iMac white screen then goes black.

By now you've probably done something to resolve the white screen and shut down. My friend bought a 21.5" four days ago 10/10/10 and experienced the same issue this morning. She called Apple Care. Whatever the issue is, it couldn't be resolved over the phone and the Apple Care rep made an appointment at the genius bar for repair "or possible replacement". The appointment is this afternoon, so I do not know the outcome yet.

Apologies in advance, for this!

Intro of Darknes

then Redness

then Whiteness!


Anyone know what I am on about?! Just curious!

The outcome of my friends 21.5" iMac issue with white screen power up for less than a minute, then black screen(off). One other symptom of the issue is when they tried using the install DVD, it went in but would not eject:

The genius bar did the same and other tests that were done over the phone with Apple Care. In less than 15 minutes with the genius she went home from the Apple store with a new iMac. For those with the same symptoms on their iMac, the solution appears to be return it for a replacement.