Summary (2736 total)
Processor (issues only)
3.06C2D: 620
3.33C2D: 53
2.66i5: 505
2.8i7: 942
Screen Size (issues only)
21.5": 190
27": 1930
Graphics Card (issues only)
9400M: 90
4670: 541
4850: 1489
Batch (Week Built) (issues only)
09-39: 10
09-40: 8
09-41: 8
09-42: 29
09-43: 60
09-44: 42
09-45: 109
09-46: 209
09-47: 237
09-48: 196
09-49: 140
09-50: 280
09-51: 101
09-52: 128
09-53: 72
10-01: 75
10-02: 31
10-03: 27
10-04: 47
10-05: 38
10-06: 26
10-07: 33
10-08: 39
10-09: 31
10-10: 18
10-11: 20
10-12: 13
10-13: 13
10-14: 19
10-15: 9
10-16: 11
10-17: 8
10-18: 9
10-19: 3
10-20: 2
10-21: 4
10-22: 1
10-23: 1
10-24: 5
10-25: 2
10-27: 2
10-29: 1
10-31: 2
10-33: 1
| Condition | iMac Specs | Source | Comments |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | After 1-2 hours start flickering, after reboot it looks ok for the rest of the day | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Ronald Schaik | Display flickers sometimes, or even gets black for a very short while |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | guentzel@frontiernet.net | flickering display 2-3" band also going totally black for a second or two |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | Periodic black outs for ~1 - 2 sec | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Returned to Apple Store for a new one which works perfectly Screen goes blackfor 1-2 seconds and then returns to normal | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | occasionally some flickering. Nothing serious but definitely annoying | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | Didnīt check for the serial before I reboxed the imac. Screen turns black for 0,5 seconds now and then... | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Random black out, menu bar on top of the screen | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Display started flickering and having flashing lines within 1 hour after new machine was booted for first time. Dimming display seemed to help. | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | 4Gb RAM | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Purchased from Futureshop and returned 5 days later. Exchanged for a new identical system and returned for a refund on Dec 15th because of the same flickering screen problem. A 7 hour return drive both times for me. Very disappointing to later find out... Read More | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 2TB | gonzo321 | after 1-2 days it starts flickering, then some days nothing until it starts again Noisy superdrive |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | screen starts flickering horribly and shutting off/on after about an hour of use | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | Other than the flickering: the mac is awome! flickering seems to go away | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 3.33 Core2Duo 1TB | vaughnbrian | My first 27in i5 iMac came in early November, it was produced on week 45..Flickering and black outs were noticed one or two days after getting it. After 5 calls and a trip to a Apple authorized tech. who could not reproduce the problem..Finally Apple sent... Read More |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | physik | No problem for first few days. Short flicker now every 5-15 minutes :o( |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.33 Core2Duo 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | this is the second imac.... | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | Painchiller | Screen flicker and yellow tone... |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | josephliu | Started flickering and freezing with the bottom half above the top half like everyone else. Very intermittent seems to only happen after fresh boot up. Leave the computer on and it will be fine for days. |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | Infrequent screen Flickering nano-second blackouts N/A | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 2TB | I only had the flicker issue once when gaming in COD4 but it continued after exit and carried on occasionally for a couple of hours, I powereded it off and left of for an hour and the issue didnt return, I have today applied the update v1.0 so I am... Read More | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | NanoSour | Well it took 11 days, but I finally got the flickering screen. Week 50 i7 here with 8 GB and 1 TB HD. Never noticed a flicker and any defect prior to today. Got the computer on Friday the 11th and have used it pretty regularly including heavy graphics... Read More |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | screen goes black for split second | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | rowgod | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Flickering display, blackouts, and, under certain system configurations, tearing. Have been dealing with morons for over 3 months on these issues. Got a new moron with no continuity of care. They had me spend 2 hours reinstalling/updating the operating... Read More | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Flickering display, blackouts, and, under certain system configurations, tearing. Have been dealing with morons for over 3 months on these issues. Got a new moron with no continuity of care. They had me spend 2 hours reinstalling/updating the operating... Read More | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | melonee | I've returned it to the store they have changed a fan that was running on low capacity but it has changed nothing as far as display issues Screen distortion or offset |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | alecwhiting | After three days got flash of white bands in upper and lower screen and blackouts |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | screen flickered for few time and quick screen blackout after 12 days | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | esteve | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | Update won't install, for reasons unknown my machine "does not need this update", apparently | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | pinkipou | This is my second Imac replacing the first one I received with flickering.... |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | Started Flickering at bottom of screen then progressed up the screen after three days. Then screen started blacking out completely | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | Plagued by flickering 1 week lster. Apple replaced the computer. | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | dcl78 | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | started flickering before 24 hour of use | |
| Flickering display | 27" 2.8 Quad i7 1TB | ||
| Flickering display | 27" 2.66 Quad i5 1TB | Just got new iMac 27inch today and already has the latest firmware applied and has flickering issues every minute or so ... this is so crap ... Apple = crapple !!! .. come on guys dont ship them without testing them ... especially for previously known... Read More | |
| Flickering display | 27" 3.06 Core2Duo 1TB | rkmiller | Purchased at BestBuy 11/25/09 -- returned it after Xmas for full refund. |