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Offline MacTron

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Flashing LED Fault Indicator - Apple Cinema Display
« on: June 02, 2016, 10:37:01 AM »
Flashing LED Fault Indicator - Apple Cinema Display.
Blinking sequence :
#1 short, short, short-->Wrong video format or an unsupported resolution.
#2 short, long, short -->Issues with the power adapter.
#3 short, short, long -->The display is detecting a backlight error.

Mine is showing #3  :-X
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Offline GaryN

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Re: Flashing LED Fault Indicator - Apple Cinema Display
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2016, 04:01:44 PM »
Sadly, my experience with these is that a "backlight error" is actually an inverter failure. If one CFL backlight goes out, there's no error indication, perhaps because it's pretty obvious one's burned out.

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Re: Flashing LED Fault Indicator - Apple Cinema Display
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2016, 06:12:44 PM »
I see the next MARL  summer project. Retrofitting  LED  backlight to an ADC display.
Looking for MacOS 9.2.4

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Re: Flashing LED Fault Indicator - Apple Cinema Display
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2016, 10:30:47 AM »
Sadly, my experience with these is that a "backlight error" is actually an inverter failure. If one CFL backlight goes out, there's no error indication, perhaps because it's pretty obvious one's burned out.
You are right, everything points in to that direction. The monitor works well for about five minutes and then the upper part goes dark.
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