I bought one of these today untested, but with a 7 day return period if it doesn't work. It looked immaculate and would, I thought, make a very nice companion for my G4 Cube.
It doesn't work.
Before I bring it back, does anyone know what the likely cause of the following fault might be: a flickering, pixellated 2" vertical band or stripe of noise at the extreme left of the screen, varying in colour depending on the background (e.g., sometimes cyan, sometimes magenta), and not constant but episodic. That is to say, it flickers in and out, and can stay on the screen anything from a millisecond to 10 or 15 minutes. The screen can also work just fine for 10 or 15 minutes, followed by a constant lightshow from this fault.
It can also be part of that 2" vertical stripe or all of it (e.g., just the middle 5" of the band screen, or several bits of the band at any given time). It is also semi-transparent, so that the desktop can be seen beneath, but the desktop is distorted by the pexellated overlay.
I'd prefer to fix than to return, as the price was right — but I also know that parts for these things are pricey and scarce, and that LCDs are not always easily fixed.
Any ideas?
It doesn't work.
Before I bring it back, does anyone know what the likely cause of the following fault might be: a flickering, pixellated 2" vertical band or stripe of noise at the extreme left of the screen, varying in colour depending on the background (e.g., sometimes cyan, sometimes magenta), and not constant but episodic. That is to say, it flickers in and out, and can stay on the screen anything from a millisecond to 10 or 15 minutes. The screen can also work just fine for 10 or 15 minutes, followed by a constant lightshow from this fault.
It can also be part of that 2" vertical stripe or all of it (e.g., just the middle 5" of the band screen, or several bits of the band at any given time). It is also semi-transparent, so that the desktop can be seen beneath, but the desktop is distorted by the pexellated overlay.
I'd prefer to fix than to return, as the price was right — but I also know that parts for these things are pricey and scarce, and that LCDs are not always easily fixed.
Any ideas?
