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Apple Silicon iMacs appear to suffer from screen deterioration after two years — flood of user complaints hit Apple Community forums (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] rottingleaf 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What does this have to do with "Apple Silicon"? Unless it's not screen deterioration, but something with graphic output.

[–] amorpheus 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Might just be to indicate when it started happening. They could have written "M1" and still cause the same confusion, and I believed that's what the model is called.

[–] arin 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"According to an investigation by one of the affected users, the Apple iMac screen uses a flex cable that must sustain a voltage of around 50 volts when the screen is set to high or maximum brightness. This causes the connector to burn out over time, it was theorized, resulting in short circuits that cause the black lines to appear on the screen"

[–] rottingleaf 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh. Makes sense it's a cable. This way they can profit on spare cables and keep the reputation of reliable hardware for their fanbase.

[–] kalleboo 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This flex cable is bonded to the LCD and requires a replacement of the whole display assembly

[–] rottingleaf 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, so they can sell the whole matrix in addition to cable. Even better.

[–] slaacaa 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[–] quixotic120 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not that kind of cable

[–] lando55 5 points 2 months ago

Oh. Makes sense it's Cable. This way they can profit on spare Cables and keep the reputation of New Mutants for their fanbase.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

It refers to the affected models, not the cause. The apple silicon iMac was a complete redesign.