SV: SV: iBook screen went black

[Aase Marit Waage]

Hi Malcolm,

Thanks a lot!!! Sorry that I posted a little while ago, I looked for
more postings, but overlooked yours...

I was thinking about something going through the hinge, because as I had
put it down on my recliner stool before I took it up on my lap again,
the screen had adjusted itself backwards a bit. It was as I turned it
back up again that it went black on me... So I was thinking that maybe
some cable broke, something like that? But I don't have a clue as to how
these things work...

I will just have to make some phone calls tomorrow to find out where I
can take it in. Hopefully it is here in my city, so I won't have to send
it off... Hope they can do it quite quickly... The one local workshop I
know about which is authorized to fix Mac's, fixed a colleague's Mac a
while ago, and they took a long time doing it... She wasn't too happy...
I will just have to cross my fingers. I have a lot of stuff on it which
I need, so sending it off isn't too cool...

Thanks again!


Aase :)


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Sendt: 4. april 2005 14:14
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> This is the G4 iBook, 1.2 Ghz, 12" - new November 2004.

Take it into Apple for repair ?

> the _screen_ itself that goes  black or very dark, not the machine
> that isn't powering up. It is on, the light on the screen is just out.
> The book is on, and works correctly I think, only the light on the
> screen does not work. I can see what is on the screen vaguely if I
hold
> it up against the light, just enough to see the cursor so I can manage
> to turn it off, re-start or something like that

Backlight not working.

Could be the bulb, inverter board or most likely the cable which goes
thru
the RH hinge.
 
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SV: iBook screen went black

[Aase Marit Waage]

A little update... I just got a mail from the guy I bought it from, and
he thinks the problem with my iBook is that the backlight is broken.
Seems very logical to me too. Anybody know if this has been a problem in
other iBooks?
He had not sent in the papers registering the computer over to my name,
he had not found the address in Norway to send it to (he is now in
France himself). He took pics of the papers now though, and is sending
the originals snail mail to me, so I can send them in. Besides, I have
all the papers with his name on, the serial number etc. So I should be
fine getting them to fix it on the Apple Care plan.

Tomorrow I will have to make some phone calls to find out for sure which
company it is I need to contact. I think it is a company called Infocare
or something like that, that does the AppleCare for Apple Norway. I sure
hope that they have a place her in my city, at least I know that there
is a workshop fixing Apple's here... Crossing my fingers that it won't
take too long. I hate this PC so much, it is annoying to use!!! But, I
am quite grateful that I have it right now, or I would be in real
trouble. As soon as I get the iBook back OK, I will persue getting the
Pismo fixed. That one is on another plan for when problems arise etc.
though. I wouldn't be too surprised if they don't want to fix it though,
after all, it is real old, the HDD makes funny noises and now the screen
also??? I hope it works out, because I know I need to be sure that I
have one working computer at all times...

I would appreciate it a lot if any of you can tell me if you think it
sounds sensible that it is the backlight that stopped working or if you
think it sounds like something else...

Thanks a lot! I am so glad that I finally am able to post to this list
again I have been waiting for a long time. When I started having my
mails bounce, the message said I could write to an e-mail address to ask
them to fix things if I meant it was in error. Only my mails to that
address also bounced, so it sure did not help much. My ISP also tried to
mail that address, and got the mails back. So I did not know how to
possibly contact the list owner... My ISP went in contact with UPC
further south in Europe, I think, and got them to help sorting this
problem out, because it was a problem for many users that certain
servers for some odd reason had black listed UPC's servers in Europe...
Have no idea why, I really don't think they are commonly used by
spammers and such...


Aase :)

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Sendt: 4. april 2005 07:53
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Emne: SV: iBook screen went black

Hi,


This is the G4 iBook, 1.2 Ghz, 12" - new November 2004.

Thanks a lot for your input, but I was probably not clear enough, so I
don't think your answer applies to this problem. Let me clarify... It is
just the _screen_ itself that goes  black or very dark, not the machine
that isn't powering up. It is on, the light on the screen is just out.
The book is on, and works correctly I think, only the light on the
screen does not work. I can see what is on the screen vaguely if I hold
it up against the light, just enough to see the cursor so I can manage
to turn it off, re-start or something like that. It is not enough to
read anything or use the computer though. It is as if you adjust the
light on the screen down all the way until it goes completely dark. The
first thing I did, was adjusting it to max. brightness, so it is not
anything simple as that... I get a feeling that it is a hardware
problem, but it would of course be wonderful if it wasn't... 



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Re: SV: iBook screen went black

[Malcolm Cornelius]

> This is the G4 iBook, 1.2 Ghz, 12" - new November 2004.

Take it into Apple for repair ?

> the _screen_ itself that goes  black or very dark, not the machine
> that isn't powering up. It is on, the light on the screen is just out.
> The book is on, and works correctly I think, only the light on the
> screen does not work. I can see what is on the screen vaguely if I hold
> it up against the light, just enough to see the cursor so I can manage
> to turn it off, re-start or something like that

Backlight not working.

Could be the bulb, inverter board or most likely the cable which goes thru
the RH hinge.
 
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SV: iBook screen went black

[Aase Marit Waage]

Hi,


This is the G4 iBook, 1.2 Ghz, 12" - new November 2004.

Thanks a lot for your input, but I was probably not clear enough, so I
don't think your answer applies to this problem. Let me clarify... It is
just the _screen_ itself that goes  black or very dark, not the machine
that isn't powering up. It is on, the light on the screen is just out.
The book is on, and works correctly I think, only the light on the
screen does not work. I can see what is on the screen vaguely if I hold
it up against the light, just enough to see the cursor so I can manage
to turn it off, re-start or something like that. It is not enough to
read anything or use the computer though. It is as if you adjust the
light on the screen down all the way until it goes completely dark. The
first thing I did, was adjusting it to max. brightness, so it is not
anything simple as that... I get a feeling that it is a hardware
problem, but it would of course be wonderful if it wasn't... 

After it happened, I restarted it two times, and it boots up normally as
far as I can see, but "the light is out"...

So as I understand it, it can't have anything to do with it going to
sleep, the battery or anything like that. I am sure that if I had it
hooked up to an external monitor, I would be fine using it. Only I don't
have a screen and don't know about anybody having an extra one either.

All lights are on, the battery works for around 4 hours if I use it on
battery only. After all, it is just a few months old.

Is there something like a backlight that gives the screen light so that
you can see what is on it? Is there some connection in there that can
break, come off or something like that?

Any input is really appreciated!!!

Thanks a lot! 


Aase :)

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Aase,

I've had two video problems with my G3 900 iBook.
First one was a video card recall, the second was the
beast just not turning on. A totally black screen
could be almost anything.

The easy ones are:
- You simply ran out of battery. When the battery gets
low enough the Mac will sleep and won't wake until you
give it some juice. Usually, however, this scenario
occurs after getting messages stating the battery is
dying.
- Try hooking the iBook up to an external monitor. See
if it boots normally and you can use the Mac.

The more difficult ones are:
- May need to reset the PMU.

- Try starting it up with just the power cord w/ the
battery removed.

Any lights on the Mac at all (flashing sleep light)?
Any light around the power cord connector (colored
ring)?
Any startup chime? Any extra info you can give about
this will be helpful.

--- Aase Marit Waage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Now I really, really hope I can post to this list.
> There has been a
> problem with blacklisting of my ISP, which they
> promised to work out,
> but it would take some time. So I have been
> waiting...
> 
> Earlier today, I was sitting with my iBook 12" 1.2
> Ghz which some of you
> probably remember that I bought just a few months
> ago. It was brand new
> medio November. Suddenly the screen went black.
> First I thought I
> somehow had managed to turn off the light, but nope.
> It is almost as if
> something like a backlight has gone dead, if that
> makes sense. If I put
> it up against the light, I can see something.
> 
> But you won`t believe what happened next. I
> connected my Pismo, to use
> that as a crisis solution... It has just been
> sitting there, on and
> connected to the AC. When I opened the book, only
> 1/3 of the screen
> displays, the rest is purple and fuzzy. Not possible
> to use it for
> anything, so obviously that too needs repair. I have
> no idea what
> happened to it while it was sitting here... So off I
> went, for my #2
> crisis solution, a Toshiba Portege, which I hate to
> use, but I have it
> for when I need to write a lot while out and about
> in my work... So it
> is that one I am using now, after setting it up for
> net use, which I
> have never done on a PC before. I got some problems
> with IE, but fixed
> that by installing Firefox instead... LOL... Better
> that than having to
> fiddle with things on a PC
> 
> But anyway... Do anybody have an idea about what
> might have happened to
> my iBook screen? Is there some problem with these
> that others have
> experienced as well? Luckily it is under warranty,
> and I also have Apple
> Care for it, so I guess I will be making some phone
> calls tomorrow. I
> put the papers in a really safe place, stupid me,
> and now I can`t find
> them, so I guess I will have my evening set out for
> myself, searching
> for them. I have copies on the computer, but with no
> screen I can`t
> access them...
> 
> One great thing though, the PC also has a Wi-Fi
> card, and the Airport
> Express base works super, no problems set