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From: sandell@ferret.ils.nwu.edu (Greg Sandell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac+ Monitor going bad
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Date: 10 Mar 91 04:43:40 GMT
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Reply-To: sandell@ferret.ils.nwu.edu (Greg Sandell)
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I have a 2 1/2 year old MacPlus and the screen is going bad, it seems.
Now and then the screen simply goes black.  When I give it a hit,
it comes back on, accompanied by some flicker and a bunch of thick
black bands across the screen.  I have Moire as my screensaver, so
if it was my screensaver kicking in, I would know it.  It's definitely
a monitor problem.

It seems to happen when I've left it on for a few hours.  I have a little
fan strategically pointed at the 'hot spot' (top front left edge) which
keeps it cool, so I tend to leave my Mac on for 3-4 hours at a time, sometimes
all day.

Some questions for anyone who knows the answers:

1) What's going bad and how much will it cost me?
2) How long before the screen dies bigtime?  (Currently the problem isn't
	very disturbing, very infrequent)
3) Any clue why the problem shows up only after the machine has been
	on for a few hours?

Thanks in advance,
Greg Sandell

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* Greg Sandell (sandell@ils.nwu.edu)          Evanston, IL USA *
* Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University *
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