Comments on: Major Defect: Apple 30″ Cinema Display Monitors

By: Chaz

Chaz — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:50:34 +0000

I’ve had this problem for years. I use the 30″ cinema display on my PC rather than on my 27″ iMac. It happens several times a day and I simply unplug the signal cable and re-plug and it goes away for a time. It’s ridiculous that Apple won’t acknowledge this problem on a $2,000 product. The only blight on the “I love Apple” horizon for me.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:35:52 +0000

So far so good … screen saver to NONE …. I have the green outlines when the screen gets hot … lets hope this works for along time .. Thanks

By: MacFranky

MacFranky — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:54:41 +0000

Here too. I have it for years. Turning the monitor off and on again fixes it. (Temporarily). My AppleCare changed the graphicscard, but with no success.

It’s quite a scandal I would say. It’s a lot of money we’re talking about. Not alone the lack of service; not even a official response???

Black spot on Apple’d esthetic image, I would say…

(I actually sent Steve Jobs 2 mails about it. lol)

By: snsd genie

snsd genie — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:59:00 +0000

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By: Kris J.

Kris J. — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:10:18 +0000

Thanks for the post and comments. Thought I was alone in the problem like to offer what I found fixed the same issue. Just shut off the screensaver. I noticed my MBP got really hot when the screensaver was on. I tried a different screensaver since I thought may the “Flurry” was too intense for the card, but got the same problem with photos.

Once the screensaver was set to “Never” and the monitor is set to go to sleep after 15 minutes, the unit now does not have the issue and stays cooler.

I remember this problems in PCs as well. The machines were prone to some kind of wake issue after running the screensaver. Hope this helps.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:57:14 +0000

I recently acquired a 30 inch display from work that was going to be thrown out. After working for a while, the screen goes white and/or color bars fill the screen. Took it to Apple and they said it was the logic board and they cannot fix it. Could this be true? The monitor works 95% of the time? Any easy fixes? I can’t find hardly anything about this issue on the net.

By: Paul artist

Paul artist — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:07:11 +0000

What a sad commentary on Apple for not acknowledging this issue. I have had this problem for 3 years and the only solution I have found is picking the machine up and banging it around – this sometimes gets rid of the red lines but leaves dents. Next time I throw it out the window!

By: Louis Savaria

Louis Savaria — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:03:25 +0000

I purchased the same nov 2006 after 15 months the screen went red but the same as green. Apple replaced it after nagging them, i’m on my second screen (30 inch) and just last weekend it started doing crazy stuff again, Apple store told me to bring the screen in to check but again they deny it’s a common problem. I also do photography and its annoying. Should of purchased a La Cie.

By: Nintensity

Nintensity — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:47:00 +0000

I realized by turning the cord upside down fixed the trick. horray!

By: kitkats

kitkats — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:03:55 +0000

I bought a 30″ Display from 2006 on ebay last week and it seems to have this problem. No green pixels but blue or purple horizontal lines and occasional full-on noise or visual ‘breakdown’. It comes and goes, but weirdly it seems related to the amount of black being displayed – it doesn’t tend to start happening unless there is some black or very dark area somewhere on screen. Sleep doesn’t help. Disconnecting the power brick mini-lead seems to sort it as does or disconnecting the DVI cable. I haven’t noticed if it only occurs after sleep yet. Running Snow Leopard here.

So has anyone had this problem get worse and worse until the display dies completely? …Hoping I haven’t wasted 600 quid on this thing…