Hello All,
Late last night my Pismo slipped from my grasp onto my hardwood floor.
Landed sideways on a corner of the lid. Popped the lid and DVD open. What a
sick feeling....
Good News: it started up again, nothing physically broken.
Bad News: blank screen, big gouge on top.
I waited for the hard drive to stop making noise and assumed I was at
the opening dialogue. I typed the first letter of my startup name and then
my password and it seems to be running OK. I'm at work now with nothing but
PC's around. Tonight I'll try either Target mode with my desktop or the
external screen with my TV and verify everything is running (except of
course my display).
What should I look for as the reason for the blank display? (besides my
clumsiness....). I have installed a hard drive and airport card and am not
afraid to open it up but not very experienced with this kind of thing. A
disconnected wire? Maybe just false hope here but if any suggestions please
reply direct to me or send a cc as I am on digest mode.
Hello all,
I have traveled extensively across the U.S. in a van with my pismo and noticed that every so often when I turn on my computer I get a blank screen. Usually it is caused by my either tossing my laptop too much while in its bag or just general vibration from the road. What happens is the CPU card gets loose and then I have to push down and reset it. So you might try pushing down a little harder than you think necessary on the CPU card to see if it seats itself better in its slot. This is a source of my blank screens and could be yours??? If you haven't tried it, it won't hurt...
later,
Darrin
Oklahoma's true FCP, Mac guru
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