And so a little piece of me died with it
I know it is unseemly to find gratification in the acquisition and possession of material objects. I find the ostentatious display of wealth to be vulgar myself -- I sneer at the snobs who shop at upscale boutiques at our local Mashpee Commons and make rude gestures at people who drive by in Hummers as they tow large power boats.
But I am guilty of it as well.
In my case, Mac hardware is my Waterloo -- I have no resistance to it. And one of my most prized possessions, for almost four years, has been my 22-inch Cinema Display. The widescreen display boasted a 1600 x 1024 pixel native resolution and an ADC, or Apple Display Connector, that freed me from having to use a power and USB cable -- a single cable connected it to the Mac.
Through three different Macs that display worked perfectly, flawlessly. Until today.
I wasn't doing anything unusual, I was just listening to some music, ripping a disc and surfing the Web. I went upstairs to get some additional work done, and when I came back downstairs, nothing -- the computer recognized that the screen was still connected, near as I can tell, but the screen didn't show any image.
My local Mac repair guy tells me that this is something they have to send in to Apple to fix, so I'm not even sure if it's worthwhile.
Comments
If I were to take a stab, I'd guess backlight... it would seem to make sense, since they do burn out eventually. Depending on how much it costs to repair, it might make more sense to get a new display... Dell's displays aren't as pretty on the outside as Apple's, but for as low as $800 for the 24" and $400 for the 20", it's really hard to go wrong (and you'll get more pixels out of the deal either way). I've been thrlled with my 2405 and have wound up influencing the purchase of about half a dozen more, with similar feelings. My favorite thing is I can plug in my Xbox and play Halo 2 on the screen in 480p... scaling's a little ugly but it works well otherwise.
Posted by: Rufo Sanchez | August 12, 2005 08:58 PM
DID YOU ZAP THE PRAM AND REBUILD TEH DESKTOP???
Posted by: Utterer | August 12, 2005 10:35 PM
let me know if you have any luck fixing it- I had nearly the same problem with my beloved 22 inch cinema display. One day it just stopped working. It just doesn't turn on any more. I tried an ADC power adapter so it wasn't running through the video card, no luck. I loved that monitor and can't stand to get rid of it, so its just sitting on the floor in the study. I'm not even sure where to go to try to get it fixed.
Posted by: Glenda | August 14, 2005 06:50 PM
Glenda:
What I'm hearing now is that Apple service centers, including Apple Stores, charge between $300 and $400 to get these fixed -- it's a flat fee that's incurred, since the local service centers aren't allowed to replace whatever goes wrong. It's sent to Apple to get fixed, apparently.
Posted by: flargh | August 14, 2005 06:54 PM