Viewing issue data for week 2009-49
Summary (140 total)
Processor
3.06C2D: 42
3.33C2D: 2
2.66i5: 49
2.8i7: 47
Graphics Card
NVIDIA 9400M: 6
ATI 4670: 33
ATI 4850: 101
Screen Size
21.5": 16
27": 124
Hard Drive Size
500GB": 6
1TB": 119
2TB": 15
| Condition | iMac Specs | Source | Comments |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | ||
| Dead pixels | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | 3 dead pixel | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | ||
| Dead pixels | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Noisy Screen | 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo 500GB | Lucas Adam | My 21.5 iMac 3.06Ghz Core2Duo, 500GB Hdd/... the Display is makeing funny noise, when setting higher/lower backlighting... |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | http://adamac.org/27-imac-screen-flashing | |
| DOA (won't boot) | 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | ||
| Cracked glass (other location) | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 2TB | The Whole screen is smashed! | |
| Cracked glass (bottom left) | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | RiversidePines | ordered from MacMall |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | bobsy491 | Fine on day 1. Flickered after waking from sleep on day 2. |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 2TB | "mild" yellow tinge | |
| Noisy hard drive | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | sometimes clunky HD sounds | |
| flickering,pixels | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | black screen and something ive never seen before on a mac. it looks like a bar code across the center of the screen and the dock | |
| Cracked glass (other location) | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | ||
| flickering,pixels | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | 2 dead pixels | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | ||
| Yellow screen | 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo 500GB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 2TB | cjm42 | Screen goes black occasionally |
| Other issue | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | Wide blue stripe on screen | |
| flickering,yellow | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Some occasional flickering. Temperature or CPU/GPU usage doesn't make any difference. I also just noticed that lower right corner of the display is slightly yellowish. Yellow screen | |
| Cracked glass (bottom left) | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 2TB | netexpert | Refused delivery; cracked glass |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | flickered, then shifted and my dock was up in the top 1/3 of the screen | |
| Other issue | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | rodmagner | works fine except for the random black screen has gone black twice for a couple seconds, |
| DOA (won't boot) | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Dead pixels | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | happened once so far | |
| Noisy Screen | 21.5" 3.33 Core2Duo 1TB | MattCrellin | When running Windows the whistle disappears... Thats right, if I hold down alt so I can choose which OS to load I here the distinct whistle however as soon as windows begins to load the whistle disappears. I can run windows for hours without trouble -... Read More |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 2TB | sooners1 | After spending some time setting up minimal applications, attempted to "stress" the machine by running Marine Aquarium screen saver. Noticed that I could make the machine display flickering/choppiness after 15 minutes. It was almost exactly on the 15... Read More |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | don1958 | I received my i5 yesterday. I set it up straight out of the box with no migration and no installs. Within one hour of browsing and checking things out it started to flicker. A couple pretty good ones at first and then the screen went black for a second.... Read More |
| Dead pixels | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Yellow screen | 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | sirjoseph | Noticing that throughout the day that the yellow is spreading. Specifically across the bottom from the right to left. Definitely can't wait to get this resolved. |
| Yellow screen | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | tjtoed | Took my first 27" i5 back due to screen flickering after 9 says of ownership, the new one I received is showing the yellow tinge on the bottom half of the display. Very annoying... not sure it's worth exchanging yet again... my guess is this is more... Read More |
| Noisy Screen | 21.5" 3.33 Core2Duo 2TB | Charzzy | I've been using my replacement iMac for a few days now and it still has the high-pitch whistle when the brightness is in the middle, although it is not as loud as the previous iMac (which was headache-inducing!) so I think I'm going to keep it as it is... Read More |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | seems to flicker when doing complex tasks, ie. installing s/w, copying large volumes of data, etc. | |
| Noisy Screen | 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo 500GB | PaoloS | just received my new iMac 21.5" and it also has this very annoying high pitched whistle (like old CRT TVs). Serial W8949, hence made in Shanghai in week 49, if I'm not wrong. Differently from what others have experienced, changing brightness from min... Read More |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 2TB | I ordered the imac after seeing reports in the media of the problems thinking they would have fixed them, very surprised they hadn't white spot under glass and screen goes black temporarily, as well as flickering | |
| Cracked glass (other location) | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | Also had two defective screen pixels, 11 stuck camera pixels, and uneven backlight bleeding | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | smakus | I got the screen flicker once, about 5 minutes after the very first time I woke the iMac up from sleep. It didn't go away until I put the iMac to sleep, then woke it up immediately. Hasn't been back since, but I am waiting for it to. I also have a slight... Read More |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | ||
| Other issue | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | Scratch under glass. | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | exchanged for new machine (with same issue, reporting separately) | |
| other,yellow | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | This is my second iMac. First one had the bottom 1/3 of the screen yellow and it was picked up on the 30/11. Received my replacement yesterday and has a scratch under the glass or something like that, and the bottom left of the screen is yellow (only... Read More | |
| Other issue | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | Big_D_PC | Backlight bleeding: I sent my first iMac 27" back and waited 12 days for a replacement. I didn't take a picture the first time, and the replacement machine seems even more pronounced to me in the light bleed (corners of the screen - most prominent is the... Read More |
| Other issue | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | swixo | Got the i7, with 27". Screen washes out at the bottom right. In fact this screen is pretty hard on your eyes in general. My 24" imac (most recent version) has a perfect display. The new iMac 27" display is simply not acceptable and is definately NOT as... Read More |
| Other issue | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | dxgriffiths | Backlight bleeding: Got my replacement today, new, direct from Shanghai. No dead pixels, but the obvious uneven brightness on a black screen is still there. If only Apple's default wallpaper wasn't a picture of space!! The bottom right corner isn't as... Read More |
| Other issue | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | cfrea | I am having the exact same issue with backlight bleeding. Mine doesnt have a yellow tinge but it bleeds from all areas of the screen. This is on a 27" imac. Apple is replacing the unit but I fear the new one will do the same. This is completely... Read More |