickering,firmware | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | soccersister | We are a documentary film company, this is to be our edit machine, we have booked the edit room and the edit technicians and now have no computer to edit our Series Down Time, MONEY, Broadcasters DEADLINES, update applied BY APPLE, Screen still flickers,... Read More |
| flickering,firmware | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 1TB | Top of display is very hot. | |
| flickering,firmware | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| flickering,firmware | 27" 3.33 Core2Duo ATI 4850 2TB | it's flicker is short, but is really irritable. | |
| flickering,firmware | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | KJR | 10-day-old imac 27 flickering problem escalating.firmware update, resetting PRAM and NVRAM, shutting down make no difference. Applecare says wait 3 weeks. poor solution for 20-year apple customer. not impressed. |
| Other issue | 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo NVIDIA 9400M 500GB | Restarted iMac"21" next day after working now Blue screen Also Screen come up squeezed Black bars on each side | |
| Other issue | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | First 27"imac = yellow tinge, 2nd 27"imac = light leak !! Grrrr!! light leak | |
| Other issue | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 1TB | I have an 24" model, I've had four usb mouse failures in 4 months, even the apple reps admit it is a common problem faulty mouse design | |
| Other issue | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4850 1TB | sometimes no wakeup after deep sleep | |
| Other issue | 21.5" 3.33 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | Dispaly green line | |
| firmware,other | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | smooshy | this was a replacement for 1st mac which arrived with dead pixels. flickering started on day 6. brought back to store - couldn't reproduce, but superdrive scratched discs so they replaced machine. superdrive scratches discs |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 2TB | 1st replacement unit, HD is more silent and yellow screen is better than the earlier one, but still BAD | |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| Yellow screen | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | SimonUK | Two 24" Imac's with screen issues (colour gradients, dark banding and dead pixels), one of which had a replacement panel (also faulty) later ... a new 27" as a replacement (non-refurb. - 'new') and still screen issues. Seems every generation has screen... Read More |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 1TB | Scrivener | Pronounced yellow tinge shading to blue white from bottom right to top left |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | 2nd better but not perfect 2nd better but not perfect | |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | Yellowing on the bottom third of the screen; otherwise perfect. It seems to have gotten worse over the past week. | |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | Jiten | Very slight yellowing at the bottom especially at the bottom right of my screen. Too bad everything about this computer was perfect |
| Yellow screen | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | ||
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| Yellow screen | 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | Sune Pedersen | Basically the whole lower middle of the screen is gradiently more yellow.... |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | Slightly yellowish bottom, increasing towards bottom right corner | |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 ATI 4850 2TB | PISS-YELLOW SCREEN OF DEATH! Mostly lower middle and right side of screen | |
| flickering,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 2TB | Setup my new i7 machine and tested it via imac.squeaked - Yellow tinge slightly visible along bottom. Flickering started within 15 minutes of boot-up. Very disappointing considering I had software preloaded so the machine was fired up before it was... Read More | |
| flickering,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| flickering,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 2TB | Update: The Firmware update took care of the flickering. Spoke to Apple care today about the slight yellow tinge in lower right corner. They refunded my money saying they did not know for sure when the LED screen issue would be solved. It was a custom... Read More | |
| firmware,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | ||
| flickering,firmware,yellow | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo ATI 4670 1TB | smooshy | took about a week before the flickering started. noticed the yellow after the yellow test |
| other,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 2TB | Scratches CD's!! | |
| other,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | star The display is cold blue at the top and piss yellow at the bottom with a big yellow spot on the right side. The display is also very "cloudy" in terms of uniformity! This is my fourth and last iMac 2009 and I want my money back! :( | |
| other,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | the 2nd one up the optical drive an knock every 42 sec yellow screen little bit better | |
| other,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 ATI 4850 1TB | 2. imac first received 12.17.2009 2 dead pixel and yellow 6 dead Pixel isight |