macbook display problem

[jarrow]

while using my 3 month old macbook on battery, the screen went "over bright" and remains distorted. The colors are pixelated, severe, mostly white and black and everything is indistinct. I have "zapped" the pram. I have reinstalled with disc 1, targetting the utilities. I have re-set the display properties repeatedly. If I reduce the brightness, it doesn't not impact the distortion. It resembles a vector illustration that is not crisp at all.

 

[Fleetwood Mac]

Try looking in System Prefs -> Universal Access

Look at the Contrast Enhance on the display settings. It should be on Normal.

Thanks flopticalcube. I was way off on this one.

 

[flopticalcube]

Can you take and post a screen shot? If it looks OK to us it is a hardware issue. If it looks messed up to us, it is a software issue.

 

[jarrow]

Thank you

I appreciate your response. Just wanted to make sure I had tried all the preliminary fixes! Thank you.

 

[jarrow]

screen shots

I hope this helps. I used two different backgrounds to show better perspective.

 

[flopticalcube]

Actually, I was talking about a screen capture. + shift + 3 that sort of thing.

 

[flopticalcube]

Try looking in System Prefs -> Universal Access

Look at the Contrast Enhance on the display settings. It should be on Normal.

 

[jarrow]

You are amazing!

THANK YOU! That fixed it! I cannot figure out how that became skewed...and it seems like I have tried everything in imagination to fix it! You are so kind to help me. Thank you.

 

[flopticalcube]

THANK YOU! That fixed it! I cannot figure out how that became skewed...and it seems like I have tried everything in imagination to fix it! You are so kind to help me. Thank you.

You probably inadvertently hit the key combo to enhance contrast. Its a double edged sword. Happens to many of us.