Apple 23″ monitor issues
I have two 23″ Apple monitors. The one I bought new in Feb 2005 works perfectly. The one I bought second-hand in 2008 has started refusing to wake from sleep. Initially I solved the problem by plugging in a tiny USB LED light, which kept it active, but in the last week it’s started to be quite a challenge.
Seems I’m not alone. The same problem is described by lots of people on http://pashasadri.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/apple-23-cinema-display-power-supply/#comment-1962. It must be the power supply brick since wiggling the elliptical connector usually brings it back to life. They’re connected to a Quad core G5, still a great computer.
Tomorrow morning I’ll try some of the solutions proposed in that blog, starting with taping off the centre pin and see if that solves it. If that doesn’t work I’ll try resetting the NVRAM and then the PRAM, but since the other monitor works fine I’m doubtful they’re the problem. My room has been smelling as if someone’s been having a sneaky smoke in there lately.
Since dozens of people have posted about this on the blog it seems Apple ought to recognise it’s got a problem with late 2005-2006 manufactured power supplies for the 23″ LCD monitor. I’ve owned Macs since the IIe in the early 80’s and have currently got six in the house, some very old. Just love ‘em, but I don’t want to start using other products because they’re turning a blind eye to a problem.