Possessed iMac 27: Brightness control turns itself down while I'm using computer, fights me when I try to turn it back up
This computer is possessed! It literally seems like a ghost is pressing the brightness key on the keyboard while I'm working. It happens sporadically and seemingly without reason. The brightness icon pops up on the screen as the screen quickly dims. When I try to turn the brightness back up, it is like playing tug of war with the ghost. I turn it up, it instantly goes back down. After 20 seconds or so of this foolishness, it stops and I can resume working. Until it happens again. AARRGGHH!!!
Thoughts?
Try doing both a SMC and PRAM reset, do each at least 2x. Then retest and repost, if you don't know how to do these you will find info in:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3603
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Take each of these steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved.
To restart an unresponsive computer, press and hold the power button for a few seconds until the power shuts off, then release, wait a few more seconds, and press it again briefly.
Step 1
The first step in dealing with a startup failure is to secure the data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since the last backup, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to start. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
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b. If Step 1a fails because of disk errors, and no other Mac is available, then you may be able to salvage some of your files by copying them in the Finder. If you already have an external drive with OS X installed, start up from it. Otherwise, if you have Internet access, follow the instructions on this page to prepare the external drive and install OS X on it. You'll use the Recovery installer, rather than downloading it from the App Store.
c. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, start the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
d. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
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it looks like that when it is locked and when its unlocked it looks like thisHave you checked the volume button? It might be physically stuck. To determine whether a hardware repair is needed, you need to follow these steps:
1. Try doing a hard reset:
Press and hold both the Home button and the Sleep/wake button simultaneously for about 15 seconds and release when the Apple logo appears.
After that: test the device to see whether the issue is solved.
2. If the issue is not solved, you should backup the device and restore it as new.
In that case, use: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137
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If you just got it back and it isn't fixed or something else is wrong with it take it back and have them do the repair correctly.
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