last night the screen on my iMac (bondi blue release B) flickered a couple of times (which it has done a bit over the last couple of months) then the whole computer died - no light on keyborad, no stat up noise, nothing. I have checked the power supply to the Mac is there anything else which is worth checking or is this likely to be a case of a blown VDU tube?<br><br>
johnengler
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Registered: 05/21/01
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Loc: Cowtown, Texas
might just be the card that powers the tube... take it in to an apple reseller/tech... they can have it back up in a jiffy if its just the power card for the monitor... for under $100 most likely.<br><br>Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.<br>-- Aaron Levenstein
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my parents have the same iMac and the same thing happened to them last year. It turned out to be the case John mentioned above... only it cost them close to $289.<br><br>this is the one major reason I dislike any computer that has a built in monitor... if it goes, the whole computer goes with it.<br><br>[color:red]semicolon dash parenthesis</font color=red>
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Ditto what Gizmo said <br>I have my sister inlaws Bondi Blue 233 sitting on the table next to me <br>The CTR is gone If im lucky they will give up on it <br><br>This could be da place
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