WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. THE COW BOG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES.
Well, today was the second official meeting of the Nepalese Apple User Group (NAUG) at the Studio, and while turnout was low, interest was high. I wanted to get my iMac checked out by an expert, and we have an ex-Genius Bar dude living here and he is also the Pres. of the group as well, so lucky me. The problem has been an ever-growing anomaly on the 20" iMac screen (in the top corners) - looking a bit like a film of dirt or fungus growing outwards. The result is a darkening that annoys the crap outta me when i am designing. I goggled this and could not find anything like it:
So Mr. President brought some strange tools and performed an Apple authorized surgery, that I am not so sure is allowed to be made public. But here it is...
Step 1. Remove the glass from the iMac bezel wearing special apple anti-static surgical gloves and huge suction cups that I wish I could get for my shower mirror. I was amazed to learn the only thing holding the glass to the bezel are magnets, like the one that sucks the power cord into your macbook.
Step 2. Use a special Lint Roller on the glass. This is an Apple Lint Roller that could pull the nose hairs right outta Wozniak's bazoo, and not one you can get at Woolworth's. Oh, that's shut down u say. Okay, then CompUSA. Oh, that's gone too? No matter, you can only get this tool from Apple:
Step 3. Use that same roller (after cleaning it off on special Apple Fly Paper) to remove gunk from the surface of the LCD. This is done quickly as not to increase the chances of the ceiling emitting particles as it does often during earthquakes.
Step 4. Inspect the fly paper for collected dirt, or fly parts if you are into that sorta thing.
Step 5. Use Step 1 above, but rewind the video until the glass is safely back in the bezel.
Here was the result after the official cleaning: no change. Apparently this is a defect in the polarization of the glass, and it's being put in as a warranty replacement:
Well, hope that was as interesting to you as it was to me, and if you are in the hood on the second Saturday of any month, please feel free to stop by the Studio to attend one of the meetings of NAUG. Details here: www.phoenixstudios.com.np/naug
WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. THE COW BOG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES.
