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Line on iMac screen - any hope? - tronnei - 12-31-2019
This line just started to appear on my mom's mid-2011 21" iMac. Any reasonable fix possible, or is time for a new computer?
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - mattkime - 12-31-2019
I have to ask the obvious- did you restart?
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - pdq - 12-31-2019
Google it. Some folks have apparently fixed vertical lines by various resets. I think it’s more likely a video card or video cable issue. (For the adventurous, you can always pop your video card in an oven!)
Good luck. iFixIt is a good site to check out.
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - Forrest - 12-31-2019
Does the line appear on a second monitor?
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - msglee - 12-31-2019
Once they start...
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - ArtP - 12-31-2019
Forrest wrote:
Does the line appear on a second monitor?
Cheap fix is to use an External monitor and have dual screens. I was gifted a old iMac years back with worse lines than that and it ran for years using an external display,
It's a FEATURE not a BUG!
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - WHiiP - 12-31-2019
iMac prices at OWC
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - space-time - 12-31-2019
as other have said, and a few others:
-restart
-reset various things: PRAM, SMC, etc
-test external monitor if available
-see if it shows up in screen shots.
-see if shows up in a new user account
-take note of position and size, and see if it gets worse in the next few days/weeks
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - tronnei - 12-31-2019
Thanks for all the suggestions thus far. Have tried several of them; no luck yet. Will continue to monitor the monitor, but a newish iMac may be in the future.
Re: Line on iMac screen - any hope? - August West - 01-01-2020
(For the adventurous, you can always pop your video card in an oven!)
I bet some folks on here have baked some Ampex and 3M, I have !