Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are you still using the same HDMI cable, or a new one? On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote: > As some of you know I have had problems with mu Mac Mini computer. I now > need somebody who knows something to advise me. The history is as follows: > > I have a Mac Mini which was purchased from Apple and was upgraded from 4 > to 8gb of Ram by them. The original purchase was about 15 months ago. This > was connected to an Iiyama 27? monitor via the HDMI port. The monitor was > purchased in May 2015. > > About 3 weeks ago the computer froze and I had a white screen with > thousands of coloured pixels over it. All aspects of the computer were > checked out at the Apple store with no fault found, but for safety they > re-installed to operating system but on return home the fault persisted so > the next day I returned to the store and they again checked the computer > thoroughly and again no fault was diagnosed. Meanwhile I had connected the > laptop to the screen via the DVI port and all was working fine (the laptop > has no HDMI slot). This tended to suggest that it was the HDMI port on the > screen that was faulty. > > I contacted Iiyama who sent another screen down, and this was installed on > Tuesday of this week. Today the problem returned, this time the screen > being black (with a faint glow) with a broad black band down the centre of > it. > > I returned to the Apple store who uttered something about a fault on the > video output side as being a possibility, and replaced the machine with a > brand new one. The new machine already has 8gb RAM in it and a much larger > hard disk because it is a newer model. They also refunded my original > upgrade costs of ?240 ($340) which is great. On installing the new machine > and connecting it to the screen my problem persists. > > MY QUESTION IS is it possible that a problem with the first machine has > damaged both screens if a component was faulty. To me it seems unlikely > that the new Iiyama screen would fail after only 5 days use, but anything > is possible. BTW the new computer is working fine at the moment with an old > Acer screen. > > Your thoughts on the subject would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto