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Old Sep 7, 2009, 08:35 PM   #1
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My screen color has gone completely solarized

So i was playing World of Warcraft with out the battery in since i find when removing the battery the tempeture diminishes. But i accidentally pulled the power cord and my computer shut down. When i rebooted my computer screens color has gone all funny.

This isnt the first time this has happened. The first time i just turned on my computer and the color was like this. After 3 months while watching a movie on an external monitor and accidentally ripping the monitors plug out of my laptop, it magically fixed itself.

The second time was while i was in college. I walked into library, sat down, turned on my computer and it was back. I slapped my computer around a little bit out of frustration. repeatedly turned it on, then shut if off with the power button for about 30 minutes, and again it decided to work properly after awhile.

Now this third time, while playing WoW, i've tried both previous solutions over and over again but nothing has changed.

I've taken it in to apple store seeing as how i bought the extended warranty but the problem is the 2 closest corners to me have minor dents in them and they said accidental damage isnt covered in my warranty even though i doubt these dents have anything to do with my problem since those dents happened over 2 years ago.

I've attached some pictures. The first one is how my screen should look, the second one is how it actually looks. The third is of how movies look, and the 4th is how my games start up screen looks.

Im wondering if anyone has any opinions or possible solutions.
I thank everyone in advance for their positive input.

edit: for some reason it wont let me upload the images. The only way i can describe the problem in words is that it looks like an imaged i edited with the solarized option on a cell phone. All bright reds greens and blues.

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Old Sep 7, 2009, 09:44 PM   #2
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Other than some kind of hardware problem the only thing I can think of is the Enhance Contrast option under System Preferences/Universal Access/Display being slid up to maximum, could it be this?
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Old Sep 7, 2009, 09:49 PM   #3
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Is it possible you hit the invert screen option?

Try hitting Command+Option+Control+8
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Is it possible you hit the invert screen option?

Try hitting Command+Option+Control+8
Another good suggestion, I forgot about that.
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edit: for some reason it wont let me upload the images. The only way i can describe the problem in words is that it looks like an imaged i edited with the solarized option on a cell phone. All bright reds greens and blues.
Please upload the images to a place like www.imgur.com, and use the IMG tag to embed them. Seeing what is happening will help us a LOT.
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The reason your temperatures decrease without the battery in is because the computer throttles the processor down to half speed to avoid drawing more power than is available. You're experiencing one of the reasons why I don't recommend you do that. Try resetting your PRAM (hold down command + option + p + r when restarting before the chime and until it chimes a second time). If that does nothing, turn the computer off and hold down the power button until the sleep button flashes repeatedly and the fans run at full speed, your speakers may also make an unpleasant sound. If it's still there, I'm out of suggestions.
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