20 Most Recent Apple Cinema HD 30" LCD Monitor Questions & Answers

I don't know what might have happened, but a number of years ago I had an apple monitor and the power light on it started blinking, so I got in touch with apple and they told me that it's flashing an error code, so they told me what the blinking indicated and fixed it.

So I think the blinking of the power light on your monitor could be indicating an error code so I suggest you call apple and they will identify what the error is indicating.

a button could be stuck on the keyboard. unplug it take the battery out if possible. if not . its ok you got this. first look at the keyboard keys to see witch ones look like there stuck in. now if they look good to you. get a soft cloth moisten it LIGHTLY ............now wipe your keyboard gently. you can dry up any thing with a napcan. look at the keyboard an see if ant thing look different. a good wiping helps every now an than. lol. let it dry up good an turn it on. if that did not help you. your table screen is malfunctioning because of your power button or vol. control

The drivers are included in Leopard.

If the display is not working please ensure the video card you are using is compatible with the 30" display.

Blinking light on Apple cinema display usually indicates insufficient power from the power supply. Test it with another power supply from ANY cinema display (23" and 27" power supplies are ok to test with).

It's probably the backlight. If you look very closely, perhaps using a flashlight, you might be able to see that it is still working but just not being lit up from the back. In that case it may be worth fixing, but if not, then it's probably past its useful life. One other thing you might try is a different power supply.

Check your connection to the screen. You may have a running application / process that requires a lot of processing power from your Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). If you wait until the application has completed its task, or quit the program, videos should run fine.

Your computer will always give you all available options for resolution. If there is no higher resolution available in the settings screen, there is no higer resolution available for you. This is linked to your graphical processing unit inside your PC. This cannot be changed that easily

If all cables are connected properly, this might be a driver problem.

Try to shine aflashlight on the screen and seeif you see an image. I have a Apple cinema HD 30 (A1083). I have no power. I checked the power supply and it is good. I bought a main board from ebay. I still had the same problem so I returned it (minus a 15% restocking fee). I read somewhere that you have to have the usb cables plugged into the computer for it to work. Is this true? If so I may have returned the part I needed to make this monitor work. (just my luck) I bought this monitor for $25 used off craigslist. I am really excited to get this working. I have heard great things about how fantastic the dispay is. I am ready to do some gaming on it. I am an electronic technician but not so familar with this apple monitor. I figured I would turn to this forum to learn from some apple experts out there. Any imput would be wonderful in troubleshooting my problem.thanksTommy

Hello, I have a Apple cinema HD 30 (A1083). I have no power. I checked the power supply and it is good. I bought a main board from ebay. I still had the same problem so I returned it (minus a 15% restocking fee). I read somewhere that you have to have the usb cables plugged into the computer for it to work. Is this true? If so I may have returned the part I needed to make this monitor work. (just my luck) I bought this monitor for $25 used off craigslist. I am really excited to get this working. I have heard great things about how fantastic the dispay is. I am ready to do some gaming on it. I am an electronic technician but not so familar with this apple monitor. I figured I would turn to this forum to learn from some apple experts out there. Any imput would be wonderful in troubleshooting my problem.thanksTommy

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Is the monitor near a speaker or in any magnetic interference? If it is, I strongly suggest that you move the lcd a little farther. If it still fails then the problem will be on the monitor itself. It's better to get a replacement than repairing for it will surely cost you.

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hi terryosulliv,

You can try HDMI..or VGA..

mastergani

I try a different video cable. Sometimes a wire goes bad or pin gets bent.

The more likely cause is simply a bad monitor. If it is still under hardware warranty I would say look into getting a replacement. Depending on how expensive a new one is versus how much a repair costs I would explorer those options. There is nothing that can be done in software though, it is a hardware issue.

there are no bulb in a lcd screen
disconnect all the cables except the power cable and then turn the monitor on you would see a test screen if it still happens your monitor is faulty and better buy a new one as repairing is usually expensive .check you warrenty its usually 3 years

plz make sure that your monitor is not in contact of any other magnetic device such ans phone, speaker etc

You can try contacting Apple tech support

http://www.apple.com/support/contact/

They will be able to give you the best solution

1.Check the socket at the back, its possible that the socket or the connection from the power cable to the socket is loose. just make sure that you connect it properly.

2. Another possible cause is that your machine is overheating. Capacitors will pop if overheating occurs. The only way to resolve this is to change faulty capacitors.

Hopefully its not #2 ... happy 4th of july...

try a hard reset unplug it for 5h and try again.