Sorry if I'm repeating a known problem, but I tried searching for this on this and other forums but either I couldn't think of how other people would call it, or it's not that big of a problem, but I couldn't find anything, and hence this post.
I have no idea why, and I don't know how to repeat the problem, but sometimes randomly the colors on my screen get very messed up. see: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8MZmYNMaMMCmal8oV3-Z6g?authkey=ZnLt5_rJ7dg&feat=directlink and http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2ZQbVuRi-6i2W2cWWOb3iw?authkey=ZnLt5_rJ7dg&feat=directlink for two examples. It started happening last week or so, but I'm not sure what brought it on so I can't really bring it in to an apple store to ask what the problem is, so I figured I'd try posting here first to see if anyone knows. I have found that when it happens, when I close the computer (i.e. put it to sleep) and open it back up, the colors are back to normal. However, they seem to switch back to the messed up colors when I bring my mouse to the dock, but I have no idea why that might be related. After a few closing-openings, they seem to stay steady again and it works until probably a few days later when it'll happen randomly again. Also, I tried taking a screen shot while the colors were wrong, but once they were back to normal, the screenshot was also fixed, which I guess means it's something wrong with the screen itself, and not the operating system.
It's a new aluminum macbook, the lesser-costly version, and it's only a month or so old. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam
I have no idea why, and I don't know how to repeat the problem, but sometimes randomly the colors on my screen get very messed up. see: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8MZmYNMaMMCmal8oV3-Z6g?authkey=ZnLt5_rJ7dg&feat=directlink and http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2ZQbVuRi-6i2W2cWWOb3iw?authkey=ZnLt5_rJ7dg&feat=directlink for two examples. It started happening last week or so, but I'm not sure what brought it on so I can't really bring it in to an apple store to ask what the problem is, so I figured I'd try posting here first to see if anyone knows. I have found that when it happens, when I close the computer (i.e. put it to sleep) and open it back up, the colors are back to normal. However, they seem to switch back to the messed up colors when I bring my mouse to the dock, but I have no idea why that might be related. After a few closing-openings, they seem to stay steady again and it works until probably a few days later when it'll happen randomly again. Also, I tried taking a screen shot while the colors were wrong, but once they were back to normal, the screenshot was also fixed, which I guess means it's something wrong with the screen itself, and not the operating system.
It's a new aluminum macbook, the lesser-costly version, and it's only a month or so old. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam
