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Color leaks while watching movies.?
I get color leaks soon after starting to watch a movie , It seems to be the logic board , Any idea ?
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"(sorry to post a new answer - it's simply too much text for a comment)
ok, i get it. the important part in your description were the white dots. i found this (click).
many users on the apple forum are saying that it's a typical nvidia problem - but i don't think so.
the apple tv uses an almost passive cooling system, the fan is on the other side of the motherboard, the cooling surface is actually the top of the apple tv (never place anything on top of the apple tv!)
and when you look at those massive amounts of thermal paste on the cpu/gpu (click) - you can see the possible problem.
larger amounts of thermal paste are useless - the can't transport the heat properly and the paste will harden with time.
i had a few macbooks with heat issues - they had around 4-5 times too much thermal paste on the chips - i cleaned them up, used a good thermal paste - the size should be something between a lentil and a pea (look at those pictures again!!).
since you already opened it, you have no fear from doing it again - right? ;-)
remove the logic board (you can also use the logic board guide - even if it's not complete)
clean up the old paste with isopropyl alcohol and put some fresh thermal paste on the 2 chips (lentil-pea), use ceramic based stuff - it's better for that job.
reassemble the apple tv and try to watch a video.
since i never heard the fan in my apple tv - i don't know if there could be a next possible problem - ok, my apple tv is newer (around 9 month old) - but it is in heavy usage (jailbroken, so it plays almost everything) - sometimes it plays 6 to 8hrs without any break (the tv run's while i'm working - but only for educational purposes, that way i can work on my english ""skills"" (LOL))
i hope that this didn't sound to bewildered - it's now 06:40am and coffee nr. 3 is almost done
good luck"
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