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MBA 2011 thin black strip at the bottom of the display

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Stevie04

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Jul 22, 2011
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Hi,
I got my new MBA 13" 256 i5 yesterday. Then I realised a thin black strip at the bottom of the display after I had opened Safari in full screen mode. Do you have the same problem? Should I send it back to Apple?
I have the Samsung Display!
 
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rkheyfets

macrumors regular
Dec 16, 2010
171
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NYC
are you referring to the border that comes all around the screen not the bezel,
or is it just on the bottom and yea a photo would b very helpful
 
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Roman2K~

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Mar 11, 2011
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@Stevie04
There's already a thread on the subject.

I have this "black line" / "gradient" / "smokey thing" too on my mid 2011 MBA. And though I had never noticed it before reading the aforementioned thread, I have this on my 2010 MBA as well. You can see pictures of both side by side in this post (both Samsung panels).

I know I'm not helping you out here. All I know is what's for sure so far:
  • It's a hardware issue, as this "gradient" appears even in the gray screen during the boot process.
  • It was there on late 2010 MBAs, at least on mine.
  • People have been exchanging their MBAs for new ones, "gradient" still there.
What's not so sure:
  • Whether it's a defect.
  • Conversely, whether it's done on purpose (I actually quite like it, for now).
Stevie04 said:
But maybe its the glass in front of the panel?
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There is no glass in front of the panel.
 
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Stevie04

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Original poster
Jul 22, 2011
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So every MBA has this problem and I do not have to send it back?
It's good to see that I'm not the only one with this problem.
Okay I have to live with this bug then...

thank you for your help ;)
 
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TheRealDamager

macrumors 65816
Jan 5, 2011
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Yes - this seems to be pretty constant - I have the small gradient area as well. So it doesn't seem to be an issue with just your machine.
 
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Roman2K~

macrumors 6502a
Mar 11, 2011
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Stevie04 said:
So every MBA has this problem and I do not have to send it back?
It's good to see that I'm not the only one with this problem.
Okay I have to live with this bug then...

thank you for your help ;)
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You're welcome :).

If you take it back and get a new one, you're very likely to get the same panel. However, if you take it to the Genius bar, I'm sure they will replace the panel with a properly lit since you'll have described the issue and they'll have to ensure the new one is free of any "gradient".

rkheyfets said:
if its not glass then what is in front of the panel?
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What you can touch is the panel itself, I guess. At least not a glass like on the MBP.
 
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rkheyfets

macrumors regular
Dec 16, 2010
171
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NYC
Roman2K~ said:
I think if it was a glass panel, it would cover the bezel as well (like on the MBP).
Click to expand...

good point however they wouldn't just ship a bare panel, maybe like the anti glare macs the glass (or whatever covers the panel) doesn't extend to the bezel.
 
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jackyyeow

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Jul 5, 2011
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I've had some experiences with Sony Vaio X, the 11" display while having superb colors and brightness, it has exactly the same problem discussed here.

I think it's the limitation of thin display where the backlight cannot evenly distribute through out a wider viewing angle.
 
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