Re: pb165c screen problem

[Rick Delzeith]

If the battery is dead or nearly so, the 165c won't boot even from the PS.
Pull the batt and see if that works.
Rick




I got a a pb165c that was running ok up until last night.  Something strange
happened I tried to boot it from the battery and it struggled like there
wasn't enough juice in the battery, it basically made some strange
electrical noises and then shut off.  When I hooked it back up to the power
supply I had a hard time getting it to come on, it would chime then shut
back off.  When it finnaly did boot the screen wouldn't come on.  It was
like the contrast was turned all the way up, it was basicly black with the
back light on.  The contrast button didn't seem to work.  The brightness
would go up and down but no effect from the contrast slider.  Is it totally
dead or could I possibly revive it.
Thanks

Justin


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Re: pb165c screen problem

[hiloauto]

It happened on my pb1400 I just pushed in the reset button. If there
is one on your system I would try it.

Jay
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>I got a a pb165c that was running ok up until last night.  Something 
>strange
>happened I tried to boot it from the battery and it struggled like 
>there
>wasn't enough juice in the battery, it basically made some strange
>electrical noises and then shut off.  When I hooked it back up to 
>the power
>supply I had a hard time getting it to come on, it would chime then 
>shut
>back off.  When it finnaly did boot the screen wouldn't come on.  It 
>was
>like the contrast was turned all the way up, it was basicly black 
>with the
>back light on.  The contrast button didn't seem to work.  The 
>brightness
>would go up and down but no effect from the contrast slider.  Is it 
>totally
>dead or could I possibly revive it.
>
>Thanks
>
>Justin
>
>
>
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pb165c screen problem

[Justin Lee]

I got a a pb165c that was running ok up until last night.  Something strange
happened I tried to boot it from the battery and it struggled like there
wasn't enough juice in the battery, it basically made some strange
electrical noises and then shut off.  When I hooked it back up to the power
supply I had a hard time getting it to come on, it would chime then shut
back off.  When it finnaly did boot the screen wouldn't come on.  It was
like the contrast was turned all the way up, it was basicly black with the
back light on.  The contrast button didn't seem to work.  The brightness
would go up and down but no effect from the contrast slider.  Is it totally
dead or could I possibly revive it.

Thanks

Justin



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