My display won't stay "up"

How can I tighten the tension on the display arm? The pivot points have caps with three recesses which would seem to require a special tool?

I've read that it does require a special tool.
Perhaps the repair manual would provide more clues.
iMac 17 inch 1ghz.pdf
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I have a newish 15" MBP, 1680 display, hooked up to a Dell external monitor when it's at home. When I go to bed I cut power to the display via control-shift-eject, but generally don't put the computer to sleep overnight.
With this new machine, after it's been running for a while (as little as a day, or as long as a couple weeks), the displays will come on again in the night. Once this happens, the displays won't stay off for longer than about five seconds. If I then put the machine to sleep, it'll wake itself up minutes or hours later (generally not long enough to miss a Time Machine interval). The only cure is rebooting.
I tried an SMC reset, but that fix only lasted about as long as any other reboot.
I've since tried systematically removing every peripheral (a USB hub, the external display, any directly-connected iOS devices) and testing display-off after each; no change. I've turned off my Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, then disabled Bluetooth on the computer, turned off wifi, quit every menu extra (jitouch, Viscosity, Dropbox, Pastebot, Fastscripts, Transmit, Teleport), and quit every running application. The problem remains repeatable after every step.
It's repeatable at the moment — any suggestions for other things to try, preferably short of the reboot which temporarily masks the problem? I'm a little concerned that it's going to manifest at some point while I have the laptop sitting in a bag, which will then cook itself.
I'm on 10.6.4 now, the problem started on 10.6.3.
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Try checking the system logs in Applications/Utilities/Console.app for clues. The entries carry time stamps. Usually a wake event will leave some trace. By matching time stamps to the time of occurrence you may find the culprit.

PB G4 Display Won't Stay Closed

The display on my PB G4 won't stay closed. There seems to be something wrong with the latch, as it won't catch (or stay caught) when the display is closed. Any thoughts on how to fix this annoyance?
Thanks.

Two inches of duct tape or a large rubber band make a pretty effective low-cost fix, but you can also replace the latch assembly for a hefty price:
http://pbfixit.com/Guide/33.17.0.html
Note that these instructions apply to the Ti DVI models. you don't say which Tibook you have.
To keep your PB from waking when it opens (it waits until you hit any key), follow these steps:
To set PB so opening the display doesn't wake the computer:
Applications > Utilities > Terminal
Type or paste the following in the Terminal window:
sudo pmset lidwake 0
It will ask for your password. Type that in, hit return, and quit the Terminal.
To change it back so the system wakes when you open the lid, type:
sudo pmset lidwake 1
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Help - my display won't stay up

I have only had my macbook pro 17" for a couple of months and just recently the display will not stay up. If I move or type or anything it just falls away from the keyboard. Does anyone know if there is a hinge or something that I can tighten to prevent this? It is still under warranty so I'm sure I could have it fixed, I just rely heavily on this machine for my business so if there is a quick fix I would really appreciate if anyone knows it.
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I've read that it does require a special tool.
Perhaps the repair manual would provide more clues.
iMac 17 inch 1ghz.pdf
google.
ebay.
Robert

IMac display won't stay asleep while encoding with iDVD

My iMac's display refuses to stay in sleep mode while I am encoding a project in iDVD. (Note that I'm referring to sleeping the display, not the entire computer.) I encode large projects overnight, and I am concerned about possible burn-in, the annoyance of the unwanted light when I'm trying to sleep, and the waste of energy. A search of the archives reveals a long history of the same problem which unfortunately has remained unsolved.
I have tried the following with no success:
1. Ruled out accidental mouse/keyboard strokes as the problem
2. Used Hot Corners to initiate sleep (wakes back up after 5 seconds)
3. Setting the sleep display timer to 1 minute in the Energy Saving settings
4. 3rd party app and widget "Sleep Display" (only works for 10.4 Tiger apparently)
Does anyone have any new ideas about this bug/problem? Does it only affect iMacs?
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rfarwell5 wrote:
there is no activity besides the encoding that is waking up the monitor. I
How can you be sure? It may be some system operation that's doing it.
This may also prevent the display from sleeping, but the next time you're doing this you might launch Activity Monitor and order the process list by CPU. Then when the display wakes up, note what processes (besides the DVD encoding software) are using non-trivial amounts of CPU time.

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Hello all. Several months ago my iMac G4 FP display began flickering intermittently, and eventually got more frequent over time. Then, eventually, the display would just go black at random times. I found that I could temporarily restore the display by putting the machine to sleep and then waking it back up; however, this annoying condition also became more frequent. Now, the screen is more or less black all the time. Whether I put it to sleep and wake it up, or shut it down and power it back up, the display becomes visible just briefly at the start and then blinks out completely. Shining a flashlight into the display I can see (barely) the desktop and icons and all -- and everything, including the boot-up process, appears to be functioning normally -- but without the flashlight I just can't see anything and the machine is pretty much unusable. I've tried restting the PRAM (no effect) but have not yet tried a PMU reset. Any ideas on what's happening here and what I can do about it? Should I try the PMU rest? I've heard it might be a backlight/inverter issue (or possibly a logic board problem), but I'm still seeking opinions. I appreciate any ideas/insights anyone can provide!

You should do the PMU reset.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1712
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I just recently purchase an ipad with retina display it is also my first apply product and I am not liking it. First it won't stay connected to my wifi and it won't pair on my nokia N8 phone via bluetooth. Any suggestion? Thanks!

I just recently purchase an ipad with retina display it is also my first apply product and I am not liking it. First it won't stay connected to my wifi and it won't pair on my nokia N8 phone via bluetooth. Any suggestion? Thanks!

No one from Apple here - this is a user-to-user forum for the Apple Thunderbolt Display. If you don't like your iPad, sell it.
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Resolution won't stay on "Default for display" setting upon restart

I have a Macbook Pro 13" 2014 edition with Yosemite.
I have a problem in that my Macbook won't stay on the "Default for Display" option upon re-starting... Each time I restart the machine, I have to manually select this option (and then it works fine). Upon reboot, it always starts up as "Scaled". What can I do to make it start up as "Default for Display"?
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Thanks for that... It led to me solving the issue.
If you care to know the full story... Once I did those steps, I realized something important I didn't notice before... Upon restart, the machine would indeed to startup in "best for display"... You can tell by the "high resolution" of the background image and dock-icons, etc... The screen would then flicker for a second and would go to "low resolution". That led me to thinking it was one of my startup apps that was causing the problem... And thus not related to my connecting to a projector like I thought, nor to the actual restart of the machine itself. I then discovered the problem app ("iDisplay") and removed it from my "login apps"... and problem solved.
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Have you checked the Energy Saver settings? System Preferences / Energy Saver.
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Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
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Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.

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The latch on my new MBP won't stay closed, and the screen won't latch at all or continually pops open. This can be a real pan when the computer is on sleep. Anyone else experience this? Is there an easy fix, short of sending the MBP off for service?
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Display won't wake up

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When rebooting the computer, the display sleeps after set interval and can manually be put to sleep using shift+ctrl+eject.
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The display won't sleep after set interval in power settings and when I press shift+ctrl+eject the keyboard backlit turns off but the screen stays on.
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However if the computer goes to sleep or I myself close the lid to make it sleep, the display won't sleep again.
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