My 27-Inch iMac (late 2013) got a defect: weird display problem with vertical & horizontal glitches. Guess how much it cost me to repair :)
Initially we thought it would be “just” a Bad Display - but when the Genius Guy ran a series of diagnostics, the GPU failed!
Replacing both parts would in fact be replacing the whole motherboard (GPU is a fixed part of the logic board) and the whole front (front glass/LCD/display controller) - so, it would cost more than half of what I originally paid in my iMac in 2013.
My iMac is my working tool, how I pay the bills. Of course this episode made me remember of the time I used to have a regular PC, completely modular… Once I had a bad monitor, and I just purchased a new and better one. Today, by having an iMac, there is no other option than taking it to Apple for service, and it is expensive. But I really cannot see myself using Windows again, so…
If you like to repair things yourself (or just want to see the insides of an iMac), take a look:
How to remove and replace an iMac display - by iFixit
- [ Ссылка ] (how to remove the display)
- [ Ссылка ] (how to re-apply a display)
Chapters
0:00 iMac Display Problem
0:18 My iMac 27" 2013
0:40 Glitches on the Screen
1:21 Genius Guy
1:14 Display AND GPU problems?!
1:52 Is it Covered by a Replacement Program?
2:19 Only the Display was replaced
2:48 Never throw away the Box
2:56 Lots of Glitches for you to watch
#iMacDisplayProblem #iMacProblem #iMac
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Written, Performed and Produced by Everson Siqueira
Music credits:
“Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairies”
Tchaikovsky
YouTube Audio Library, free music
“Toccata in D minor”
Bach
YouTube Audio Library, free music
“Habanera”
Bizet
YouTube Audio Library, free music
