Burn in my Imac 24" screen

Hi,
As the title say's, I got a screen burn. The problem is that I got it even if my screensaver activate after 5 mins of inactivity & the screen shut 5 mins after... I tried the trick of the white screensaver but no result.... My Imac is like 8 month old so its still under warranty but does the warranty cover that???
thanks for the help!

can't imagine why it wouldn't, it doesn't sound like you've done anything purposly wrong to it. you have a screen saver set up and it's still generated a fault, have a chat with the nice people at applecare and give your details when you feel happy they will fix it.
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