Luis Sequeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 9/2/03 7:11 am: >My wife's Wallstreet >(233MHz, 384MB, 20GB, OS >X 10.2.6) >has developed a problem, in >that everytime it starts up >or wakes from >sleep the screen is very dark >(its contents being almost >invisible). > >The grey screen with tbe big >Apple logo looks fine, but >after that it >is like the brightness was >turned all the way down. >Pressing the >brightness button usually >brings it back to normal, but >it is a >nuisance and it does not >work when waking from >sleep (we have to >restart the machine). > >I remember seeing mention >of something like this in >some newer models >(Lombards or Pismos, >maybe) and the solution >seemed to involve >booting into open firmware, >which, afaik, is not present in >the >wallstreet (being an "old >world rom" mac).
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