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Old October 2nd, 2006, 11:54 PM   #1
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Cinema Display slow to turn on?

Has anyone had this problem?

I have a G5 and a 23" HD Cinema Display that are about 4 months old. Up until a week ago the display would fire up about 5 seconds after I turned on the computer. Now it take 10 minutes or not at all. I've tried resetting the displays power button but that did not seem to work either.

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Old October 3rd, 2006, 07:01 AM   #2
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Never saw that problem on mine. It could be an issue with either the graphics card, LCD screen or its power supply. For staters I would try connecting another screen to the computer and see what happens. If that's OK, see if you can plug the cinema display into another computer.
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Old October 5th, 2006, 12:35 AM   #3
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It turns out I had a bad power supply on the Cinema Display. The wierd thing was that if I unpluged it for about an hour and then pluged it back in, it would work. Which was why I was getting so pissed because every time I took it in to Apple it would work fine. I'd bring it home and it would work (the first time), but every time I would try to restart it... no go! Very strange!

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Old October 6th, 2006, 10:36 AM   #4
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Power supplies do go bad. I had one go bad on a 17" display and two G4's (after 6 years). Display symptom was that it would turn off and on. Unplugging it for a second or two would stabilize. Eventually, it just went out. Heat is the enemy of electronics. If your supply is tucked away without ventilation like mine was, caveat emptor.
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