Screen is grey
The display is now just grey after freezing. Recently the computer has been automatically shutting down. I also recently upgraded the OS to Snow Leopard from OS 10.4 The computer has also been very slow responding sometimes.
Same here.
iMac boots fine, but screen, lit, remains grey, no signal. (no apple logo either, thisis a no-signal situation)
Installed iMac (flat panel)'s new HD without any issues, a couple of months ago.
Opened it again this week-end to replace optical drive.
When remounting it, must have done something wrong (I was extra careful. But when 2 yrs old son made me jump when crying in his bedroom )
Now iMac boots fine, external video proves that iMac runs ok (screen mirroring on external screen is fine), but main screen remains white-grey, no signal.
So video card is good.
Problem must be in cabling that might have gotten pinched or cut.
Yes, I know, certified technicians are the way to go.
But sometimes, and with the service manual, there should be no issue.
Should be.
Any suggestion welcome. I haven't been abel to pinpoint the issue to a particular cause so far (and search yielded nothing)
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