OMG the iMac is broke return it for a FULL refund
can you remove the Blade SSD and just leave the normal SSD sata one connected ? 1 by 1 see if the drives are giving any interference.
do the lines come up right away ?
It would appear that this guy opened up his iMac and installed some internal SSDs, not sure that's covered by AppleCare...
Put it back as it was and take it into Apple anyway.
They probably won't notice anything is different as I doubt think geniuses looks at glue formations.
Oh dear. Not what you want to see.
I know you've checked the cables but make sure you double, triple, quadruple check that video cable. It's the wider of the two and it has quite a fiddly lever lock. Swing the lever arm up, take the cable out and ENSURE there is no dirt in there or on the cable connector itself. Also check that the cable's contact strips haven't become damaged or creased by forcing it into the socket (which is a common cock up).
Other than the video cable, I'm not sure what to suggest.
Did you remove the adhesive tape by the way?
Looks like the LVDS cable is not inserted properly or possibly damaged. Make sure the cable is sitted correctly on the back of the lcd and the logic board.
Looks like the LVDS cable is not inserted properly or possibly damaged. Make sure the cable is sitted correctly on the back of the lcd and the logic board.
here is a pic of what my screen looks like
http://i46.tinypic.com/o318l.png
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yeah the lines come on the second my computer begins to boot. Im guessing video card cord?
any ideas what I might have unplugged? where is the video card plug into motherboard at? I can see some of my screen just fine but other stripes are off white and white. please help
Maybe try and plug in an external monitor, to rule out everything but the display.
Unfortunately, its unlikely to be a physical connection issue given you are getting some recognizable image. That sort of pattern, made up of good and bad portions of the image, is typically a problem with video buffering or paging memory. You may want to ensure your video card (does it have discrete gpu?) is seated firmly.
Even though the image is striped, can you see mouse movement? Does the system respond to the keyboard? That would be another indicator its internal to the video processing logic.
Worst case scenario you have short something did you use ESD protection?Put the computer back to normal and take it to apple and if you are lucky they will not see that you opened it.any ideas what I might have unplugged? where is the video card plug into motherboard at? I can see some of my screen just fine but other stripes are off white and white. please help