MacBook Pro 17 - Light from the right ...
Brand new MacBook Pro 17. When i dim the screen brightness with F1 until complete darkness and then press F2 the light "starts" in the right of the screen and flows to the left.
You can watch it move. It looks like a curtain is drawn to the left.
Is that normal?
The right side of the screen is a little bit brighter than the left. Is that tolerable?
Thank you.
MacBook Pro 17, 2.33 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
That would indicate a standing wave inside the flourescent tube. Sort of like fretting a guitar string. It shouldn't be doing that. If it is reliably reproducible, I would take it to an Apple Store or other certified repair facility and have it looked at.
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