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Halcyon

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Sep 21, 2006
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As of today and all of a sudden, a green vertical line appeared on my 17" iMac screen (the line runs all the way from top to bottom). The machine is not even two years old, so I'll be pissed if this means my screen is broken. Pissed because I've always had the highest opinion on the quality of Apple products.

I would like to run a hardware check but I cannot remember how to do this...all I remember is that it's done at start up. Also, read a post a while ago where somebody fix some dead pixels and/or a line of dead pixels with a firmware update and/or resetting the SMC.

No, I don't have extended warranty (Apple Care).

I'm open for suggestions.
 
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