Re: red screen on clamshell

[Bryan Kattwinkel]

on 12/26/04 12:06 PM, Dan K wrote:

>Bryan Kattwinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>We have a clamshell iBook 300 with a battery that is completely dead. On 
>>top of that, the screen has a pronounced red tint to it. I can see some 
>>blue and green coming through, but all white areas of the screen are 
>>quite pink. The family member using the machine said that the condition 
>>developed gradually. I expect to receive a replacement battery next week, 
>>and hope that might clear up the problem. If not, what component would 
>>cause such a condition?

>It's probably hardware related, but just for the heck of it, I'd like to 
>suggest trying a lil' experiment.
>
>Reset the nvram . . .
>
>Startup into openfirmware by holding down key combo cmd-opt-O-F right 
>after startup.
>at prompt type
> "reset-nvram" (without quotes of course, and then enter)
>it'll say "OK"
> "reset-all" (and enter)
>and it'll restart
>
>Dunno if it'll make any difference, but I've read several reports of an 
>nvram reset curing a pink tint on Lombard PBs and I'm wondering if this 
>might work on iBook.
>
>Also, the nvram reset may help the battery. Probably not, but worth a try.

No, none of these steps helped the red problem. "PowerBook Guy" tells me 
it is more likely a bad LCD or LCD cable. The LCD had been replaced by 
Wegener media a couple of years ago.

Furthermore, the too-good-to-be-true cheap battery I bought "as-is" 
turned out to be just as dead as the original battery (don't bother 
buying any of those $5 batteries listed by bobsbid1 on eBay).

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Re: red screen on clamshell

[Dan K]

Bryan Kattwinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We have a clamshell iBook 300 with a battery that is completely dead. On 
>top of that, the screen has a pronounced red tint to it. I can see some 
>blue and green coming through, but all white areas of the screen are 
>quite pink. The family member using the machine said that the condition 
>developed gradually. I expect to receive a replacement battery next week, 
>and hope that might clear up the problem. If not, what component would 
>cause such a condition?
It's probably hardware related, but just for the heck of it, I'd like to 
suggest trying a lil' experiment.

Reset the nvram . . .

Startup into openfirmware by holding down key combo cmd-opt-O-F right 
after startup.
at prompt type
 "reset-nvram" (without quotes of course, and then enter)
it'll say "OK"
 "reset-all" (and enter)
and it'll restart

Dunno if it'll make any difference, but I've read several reports of an 
nvram reset curing a pink tint on Lombard PBs and I'm wondering if this 
might work on iBook.

Also, the nvram reset may help the battery. Probably not, but worth a try.

dan k

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