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More screen issues on a Pismo...
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Orange County, California
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Back in May, I took my Pismo to Apple to have the pink screen replaced under AppleCare. I took it to them on a Monday, and to my surprise, was looking at it that Thursday. Not bad service if I do say so myself.
However, the screen that they put in it has 4 dead/stuck pixels on it, and now there are two dark portions of the screen at the lower left and right hand corners. I think it has to do with the hinge clutches wearing out, since there is a significant amount of play in the screen.
I love my Pismo, and I hate to part with it for any real length of time. However, do you think Apple will replace/repair the hinges as well as put a new screen in that doesn't have dark splotches or stuck pixels? If it looks like they will, I'll take it right up to the store in Fashion Island again. I just hope they don't give me any guff about it.
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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Obviously, they're not going to be happy about it, but if you have an extended warranty on your PowerBook, it's likely that a screen with four dead pixels and two dark spots will get replaced. 
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Boston, MA
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Same thing happened to my Pismo in the bottom left corner.. it started to become grey. I had it fixed under AppleCare with no problems.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
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About a week after the strap on my carrying case broke, and my case took a tumble down the stairs with my Pismo inside, my PB develop a single vertical line of red pixels, in the middle of the screen. I got it replaced under Apple care with no problem. I didn't mention the fact that it had taken a tumble. 
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: München, Deutschland
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Originally posted by OpenStep:
Same thing happened to my Pismo in the bottom left corner.. it started to become grey. I had it fixed under AppleCare with no problems.
Have you any idea / infos by Apple, what caused this corner-effect? First I thought it was spilled liquid/moisture.
Regards,
PB.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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4 stuck pixels and 2 dark patches are inexcusable. Surely they saw the screen before they put it in.
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Orange County, California
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Well, the two little dark spots in the corners have only developed in the past few weeks or so. That didn't really bug me. The fact that I got 4 dead pixels in a replacement screen straight from them kinda peeved me. Hopefully they won't give me anything when I finally take it in.
I've also noticed that the brightness on this replacement (Samsung LCD I believe) is a lot less than the original. Maybe I'm just crazy.
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