MBP 17'' LED backlights is this Normal?

i had my screen replaced on my mbp a few months ago but had never noticed this before the replacement.. please see attached picture..

Have you ever seen what the LED's look like after playing a game for 2 hours? It is way worse, and goes away after it cools down.

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X200 - Discrepancy concerning Information about LED-Backlight

Hello,
I hope that someone can help clarify something (I did perform a search, though without any luck).
Here is the issue:
The following Lenovo support page seems to suggest that ALL thinkpads X200 have an LED-backlit display:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-73155
Yet, this other page (product and parts details), also from the Lenovo support, lists various models with CCFL and LED-backlit displays:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-70520
My concern is the following:
Do certain retailers advertise (knowingly or not, depending on where they get the specs from) x200 models as LED-backlit altough they are CCFL-backlit?
Or do Lenovo get things mixed-up in their support pages?
How can you buy a laptop if you can't know for sure, which type of display is built-in?
Thanks for your help.
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Yes, that's what I think too, thanks.
But I am having trouble to get reliable information.
The PSREF doc does not list all the models (or retailers make references up?!).
As for the "Product and Parts Details" page (which one can look up at http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?DocID=PD004392 for the x2xx series), it does provide information for groups of model (i.e. all models starting with 1234-Axx) but not (always) for precise models.
Concretely this means:
7458-G37: does not have LED-Backlight according to the a.m. official Lenovo link
7458-G38: neither does this one,...
7458-G42: nor this one!
For ALL THREE models I had an offer stating that the notebook DOES have LED-Backlight.
This is why I am confuse and looking for more information.
Who is right? Lenovo or the shops I might order from?
(obviously, I do not have the possibility to "physically" check the panel myself prior to buying)
Hope this helps to answer my question (if it is ever possible to answer it )
I am thankful for any clue.

LED lights behave strangely.....is this normal?

I just got a new laptop yesterday (G580, Pentium B960, 2 GB RAM, 500 GB HD) and I've been noticing the following strange pattern in the LED lights (status indicators).
1. When my laptop is off and I connect it to power, the power LED and the battery LED turn on, and they both keep blinking continuously in intervals of about 5 seconds. Is this normal?
2. The power LED appears quite small when my laptop is off, but turns as big as the other LEDs when I push the power button to turn on my laptop.
3. As soon as I turn on the laptop, the power LED grows as big as the other LEDs and stops blinking. Only the battery LED keeps blinking every 5 seconds.
4. This blinking of the battery LED stops when my laptop is running on battery. So both the LEDs stop blinking when my laptop is running on battery.
Is all this normal? Sorry if I sound naive, but I noticed no such things with my earlier Acer netbook so I'm a bit concerned...this is my second laptop. Because its new, I'm a bit sensitive about anything going wrong.
Thanks for the help....

Hi ylenovo,
Thank you for posting and Welcome to Lenovo Community,
Congratulations on your new Lenovo purchase,
I’d like to confirm to you that when you connect the Charger and the battery is charging it will be blinking in Orange color within time about 5 seconds as you stated as this mean that the battery is connected and its charging,
But I’d like to ask you about the power led if its blinking could you please make sure that the laptop is completely off and not in sleep mode or hibernated,
And please share with us the color of the battery led which is blinking.
Thanks and Regards,
Soha
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The green LED doesn't last and it switches to orange. Is this normal?

I have not been keeping notice of the LED which lights when I connect my Mac Book Pro to power. I just noticed that it lights green and then shortly turns orange. Is this normal? What could it mean?

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RMBP Keyboard backlight produces very quiet buzz, is this normal?

I know, I know. I'm being extremey finicky and it's effectively a non-issue.
I've done some research and it seems like many keen eared users have also noticed this on other MacBook models.
Whenever the backlight is turned on, if you put your ear to the keyboard around the '8' key there is an tiny tiny electrical buzz (almost like a dimmer switch - which doesnt surprise). By tiny, I mean the room has to be near silent to even notice this, however, I often use the machine in bed in my flat and ever since notcing it it's driven me crazy worrying it's a defect.
So my questions are:
- Is this normal and functioning correctly (there are no symptoms)
- Does your MacBook (preferably Retina) have this extremely faint buzz.
As said, Im being extremely anal, but having paid £2500 I want this thing to be out of box perfect.
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When i plug the charger my MBP gives me very lil electric shock ..its like a vibration on its entire body ..is this normal ??

when i plug the charger my MBP gives me very lil electric shock ..its like a vibration on its entire body ..is this normal ??

this shock is from the very first day when i bought it

Apple TV2 led does not work, but apple tv2 works ok - is this normal

I have an apple tv2 that seems to work ok but the led on the front does not work.. is this normal? is the led burnt out?
is there a way to get it back working??
i have restored in via the tv menu and i have restored it via usb cable to itunes..
still no luck..
is there some option that is causing it to not work?
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The case of my 7 month old mbp has started to get very hot within minutes of switching it on. Is this normal and is there anything I can do?hing

The case of my 7 month old mpb has started to get very hot within 2 or 3 minutes of switching it on. Is this normal and is there anything I can do?

The heat generated by the system is directly related to the load put on the system and the speed of the fans.
The former (high CPU load) generates heat, the latter (fan speed) dissipates it.
If your machine is getting hot then either some process is consuming lots of CPU power, causing more heat to be generated, or your fans are not working properly to dissipate whatever heat is being generated.
So the first question is whether your fans speeds kick into high gear or not? if they don't then it could indicate a hardware problem, either with broken fans, or with broken temperature sensors that control the fan speed.
If the fans do come on but the system is still getting hot then I'd look for a software issue - some process that's running rampant. It should be easy to spot with something like /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor. There should be a lot of processes listed, but most should use just a few percentage points of CPU power. If any process is using a lot of CPU power then it warrants some investigation - what is that process? should it be running? Is it failing in some way. Post the results of your Activity Montor report and I'm sure someone can chime in.

Why does my macbook pro LED backlight keep going from low to high on it's own?

So this has happened to me I think once or twice before.. I'll be using my macbook and all of a sudden it's LED backlight goes dim. Then I have to change it back so it's in the middle (not too dim, not too bright). Then a couple minutes/seconds later the LED backlight goes to it's brightest.. It's making me mad that it's doing this and I don't know why it's doing what it does. All of this is happening while I'm scrolling down a webpage, typing, or just physically doing something on the keyboards. So it's not because it's about to go to sleep. I always keep the LED backlighting in the middle so it doesn't waste too much battery. So why is it doing this? Help me please?

There is an ambient light sensor built in the the MBP. If it is annoying , open SYSTEM PREFERENCES>DISPLAYS>DISPLAY. Uncheck the box for 'Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes'.
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Tecra A11 - LED backlight issue

I have big pain in my eyes after day of work with Tecra A11 BIOS V1.7 = newest BIOS update. Wenn I bought it there was BIOS 1.4 the same problem with eyes, LED backlight killing my eyes, big pain after day of work. V1.5 and 1.6 are much better (no pain) but new BIOS 1.7 is the same eye-killer as 1.4.
Who is going to help me? Users of this forum?
I want Toshiba people to help me, they sell 1/2 ready product, absolutely bad work! No contacts to Toshiba just this user forum. Is Toshiba interested in my problem with his bad Tecra A11 notebook and stupid BIOS updates? I am really angry, never had such problems with so expensive notebook. So excuse my emoutions I start to hate Toshiba for the extremly bad experience with this Tecra A11. Why should some users of this forum help me? I paid a lot of money to Toshiba, so I want Toshiba people to tell me what they do in their BIOS updates, what stupidity kill my eyes with LCD backlight. How many BIOS updates will be needed to make Tecra A11 working properly for 800 EUR? I will never more buy something from Toshiba.

Thanks Xardas,
One week and we have BIOS Update 1.9 !! = aproximately one update a week. On one side very nice to see that Toshiba takes care of the problems. On other hand why are so many updates needed? Was this Tecra A11 is sold as final product with 1/2 unfunctional BIOS? Wenn I bougt it I had BIOS 1.4 and I tell you there were mistakes even when you went through the menu, so if someone tested it in Toshiba he could see it. So I have really feeling that Toshiba didnot test BIOS properly. That is maybe why they need to update BIOS so oft. They use users as testers, what is for some rare problems OK, but not for common bugs!
Why does not Toshiba describe what exactly is updated in new BIOS version? Where can I find this information, e.g. what is changed between BIOS 1.6 and 1.7 and so on.? I need this information because I really do not know what is going to happen if I update to 1.9 now. I do not want to spend another day with playing with bios, and in worst case to kill my eyes with bug in LED Backlight. So where can I find what is new in BIOS 1.9 ?
My LED Backlighting problem is in BIOS 1.4 and 1.7. You cannot see that something is happening, but after day of work (8 hours) I cannot look at Tecra A11 monitor any more, because of pain iu my eyes. I thing this happens because LEDs in Backlight are too strong and maybe Toshiba uses some kind of pulse modulation to control LED brightnes. So you see brightnees is low (no strong), but in reality maybe you get a strong flasshing LED light into your eyes whitout brain sense for it. So you see normal backlight, but mayby you become very short time strong impulses of LED full intensity into your eyes what you do not notice, only as pain after many hours. This is my explanaition but I didnot measured it. Toshiba sold notebook with Bios 1.4 and immediately updated to 1.5 where this problem was solved. Thats why I was thinking that they know about this problem and they just solved it for ever. But in V1.7 problem ware back, and my eyes took 2 days to recover from pain. So it is really angry bug and I do not know if to stay by Bios 1.6 or to try update to 1.9. I want Toshiba to describe what is going on in BIOS updates.
Maybe this is problem of only my notebook so I will try to contact authoorized service provider, but I would be really positively suprised if they know what to do with it. We will see. But please if you know, answer me where is information what is new in BIOS Updates from Toshiba. Thanks

Matte vs Glossy on LED backlight

Im about to buy one of these new MBP's, but Im torn on the screen.
Im used to matte and am very wary of the reflectiveness of the glossy screens. Would the matte screens visual performance in sunlit conditions also be increased by the LED backlight?
I would like to hear about peoples experiences and recommendations.

I went back and forth on matte or glossy a great deal before purchasing my new Santa Rosa 15" MBP. I hope my experience can help with your decision.
I use both laptop and desktop systems. I do a great deal of color work photographing product and producing catalogs and websites. I rely heavily on Aperture, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and InDesign. Attached to my G5 tower is a 23" Cinema Display. I do the majority of my photo editing and layout work on that display and it's wonderful, so long as I calibrate it regularly (this is a must).
I've owned virtually every laptop that Apple has produced in one generation or another since the Blackbird models. I upgraded to the Santa Rosa 2.4 from a first generation MacBook Pro (matte). No laptop I've used has a display that is acceptable for critical color work. Not one, not even close. I'm not knocking Apple's laptop displays specifically, as they've produced some good ones, but rather laptop displays in general. They are simply inadequate for mission critical color work.
I travel with my laptop and shoot products digitally direct to my laptop. The colors I see in the shoots, even with a color calibrated laptop, aren't close to what I get when I get back to my office and begin editing the photos. So, those of you who maintain that matte is the only way to go because it's much more accurate for color editing should really be espousing the use of an external display for those purposes. A laptop display won't cut it if color accuracy is paramount.
So, what do I use the laptop for besides spot work when I'm not at my desktop? I use it for mail, word processing, iPhoto for family stuff using my point and shoot, web browsing, watching dvds while I travel, watching downloaded movies and shows, showing off photos to friends and family, and the occasional bit of gaming, and just a touch of iMovie & iDVD editing. Having just bought my first, I can now say the glossy display blows the doors off the matte display for these purposes.
I took a leap of faith, bought the glossy, and I can tell you it's absolutely gorgeous. For the activities I listed, it's a much more impressive display to look at than the matte. Photos look much richer, colors are much more vivid, and even text is sharper and easier to read. And, despite using it in mixed environments (office with fluorescent lights, studio with hot lamps, home with lots of windows, airports & planes) glare has really not been the issue I had feared. I do not use my laptop outside, so I can't speak to that specifically.
So from now on it's glossy laptop displays for me. Will I do color critical work on it? Heck no, but then again I wouldn't do that on the matte version either. That remains the domain of my Cinema display. But for most everything else, the glossy display, to my surprise, looks much better.
I hope that helps.

Dv7-3165dx led backlight lcd not working.

So the other day my laptop screen went out. i read about the dreaded black screen of death. Did a whole bunch of research and learned about the gpu needing reflowing, AND how to reset you computer and the blink codes and all that Jazz. i did the external monitor thing and lo-and behold everyting was fine. All it was, is that the monitor is not turning on. So I proceed to open it up and check all the connections. Everything is connected and all the plugs are clean. Did a full clean on the whole computer. I even reseated all the connections, made sure i have all the proper drivers and everything is up to date. NO conflicts anywhere.
But still no monitor. Still I research again, some people say could be inverter board, but mine is led backlight. So there is no inverter board to change. I reopen everything and check one more time. One cable looks a little off angle reseat it and try again. STILL no monitor. Shut it down and start it up the next day, BOOM it has lcd life!??!?!?!?!
Start playing everything as normal and test it by putting it into sleep mode. It starts right back up. I turn it off all the WAY. Restart and she is dead again.
This is where I am stuck. The Lcd right angle connector looks a little pinched but I don't know what is causing this. Can you help ME PLEASE!
Again everthign works on external monitor. Sound works, Camera works, just no screen, EXCEPT once until full cold reboot. Then she is dead again.
Is it the cable?
Or is it the GPU?
Or is it the LCD screen?
OR something I may not have identified?
Any help is appreciated.

Hi @Sarteret
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that your built in display is not working consistently. It does sound as if there is some stress on the cable, and it is possible that it is an intermittent connection.
Did you notice any difference with the display coming up or not when the built in display is moved? MOre specifically, if it is working and you move the display a bit on its hinges does it stop working, or if it was not working does it seem like the screen may show some small signs of a connection?
Also you can look at these, although what you are experiencing does sound more like a problem more with hardware, either the cable, or the connectors on either end of the cable, sound like possibilities.
Troubleshooting Black Screen Displays with No Error Messages During Startup or Boot
Here are some other sources I found that may be helpful to you.
Resolving Problems with Notebook Displays (Windows 7 and Windows 8)
Diagnosing a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for Damage
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Battery and Sleep issues. Is this "normal"?

Hey guys, ever since day 1 My new MBP has been experiencing the sleep issue where in sleep the battery would lose about 1-2%/hour. I would go to sleep with the battery at 100%, and wake up to only about 87%. Also, when it was new the battery had about 4650 for full charge capacity, now its showing only 4540 after 10 cycles!!! Is this normal? Please help my MBP is less than 2 weeks old I have owned the previous MBP model, and the battery life during sleep was considerably better than this, and also it took less time to charge the battery!
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 3463
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4540
Health Information:
Cycle count: 10
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 881
Voltage (mV): 12070
*I have also just updated the upgrade to 10.5.6. Will update and report if this will help with the sleep/battery issue.
Thanks for your help!
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Reset the SMC (System Management Controller) and re-calibrate the Battery then see how it behaves ...

My iPad doesn't seem to charge when plugged in to my MacBook Pro if the MBP goes to sleep. My iPhone continues to charge even if the MBP is closed. Is that normal?

My iPad (3rd Gen) seems to stop charging if it is plugged into my MBP if either the iPad is closed or if the MBP goes to sleep. My iPhone charges whether the MBP is awake or asleep or even if the MBP is closed. There is a screen display that shows the iPhone is charging. The iPad only has the tiny icon at the top of the screen that show it is charging. However, the battery's % charged does not increase if the lid is closed when I am charging the iPad if the lid is closed on the iPad or if the iPad off after pressing the on off button. Is this normal?

The quickest way (and really the only way) to charge your iPad is with the included 10W USB Power Adapter. iPad will also charge, although more slowly, when attached to a computer with a high-power USB port (many recent Mac computers) or with an iPhone Power Adapter (5W). When attached to a computer via a standard USB port (most PCs or older Mac computers) iPad will charge very slowly (but iPad indicates not charging). Make sure your computer is on while charging iPad via USB. If iPad is connected to a computer that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the iPad battery will continue to drain.
Apple recommends that once a month you let the iPad fully discharge & then recharge to 100%.
At this link http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/galaxy-tab-android-tablet,3014-11.html , tests show that the iPad 2 battery (25 watt-hours) will charge to 90% in 3 hours 1 minute. It will charge to 100% in 4 hours 2 minutes. The new iPad has a larger capacity battery (42 watt-hours), so using the 10W charger will obviously take longer. If you are using your iPad while charging, it will take even longer. It's best to turn your new iPad OFF and charge over night. Also look at The iPad's charging challenge explained http://www.macworld.com/article/1150356/ipadcharging.html
Also, if you have a 3rd generation iPad, look at
Apple: iPad Battery Nothing to Get Charged Up About
http://allthingsd.com/20120327/apple-ipad-battery-nothing-to-get-charged-up-abou t/
Apple Explains New iPad's Continued Charging Beyond 100% Battery Level
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/27/apple-explains-new-ipads-continued-charging- beyond-100-battery-level/
New iPad Takes Much Longer to Charge Than iPad 2
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/03/new-ipad-takes-much-longer-to-charge-than-ipa d-2.html
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Battery percentage indicator takes a little while to update when resuming from sleep - is this normal?

Hi folks,
I recently bought a new MacBook Pro with Retina (13") and have noticed a pecularity with the battery indicator that I'd appreciate an opinion on please.
I've charged my MBPr battery to full (100% on the menu bar and green light on the MagSafe connector). I disconnect the power and close the lid which puts that MacBook to sleep. After leaving it overnight, I open the lid and and the unlock screen shows the percentage battery having gone down by a couple of percent (which I take to be normal) - e.g. 98%. However, when I unlock and get back to the desktop, it's still showing as 100%. Clicking on the battery icon, it shows as calculating the amount of time left. After about a minute or so, it tells me how much estimated time I've got left, and the percentage indicator updates to give me the correct percentage. When using it normally, the percentage indicator drops on the desktop as I would expect it to.
Is this normal for it to give the correct percentage on the unlock screen, but then to give the original (pre-sleep) percentage when unlocked, until it has updated and worked out how much time it's got left on battery?
I've read elsewhere that many folks have been having issues with the battery indicator since Mavericks rolled out, and there are some resets that can be done by pressing various key combinations whilst powering on. I've had the MacBook only a few days, and haven't installed anything on it - it hasn't even been connected to the internet yet - so I assumed that it should be working correctly from the off - unless there's something buggy with Mavericks causing this?
I would normally shut down a computer overnight, but I like how the MBP instantly resumes when I open the lid. Am also wondering whether it'll take a few charge cycles before the battery reaches full capacity and is properly calibrated. The system report shows that it shipped to me having undergone only 3 charge cycles to date.
Any opinions would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Gopha

After some more testing:
Disabling the battery percentage indicator and then re-enabling it causes the percentage value to update to the 'correct' value. Rebooting the MacBook also causes it to update to the correct value.
Seems like I'm not the only one with this particular issue: https://discussions.apple.com/message/24402123#24402123
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24406197#24406197
as a newbie to Macs and Mavericks, am I right in saying that there is currently an issue with Mavericks?
Thanks,
Gopha

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