Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-24 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
I would suggest to disassemble the display as this procedure is not difficult on the 190/5300/3400/3500 (they are more or less the same thing). The cable may be broken or simply the connector. Welcome to the club! When you get a similar Mac for free you end up with a bunch of stuff from e-bay.

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-24 Thread Clark Martin
At 7:13 AM +0100 2/24/05, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: I would suggest to disassemble the display as this procedure is not difficult on the 190/5300/3400/3500 (they are more or less the same thing). The cable may be broken or simply the connector. Welcome to the club! When you get a similar Mac

Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread David Gardner
I recently inherited an original G3 (Kanga) PowerBook which the previous owner, a friend, said was non-functional. The price was right (free), and she said it might boot, but the unit has been in long-term storage, so the PRAM and battery are drained. I got the system started with an external

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 23/02/05 13:38, David Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently inherited an original G3 (Kanga) PowerBook which the previous owner, a friend, said was non-functional. The price was right (free), and she said it might boot, but the unit has been in long-term storage, so the PRAM and

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread David Gardner
Laurent Daudelin wrote: That would probably confirm the backlight is dead. Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 23/02/05 14:23, David Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent Daudelin wrote: That would probably confirm the backlight is dead. Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, but the

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread Hector I Macedo
If you have a monitor handy, you might try plugging it and see if it lights up. David Gardner wrote: Does anyone have an idea what I might be looking at here (problem- and expense-wise), and what I should/can check out for myself? I am pretty handy with tear-downs and minor repairs, but I

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread Brian Sammon
Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new backlight/LCD or whatever I need to get this working, since the PowerBook

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread David Gardner
Hector I Macedo wrote: If you have a monitor handy, you might try plugging it and see if it lights up. Thanks for the tip, Hector. With the external monitor, the PowerBook works great. I spent about an hour on it to make sure it's definitely not the power or logic board, or hard drive. Back on

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread David Gardner
Laurent Daudelin wrote: However, once you get it, it might be a little difficult to replace as you will have to disassemble the screen and this is probably not for the faint of the heart... Thanks, Laurent. I did think about dissembling the LCD but after looking at the instructions, figured it

Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

2005-02-23 Thread Tom and Lisa P
Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new backlight/LCD or whatever I need to get this working, since the PowerBook seems