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Hi
I have a 6 month old (late 2011) iMac 27" 2.7-i5-4MB/1TB, the screen constantly blanks with the iMac still running and the screen still with content on (can just see if I shine a torch at it).
Hot corners off - sleep set to 30 mins
I can bring the screen back if I press shift-control-eject and move/click the mouse, sometimes this lasts for 5 sec sometimes for 10 min or more.
Why is the backlight doing this, its seems there is a hardware problem that is restored (temporarily I admit) by a software action, I cant believe changing the backlight will fix this.
Does anyone have a solution or is it a case of getting it back to the mac tech's???
Thanks
Victor

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Sounds like intermittent backlight connection.
Bring it back to an Apple store or authorized Apple repair facility to be diagnosed and repaired.

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