Hi Harry, Your back light on the LCD may be turned off or dead. Shine a flashlight on the screen and log in normally and try the F2 key to try to turn the back light up. If that doesn't work, then the backlight is blown. But by your description, it sounds like it has died. The fix is a new LCD for the laptop.
Brian O' On Mar 8, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: I have an iBook which I don't use very often. I keep it plugged in to keep the battery charged. Today, I wanted to grab some info off the iBook. I start it up and when the "welcome to Macintosh" screen comes up, the screen immediately goes dark. After the computer boots up the screen remains dark BUT the desktop is barely visible, I can just make out some images on the screen. I was able to boot it up in target disk mode connected to MacBook Pro and get information off the hard drives. I could just make out the image of the floating firewire icons on the iBook screen but that's it. I didn't have the iBook plugged into a surge protector in the closet. I wonder if the screen got zapped during one of this winter's electrical storms. Any suggestions? Thanks. Harry ps the only way I can turn off the iBook is to disconnect the power supply and take out the battery. _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
