White iMac - weird display problem

[queshy]

Hi,

My 24" white iMac is all of a sudden suffering from burn in. There were 3 files on my desktop, now I deleted them and you can see where they were in the screen. I tried everything! Reset the pRAM, SMC, put on a white screensaver, etc, all with no success. It just happened "all of a sudden". Coincidently I was about to do a clean install of Leopard, and I think I noticed it as I was about to install Leopard (i cancelled the installation). The iMac is still under the one year warranty...what should I do? Thanks!

 

[airjuggernaut]

call Apple.

 

[queshy]

Hmm don't they only have 90 days of free tech support? This machine is almost a year old..I don't want them to charge me for telling me my screen is messed up.

The iMac is turned off now..maybe if i leave it off for a bit the pixels we fix themselves...

 

[Zedsdead185]

have you tried stuck pixel correction stuff? worth a try

heres the link
http://www.jscreenfix.com/basic.php
try not to stare at it lol

 

[queshy]

Argg I just tried turning it on again...same problem...I guess I'll jsut leave it off til this afternoon then I'll call Apple...

 

[minutePulsation]

Argg I just tried turning it on again...same problem...I guess I'll jsut leave it off til this afternoon then I'll call Apple...

Definitely call... there's no way an LCD should have burn in after only one year.

 

[queshy]

I called, they told me to do the exact same thing as on the apple website: put on a white screensaver and wait...and I did that already...nothing happened. It's still there. Apple just told me to bring it in for service...great.