Apple Technician Guide MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009) - tim.id.au
Apple Technician Guide MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009) - tim.id.au
Apple Technician Guide MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009) - tim.id.au
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2010-06-11<br />
5. Verify if user’s issue is nonuniform<br />
brightness.<br />
Deep Dive: Incorrect/Missing Colors<br />
Yes Go to Non-uniform<br />
Brightness Deep Dive.<br />
No LCD functioning OK.<br />
Check Result Action Code<br />
1. Verify display is listed in the<br />
System <strong>Pro</strong>filer’s Graphics/<br />
Displays device tree.<br />
2. Verify System Preferences<br />
Display <strong>Pro</strong>file is val<strong>id</strong> for<br />
display being tested. Color<br />
profile should be set to Color<br />
LCD, user may have created an<br />
off-color calibration setting.<br />
3. Verify that the glass panel is<br />
free of contaminants.<br />
4. Run Clamshell Service<br />
Diagnostic utility and check<br />
for LCD panel presence. If not<br />
found, reseat and verify LVDS<br />
cable is secure to the logic<br />
board. Are colors restored?<br />
5. Set desktop pattern in System<br />
Preferences to ‘Sol<strong>id</strong> Gray Light’.<br />
Verify if incorrect/missing color<br />
issue affects entire display.<br />
6. Set up display under test s<strong>id</strong>e<br />
by s<strong>id</strong>e with another known<br />
good display showing the<br />
same image. Verify if issue<br />
is noticeably worse on the<br />
display being tested.<br />
Yes This ensures color profile can<br />
be matched with LCD. Go to<br />
step 2.<br />
No Go to N09.<br />
Yes If display profile is val<strong>id</strong> and<br />
the colors are still incorrect or<br />
missing go to step 3.<br />
No Set System Preferences:<br />
Displays: Color to Color LCD<br />
and retest.<br />
Yes Go to step 4.<br />
No Clean glass panel using<br />
approved method. Retest.<br />
Yes Loose cable connection. Issue<br />
resolved.<br />
No Go to step 5.<br />
Yes Test a known-good display, go<br />
to step 7.<br />
No Go to step 6.<br />
Yes Test a known-good display, go<br />
to step 7<br />
No Small variations in color<br />
uniformity are normal and do<br />
not warrant replacement or<br />
repair of the display.<br />
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