Viewing issue data for week 2010-08

Summary (41 total)

Flickering display: 2
Flickering after Firmware Update: 1
Other issue: 8
Noisy Screen: 4
Yellow screen: 29
DOA (won't boot): 1
Dead pixels: 3
Noisy hard drive: 5
Noisy fans: 2
Hard drive failure: 1
Processor
3.06C2D: 6
2.66i5: 16
2.8i7: 19

Graphics Card
NVIDIA 9400M: 2
ATI 4670: 4
ATI 4850: 35
Screen Size
21.5": 2
27": 39

 

Hard Drive Size
500GB": 2
1TB": 38
2TB": 1

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Condition iMac Specs Source Comments
other,yellow 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB Dust inside screen
yellow,noisy-hd 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB avihappy
noisy-screen,yellow 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB stargolem two hand-size yellow spots in the bottom half of the display. display "surrs" when dimmed. 5th iMac :-((((
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB Third machine - yellow tinge by far worse than the first two (weeks 5 & 7).
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB Second unit, first was a WK07 with yellow screen. This one also has yellow on left, middle and right. Black shadow line 2 inches from the bottom running left to right. One more try and I'll rqst my money back...I'm sad.
Noisy hard drive 27" 2.66 Quad i5 2TB optisoma Perfect iMac, only hard drive makes more noise than previous iMac models (20 & 24 inch)
Yellow screen 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB dk This is a replacement unit and it still has the yellow tinge problem. Sending it back to Apple!
Other issue 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB http://mac.hk/appletalk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=52406 LCD Right Side have a small black and small thing ... all color have that ...
Yellow screen 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB I had 3 week 5 iMacs and this one is by far the worst when it comes to the yellow issues.
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB this is the 3rd replacement, all of them with yellow tint in the bottom right of the screen. I guess there's no i7 without such issue.
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB 2nd Yellow iMac. Not as strong, only noticeable in some greyscale images in bottom centre. Sick of this merry-go-round so am going to keep.
yellow,noisy-hd,harddrive 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB
yellow,noisy-fans 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB fosfa 3rd change after two with bad screen. The last one, I'm eshausted. This time screen is ok, with no flickering and no dead pixels, but the noise of fans makes my table shake.
Yellow screen 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB
noisy-screen,yellow 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB
yellow,pixels 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB shipped from czech republic, this was the third one ...
Other issue 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB 1st replacement, yellowish issue had a great improvement, almost perfect, but the backlight bleed gone worst than the previous.
Other issue 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB Faulty superdrive
yellow,noisy-hd,noisy-fans 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB My third i5, and it's a week 9. I can deal with the very slight yellowing, which is only visible in tests. But the hard drive (Wester Digital) is noisy, even when the machine is doing nothing.
yellow,pixels 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB
yellow,noisy-hd 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB yellow screen
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB RMA and waiting my 2nd iMAC... Otherwise it's a perfect machine
Yellow screen 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB hamm3rhead This is now my 3rd yellow tinged screen
Yellow screen 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo 500GB Yellow tinge in the right parts of the screen :( otherwise fine
Yellow screen 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB hagis
Yellow screen 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB
Yellow screen 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB andyoz Yellow tint noticable in bottom 1/4 of screen - seems worse on the right side
DOA (won't boot) 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB DOA out of the box
Yellow screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB Light yellow tint in middle left screen
Flickering after Firmware Update 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB 3-4 inch band across screen flickers at random vertical positions at intervals of 15 minutes to an hour, whole screen blacks for less than a second every few hours. All updates as of 2010-04-16 applies. Sometimes kernel panics immediately on selecting... Read More
Other issue 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB Occasionally in middle of using computer would just stop, as if the power went out. Sometimes several times a day. Then it would work perfectly for days. Finally today it stopped booting entirely.. Random shutdowns (non-graceful, immediate shutoff) then... Read More
other,yellow 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB grey bar
Flickering display 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB set screen to lowest brightness. put in sleep mode then wake .. produces flicker latest frimware no help ring
flickering,yellow 21.5" 3.06 Core2Duo 500GB
Noisy Screen 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB High-pitched noise drive me crazy. Avoiding the machine which is good because I was addicted to the Internet, however it cost me $2400 to cure the addiction. Thanks Apple.
Noisy Screen 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB mat4711 I still love my iMac
other,pixels 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB Tore screen big tear on lower lefts side is getting bigger by the day,also Imac will never wake from sleep
Other issue 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB Dark spots on screen,
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